Annual Jessie Street Lunch Fundraiser: Julia Gillard
Fri, 17 Apr
|NSW Parliament House
The Jessie Street Trust is proud to announce the 2015 speaker.
Time & Location
17 Apr 2015, 12:00 pm
NSW Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Parliament House, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia
About the Event
The Jessie Street Trust is proud to announce the 2015 speaker.
Hon Julia Gillard Prime Minister of Australia, 2010-2013
Julia Gillard was the 27th Prime Minister of Australia and first woman to serve in that role. From 2007, when Labor was elected, she served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Social Inclusion.
Ms Gillard delivered nation-changing policies including reforming Australian education at every level from early childhood to university, creating an emissions trading scheme, improving the provision and sustainability of health care, aged care and dental care, commencing the nation’s first ever national scheme to care for people with disabilities and restructuring the telecommunications sector as well as building a national broadband network.
In foreign policy, Ms Gillard strengthened Australia’s alliance with the United States, secured stronger architecture for the relationship with China, upgraded Australia’s ties with India, and deepened ties with Japan, Indonesia…