Julia Gillard

one example of the many committed and just like Antigone, Julia Butterfly Hill also stood up for what she believed in. According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, civil disobedience is “the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines, as a peaceful form of political protest.” Antigone and Julia Butterfly Hill both emanate this idea and are selfless women who have benefitted their communities for the greater good. Julia Butterfly Hill and Antigone are both humble women who…

person who is concerned with or advocates the protection of the environment.” There are dozens of great environmentalists that have changed the world today. One that stuck out in particular was Julia Hill. Julia Hill was a woman who at the age of 22 affected the Redwood forest in a spectacular way. Julia was born in Mount Vernon, Missouri on February 18th, 1974. She spent the first ten years of her life playing outside of her father's travel trailer at campsites. Their family traveled across…

On a fall day, back in November of 1997 a lady who went by the name of Julia Butterfly Hill headed on a trip to California’s Redwood National and State Park. While visiting the forest Julia was captivated by the beauty and natural history of the forest to the point that she felt a spiritual harmony with her surroundings. In just two short weeks to Julia’s dismay she found out that a great social injustice was occurring the same forest that she had just visited. Pacific Lumber, a local logging…

What was Julia Gillard’s early life like? Julia Gillard was born in Barry, Wales. Her date of birth is September 29, 1961. Her parent’s names were John and Moira. Julia had a sister named Allison, and when Julia turned five years old, her family moved to Adelaide. This is where Julia Gillard spent her childhood. The reason they moved to Australia is because Julia had bronchopneumonia, which affects the lungs with fluid. Julia’s parents were told that if they moved to a warmer country,…

lectures on Elizabeth the first and court intrigue; not Julia Gillard’s speech on sexism (hopefully there’ll be a Liz 1st mention down the track). Usually, what comes to mind when I think of Julia Gillard, is the gag video of her falling over in India being shown everywhere. That and all of the memes about her floating around social media. A couple have made me chuckle. What stuck with me the most was that so much emphasis was put on how Gillard had been made into laughing stock. She wasn’t…

I attended a lecture with guest speaker Julia Gillard entitled “Women in Professional and Public Life” held on October 5th at 6:00p.m. She spoke for approximately one hour and then held a question and answer session that lasted a little over 30 minutes. The purpose of the lecture was to create awareness and encourage all of us to fight gender discrimination and to become agents of change. Julia Gillard was the Prime Minister of Australia from June 2010 to June 2013, and has been a champion…

Prince (1532), diverging politicians into two categories, stating that to be a successful leader one must be equally both. With a 24/7 media cycle that turns weeks into hours, 21st century politics have become unforgiving and unrelenting of errors. Julia Gillard’s succession over Kevin Rudd in 2010 saw her ability to be both fox and lion, distinguishing herself as effectively dealing with the Senate, managing her Party and making decisions, all of which Rudd lacked. Though Machiavelli is correct…

operational function to an integrated strategic function, HR must proactively plan for and address contemporary issues. The recollection of events surrounding Julia Gillard’s time as Prime Minister, written by Kerry-Anne Walsh, is a recent piece of literature that highlights issues for the role and practice of HR. “The Stalking of Julia Gillard” (Walsh, 2013) is a political commentator’s depiction of Australian politics and media from June 2011 to April 2013. This time in Australian Government…

Elections are won and lost in accordance to multiple factors that are categorised to Short Medium and Long term. Within the 150 electorates obvious voting patterns are formed, voter behaviour that is effected by these factors can be detrimental to the loss of a seat. At 5.29pm on Monday 5 August 2013 the House of Representatives in the 43rd Parliament was dissolved and went into the caretaker mode. The 2010-2013 government brought the first hung Parliament in 70 years, Michelle Grattan commented…

legalising gay marriage, unlike Anna Bligh’s response who is ‘for’ the legalisation of same sex marriage in society and allowing same sex couples to have equal human rights. According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald on the 30th June, 2010, Julia Gillard opposed her thoughts in relation to same sex marriage. In her article to the Sydney Morning Herald, she said that “we believe the marriage act is appropriate in its current form, that is recognising that marriage is between a man and a…