Australia has its first woman Prime Minister - Welsh-born Julia Gillard - after Kevin Rudd was dramatically dumped from the job early yesterday. Miss Gillard, 48, who has been serving as deputy leader ...

What can we learn about leadership? What will be required of leaders in the future? These were questions asked by Julia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia, as she began her address in Robsham ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's ruling party dumped Kevin Rudd as prime minister on Thursday, handing power to the nation's first female leader, former deputy premier Julia Gillard, in an effort to ...

"But really they were teaching us to aim high and then I got to go to university and that message was reinforced," she added. "In my early days in politics even, I wouldn't say that it was that ...

Julia Gillard, the Australian prime minister hailed as a feminist icon after a fiery speech against “sexism and misogyny” in politics, was dumped from office by her own party Wednesday. The country’s ...

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard has warned that predictions of the end of the world by ancient Mayans were correct and that the final days are coming -- in a deadpan ad for a lighthearted ...

In a speech to the National Press Club in Canberra outlining her government's response to the Gonski funding reforms, the Prime Minister said she would begin discussions with the states through the ...

Australians Prime Minister Julia Gillard was ousted from the leadership of her own party today by the very same man she replaced in the job three years ago. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd assumed ...

Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has criticised Neighbours, claiming it has left British people ignorant of her country's culture. The long-running soap has been a staple of UK TV for ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - According to Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the Mayans were right and the apocalypse is near. In a spoof 50-second video appearance promoting a local radio station's ...

Government changes would mean employers must market test and advertise for positions to prove there is no Australian available before hiring a foreign worker on a 457 visa. When asked by Deputy ...