Julia Gillard
Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013
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| October 26 2023 | Awarded an honorary fellowship at Girton College, Cambridge |
| August 2023 | Gillard authorized the release of the final report from the Royal Commission into early education in South Australia. |
| October 2022 | Julia Gillard was announced as the lead commissioner for the Royal Commission into early education in South Australia. |
| February 4 2022 | Formally received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Government of Japan |
| April 2021 | Became chair of the Wellcome Trust, succeeding Eliza Manningham-Buller. |
| 2020 | Julia Gillard's relationship with Tim Mathieson ended. |
| 2018 | Listed as one of BBC's 100 Women |
| 2017 | Appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for service to the Parliament and policy reforms |
| July 1 2017 | Became chair of Beyond Blue, succeeding Jeff Kennett |
| September 2016 | Appointed visiting professor at King's College London and chair of the Global Institute for Women's Leadership |
| July 25 2016 | Attended the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia |
| January 2016 | Opened the Julia Gillard Library in Tarneit, Melbourne |
| September 2015 | Following Malcolm Turnbull's rise to prime minister, Gillard publicly supported the Australian Republican Movement by tweeting support for Peter FitzSimons and encouraging new membership in the republican movement. |
| August 2015 | Gillard officially declared her support for same-sex marriage. |
| June 2015 | Participated in The Killing Season documentary series about the Rudd-Gillard years |
| February 11 2015 | Received an honorary doctorate from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and delivered a Kapuscinski Development Lecture on education |
| December 2014 | Joined the board of mental health organisation Beyond Blue |
| September 2014 | Announced support for Hillary Clinton's potential presidential candidacy |
| September 2014 | Gillard predicted that same-sex marriage would become legal in most developed countries, signaling a shift in her perspective. |
| September 2014 | Released her memoir, 'My Story'. |
| April 2014 | Received an honorary Doctor of Victoria University degree for her accomplishments in education and disability reform |
| February 2014 | Appointed chairwoman of the Global Partnership for Education, focusing on education in the world's poorest countries |
| 2013 | Gillard gave an interview to The Washington Post discussing the challenges of being an atheist, single, and childless in politics. |
| 2013 | Appointed an honorary Visiting Professor of Politics at the University of Adelaide |
| December 2013 | Gillard sold her single-storey home in the Melbourne suburb of Altona. |
| October 2013 | Joined the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education as a nonresident senior fellow |
| September 7 2013 | Gillard was succeeded as the Member for Lalor by Joanne Ryan in the federal election. |
| August 5 2013 | Gillard's parliamentary service officially ended with the dissolution of Parliament. |
| July 2013 | Signed a book deal with Penguin Australia for her memoirs |
| June 26 2013 | Kevin Rudd returned to leadership of the Labor Party, replacing Gillard as Prime Minister in another leadership challenge. |
| March 21 2013 | Julia Gillard called a leadership spill in response to Simon Crean's public challenge, sacking Crean from his position as Regional Minister after he backed Kevin Rudd. |
| March 21 2013 | Several ministers resigned following the leadership ballot, including Chief Government Whip Joel Fitzgibbon, Human Services Minister Kim Carr, and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson. |
| March 21 2013 | Julia Gillard delivered a national apology to victims of forced adoptions in Australia, occurring from the late-1950s to the 1970s. During the speech in the Great Hall of Parliament House, she committed $5 million in specialist support and records tracing for victims, and an additional $1.5 million for a National Archives exhibition documenting forced adoption experiences. |
| February 2013 | Honoured a symbolic bet with John Key by eating an apple after New Zealand won the 2011 Rugby World Cup. |
| February 9 2013 | Made her final trip to New Zealand to Queenstown, announcing a deal with Prime Minister Key for New Zealand to accept 150 refugees annually from Australia starting in 2014. |
| December 2012 | Treasurer Swan announced the government would no longer achieve a budget surplus, citing falling revenue and global economic conditions. |
| October 2012 | Gillard's government released the Asian Century White Paper, providing a strategic framework for Australia's relations with key Asian countries including China, India, ASEAN nations, Japan, and South Korea. |
| October 19 2012 | Australia secured a Non-Permanent Member seat on the United Nations Security Council, an initiative initially launched by Rudd and pursued further under Gillard's government. |
| October 16 2012 | Gillard made her prime-ministerial visit to India for a three-day bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, negotiating safeguards for uranium trading between India and Australia. |
| October 15 2012 | Gillard makes her third and final trip to Afghanistan, meeting with President Karzai, the governor of Urozgan Province, and visiting Australian troops stationed in the province. |
| October 9 2012 | Gillard delivered her famous 'misogyny speech' in Parliament, criticizing sexism and opposing a motion to remove Peter Slipper as Speaker. The speech was widely reported internationally and praised by world leaders including François Hollande, Helle Thorning-Schmidt, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. |
| September 21 2012 | The Senate voted down the same-sex marriage legislation, with 41 votes against and 26 votes in favor. |
| September 19 2012 | The House of Representatives voted against passing the same-sex marriage bill, with 98 votes against and 42 votes in favor. |
| August 2012 | Gillard reiterated her support for abortion, emphasizing women's rights to healthcare and choice. |
| August 2012 | During a press conference about the AWU affair, Gillard publicly criticized sexist attacks and claimed she was subject to a 'sexist smear campaign'. |
| August 16 2012 | Parliament passed the amended bill for offshore processing with bipartisan support. |
| August 12 2012 | Following the Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers report, Gillard announced amendments to allow offshore processing and the re-opening of detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island. |
| April 2012 | Peter Slipper was forced to stand aside from his duties as Speaker pending a criminal investigation, creating a political challenge for Gillard's government. |
| April 2012 | Gillard announces Australia will withdraw all combat forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2013, a year earlier than originally planned, while committing to long-term military and financial support. |
| February 2012 | Two bills to allow same-sex marriage in Australia were introduced in the 43rd Parliament. |
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