Julia gillard book biography of michael

Book overview..

Julia Gillard was prime minister for three tumultuous years.

  • Julia Gillard was prime minister for three tumultuous years.
  • Michael Cooney was Julia Gillard's speechwriter for most of her time in office.
  • Book overview.
  • Here, in her own words, Julia Gillard reveals what life was really like as Australia's first female prime minister.
  • Julia Gillard's former speechwriter gives a warm and insightful account into life in government with the former PM.

    • My Story (Gillard book)

    Book by Julia Gillard

    My Story is a political memoir of Julia Gillard, who served as the 13thDeputy Prime Minister of Australia from to , and then the 27thPrime Minister of Australia from to She is the first, and to date, only woman to serve in either position.

    Published in by Random House Australia, My Story reflects on various personal aspects of her life and career, including her own analysis of the people and key players of the Rudd-Gillard governments (–).

    Summary and themes

    My Story covers much of Gillard's political career as the Federal ParliamentaryMember for Lalor from to The autobiography's focal point is Gillard's rise to power within the Australian Labor Party and the Australian Parliament, as the Deputy Prime Minister of Australia following the federal election, and her tumultuous tenure as Prime Minister following the Australian Labor Party leadership spill against Labor leader and then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

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