The Stalking of Julia Gillard

Name: The Stalking of Julia Gillard
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How the Media and Team Rudd Brought Down the Prime Minister

By Kerry-Anne Walsh

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The Stalking of Julia Gillard explores the intense political and media campaign against Julia Gillard following her rise to lead the Australian Labor Party in 2010. The book details the coordinated efforts by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd, and allied journalists to undermine her leadership, particularly after her announcement of a carbon pricing scheme. It reveals the relentless personal and political attacks Gillard faced, highlighting a pivotal and turbulent episode in Australian politics.
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This book is ideal for readers interested in Australian politics, political history, and media influence on governance. It will appeal to those seeking insight into political power struggles and gender dynamics within leadership.

This is the story of one of the most extraordinary episodes in recent Australian political history, of how a powerful media pack, a vicious commentariat and some of those within her own party contrived to bring down Australia's first woman prime minister.

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When Julia Gillard took the reins of the Australian Labor Party on 24 June 2010, she did so with the goodwill of most of her party and a fawning Canberra press gallery. But when she announced in February 2011 that her government would introduce a carbon pricing scheme, Kevin Rudd and his small team of malcontents were already in lock-step with key Canberra and interstate journalists in a drive to push her out of the prime ministerial chair.

Never has a prime minister been so assiduously stalked. Cast as a political liar and policy charlatan, Julia Gillard was also mercilessly and relentlessly lampooned for her hair, clothes, accent, her arse, even the way she walks and talks.

The Stalking of Julia Gillard is the story about one of the most extraordinary episodes in recent Australian political history. It focuses on Team Rudd and the media's treatment of its slow-death campaign of destabilisation, with its disastrous effect on Gillard and the government's functioning. It is about a politician who was never given a fair go; not in the media, not by Rudd, not by some in her own caucus.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781760110864

Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 September 2014

Country: Australia

Imprint: Allen & Unwin

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 286g

Pages: 320

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Education & Reference Kerry-Anne Walsh New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs

About the Author

Kerry-Anne Walsh worked for 25 years in the Canberra press gallery, as chief political correspondent for publications such as the Daily Telegraph, the Bulletin magazine and the Sun Herald. She also wrote for a string of international publications, and worked in both radio and TV. She is a regular political commentator on Sky News, Radio New Zealand and the ABC.