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Australian Deputy PM, Julia Gillard, to open GEC
http://www.globalenterprisechallenge.com/articles/36/1/Australian-Deputy-PM-Julia-Gillard-to-open-GEC/Page1.html
By ABW - The GEC Hosts
Published on 10-Jun-08
 

The Honourable Julia Gillard, MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia will open the GEC event via a pre recorded video message. Ms Gillard was born in Barry, Wales and in 1966 she migrated to Australia with her parents, settling in Adelaide.

Following the 2007 Federal Election, Prime Minister Keven Rudd announced that Gillard would serve as Deputy Prime Minister; and as the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and also the Minister for Social Inclusion. She is the first woman - and the first foreign born person - to hold the position of Deputy Prime Minister. She is the highest ranking woman in the history of the Australian Government.

The Honourable Julia Gillard, MP, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia will open the GEC event via a pre recorded video message. Ms Gillard was born in Barry, Wales and in 1966 she migrated to Australia with her parents, settling in Adelaide.

Following the 2007 Federal Election, Prime Minister Keven Rudd announced that Gillard would serve as Deputy Prime Minister; and as the Minister for Education, the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and also the Minister for Social Inclusion. She is the first woman - and the first foreign born person - to hold the position of Deputy Prime Minister. She is the highest ranking woman in the history of the Australian Government.


Gillard attended Unley High School, she then attended the University of Adelaide but later moved to Melbourne. In 1986 she graduated from the University of Melbourne with arts and law degrees and, the following year, joined the law firm Slater & Gordon, working in the area of industrial law. In 1990 she was admitted as one of their first female partners.