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public life
Gillard's [[liberal]] Labour Party Government is the most unpopular for 15 years, largely due to her misguided attempt at a [[carbon]] tax to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8458215/Julia-Gillards-Labor-government-most-unpopular-for-15-years.html</ref>
Gillard's [[liberal]] Labour Party Government is the most unpopular for 15 years, largely due to her misguided attempt at a [[carbon]] tax to combat "[[climate change]]".<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8458215/Julia-Gillards-Labor-government-most-unpopular-for-15-years.html</ref>
==Professional training and public life==
Gillard is a [[lawyer]] by profession, and served as a lawyer for a [[trade union]] before entering politics.
She won the Federal parlamentary seat for the Division of Lalor (in south-western suburban [[Melbourne]], [[Victoria]]) on 3 October 1998, and has served (in [[Opposition]]) as:
* Shadow Minister for Population and Immigration: 2001–2003
* Shadow Minister for Health: 2003–06
* Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1 December 2006
then, in government, as:
* Deputy Prime Minister: 2007–10
* Minister for Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
* Prime Minister from 24 June 2010
==Personal Life==
==Personal Life==
While Gillard was brought up in the Baptist tradition, she now professes to have not religious belief.
While Gillard was brought up in the Baptist tradition, she now professes to have not religious belief.
==References==
==References==