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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 6 | History Defined

Hell hath no fury like a former PM – but it wasn't always so

In a television interview with Phillip Adams in 1999, Paul Keating remarked that he retained much influence on the international stage.

The Conversation

Alan Kohler: Something strange and sad is happening to the Labor Party

Something strange and sad has happened to Labor. The policy courage of Whitlam, Hawke and Keating has been replaced.

The New Daily

Consent advocate joins global institute to make 'structural impact on society'

The consent education advocate will start a new youth committee.

The Canberra Times

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Early educators around the world feel burnt out and devalued. Here's how we can help

South Australia’s royal commission into early childhood education led by Julia Gillard has released an interim report. The key recommendation is preschool for all three-year-olds (in a move similar to other states). But the report notes one of the critical considerations around this change will be the early education workforce.

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Inquiry calls for universal preschool for three-year-olds to be rolled out in SA from 2026

A royal commission, led by former prime minister Julia Gillard, has recommended 15 hours per week of preschool be made available to all three-year-olds in South Australia.

ABC News

Gillard calls for all three-year-olds to do preschool

Former prime minister Julia Gillard has recommended preschool education be provided to all three-year-olds in SA in her interim royal commission report.

AAP

There’s good reason why strong female role models deter other women from aiming for the top

When those who reach the highest office suffer such brutal misogyny, is it any wonder that breaking the glass ceiling doesn’t look like much fun?

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Stripped bare and born afresh: how biographies play a role in the building and rebuilding of political careers

After decades covering federal politics in Canberra, my embarrassment at not knowing Warren Denning’s Caucus Crisis: The Rise and Fall of the Scullin Government (1937) was partly assuaged when an older colleague revealed the same.

The Conversation

Sydney Theatre Company's Julia powerfully imagines the life and emotions of the woman behind the 'misogyny speech'

Just over 10 years ago, then-Prime Minister Julia Gillard stood up in the House of Representatives to deliver one of the most unforgettable political speeches in recent memory.

The Conversation

Morning Mail: royals’ wealth exposed, Inland Rail blowout, Putin’s paranoid lifestyle

New Guardian investigation sheds light on the more than £1bn in income the royal family made from controversial estates

The Guardian - AU

Julia review – new play about Julia Gillard misses an opportunity

Justine Clarke is electrifying delivering the former PM’s misogyny speech, but the work fails to reckon with the complexities of her legacy

The Guardian - AU

Chris Minns' minority government may need to go slow — and that could prove to be good for NSW

If history is anything to go by, the 58th government under NSW Labor Chris Minns won't be unstable because it's two seats short of a majority — but it will face some heavy interrogation.

ABC News

Safeguard deal shows Bandt's Greens party has come of age

It is understandable if observers have struggled to neatly categorise the agreement struck on Monday between the Albanese Labor Government and the Australian Greens party to progressively reduce industrial emissions.

The Conversation

Push to outlaw betting ads as big players take billions from punters

The federal government is under pressure to outlaw gambling advertising amid fears Australians are falling prey to soaring marketing budgets.

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Sole parents like me are at the frontline of the cost-of-living crisis. Will Albanese right the wrongs of his predecessors?

Those doing it tough need an adequate safety net. Year after year we hear the same excuses

AAP

Forced adoptions leave countless unanswered questions

A decade on from Julia Gillard's national apology for forced adoptions, thousands of people are still searching for information about their family histories.

ABC News

Forced adoption survivors head to Canberra with strong message for federal government 10 years after apology

Ten years on from a national apology to thousands of Australians affected by the forced adoption era, survivors head back to Canberra to push for the support they say they were promised, but never received.

The New Daily

Parliament to reflect on pain of forced adoptions

Marking 10 years since a national apology to people affected by forced adoptions, the Albanese government has announced new funding for support services.

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Minister Victor Dominello was targeted by ClubsNSW over poker machine reform. Now he's speaking out

A senior Liberal minister has spoken for the first time about how a powerful Australian gambling lobby group forced him out of the portfolio and has called for an investigation into its influence over government.

The Independent UK

Two in five Britons think championing women’s equality discriminates against men

Exclusive: The recent rise of misogynistic views pushed by the likes of influencer Andrew Tate demonstrate the battle to achieve gender equality is far from over, campaigners say

ABC News

Pressure mounts on Victoria to follow gambling reforms of NSW and Tasmania

At the height of her gambling addiction, Bree Hughes was visiting up to seven venues each day. She's joined a growing chorus of voices urging Victoria to put the brakes on poker machine losses in the state's most disadvantaged communities.

AAP

Government defends contracts for ex-Gillard staffer

The contracting of a former adviser to Julie Gillard was aimed at enabling new ministers to better understand how to interact with departments.

The Conversation

Humanising capitalism: Jim Chalmers designs a new version of an old Labor project

Treasurer Jim Chalmers begins his Monthly essay “Capitalism After the Crises” with a quote from the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river, and he’s not the same man.”

The Guardian - AU

Self-care is important – but we shouldn’t mistake it for feminist action

As long as there is a big gap between the women who have the most freedoms, and those with the least, our work as feminists is not over

AAP

Staff pressures in preschool sector

Royal Commissioner Julia Gillard has been told that recruiting and retaining staff is a big issue in South Australia's pre-school sector.

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