PrintAugust 11, 2010
Australia's Prime Minister and her socialist past
Who is the real Julia Gillard? Well, for starters she's a carbon tax queen (and doesn't believe in preindustrial climate changes). The Australian prime minister is now copying Obama's cash-for-clunkers scam (on the backs of taxpayers) too. Moreover, the fact that Julia Gillard backstabbed former-prime minister Kevin Rudd (with the backing of union factions) seems to impress The One:
"The United States and Australia enjoy a special and productive relationship and alliance that will continue to prosper under her leadership."
Tick, tick, tick, tick. But what must impress Obama is the socialist Gillard. Because as this timeline indicates, it isn't just her hair that is red:
1982 - Education Vice President of Australian Union of Students
1983 - President of Australian Union of Students
1984 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1985 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1986 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1987 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1988 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1989 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1990 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1991 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1992 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1993 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1996 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1997 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
1998 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum (elected ALP member for Lalor)
1999 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
2000 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
2001 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
2002 - Prominent figure in The Socialist Forum
2003 - Member of The Fabian Society (formed from the former Socialist Forum)
2004 - Member of The Fabian Society (formed from the former Socialist Forum)
2005 - Member of The Fabian Society (formed from the former Socialist Forum)
2006 - Member of The Fabian Society (formed from the former Socialist Forum)
2007 - Member of The Fabian Society (formed from the former Socialist Forum)
Jai Martinkovits adds that Gillard's university activist group:
Prosper, hey?
- Declared 1983 to be the International Year of the Lesbian, in an era when globally, issues such as the threat of nuclear conflict were at the forefront of mainstream concern.
- Grudgingly conceded that heterosexual coupling was a legitimate norm on campus.
- Declared that 'All women are oppressed because they are women'.
