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Ex PM One Of Gillard's Many Current Jobs

icyfroth — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:19:05 GMT

It was the longest and most impressive-sounding list of credentials rolled off to date by a witness fronting the Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption.

Julia Eileen Gillard, resident of South Australia, took the witness stand in the hearing room and was asked by counsel assisting to tell the commission her current occupation.

"Ah, I'm ... there's a list," the new witness said.

"I am of course a former prime minister and do a number of things associated with that.

"I am an author. I am the chair of the Global Partnership for Education.

"I'm a non-resident distinguished senior fellow with the Brookings Institution in Washington.

"I'm an honorary professor at the University of Adelaide."

And so began the latest interrogation of Australia's first female prime minister, this time under oath, about the complex, two-decades old web of events commonly known as the "slush fund" affair.

Those expecting any dramatic change were dissatisfied by early proceedings, however, with Ms Gillard repeating her often-stated position that the dodgy dealings of an ex-boyfriend 20 years ago were unknown to her and she had not benefited from them.

Re: Ex PM One Of Gillard's Many Current Jobs

karliandjacko — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 01:27:37 GMT

No new news today?

She presented well at the commission hearing. No bumbling of answers or avoidance of the questions, just direct straight forward answers. Same can't be said of some that have appeared.

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icyfroth — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 03:59:50 GMT

Oh yes quite straightforward and with a straight face. One of her current jobs is Ex-Prime Minister

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debra9275 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:01:13 GMT

so???

that was ages ago wasn't it??

& she handled herself very well despite being asked the same questions over and over again in 500 different ways

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icyfroth — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:13:59 GMT

Ages ago? Last month.

But you're right, time no doubt flies when one is kept busy in one's job as ex-prime-minister and various other honorary positions.

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debra9275 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 04:22:00 GMT

I suppose TA will be saying/doing the same things in a few years too.

It probably seems like ages ago to me because there were so many threads about it & it was sort of done to death ifywim

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:44:14 GMT

Yes, it was a month ago. 10 Sept.

She did handle herself very well, that was commented on in the media at the time. No surprises, no smoking guns.

Pointing out she was ex PM of Aust, not a siily thing to fo, especially as one of the men who gave evidence against her is a fraudster.

JG: " "Mr Blewitt, according to people who know him, has been described as a complete imbecile, an idiot, a stooge, a sexist pig, a liar, and his sister has said he's a crook and rotten to the core.

"His word against mine, make your mind up."

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:50:20 GMT

Icy:

Ages ago? Last month.

But you're right, time no doubt flies when one is kept busy in one's job as ex-prime-minister and various other honorary positions.
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This thread bring started today has nothing to do with time flying for the ex PM, but everything to do with you having a holiday recently and missing topical threads posted over that timeframe.

Link: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live/union-royal-commission-live-julia-gillard-appears-20140910-3f6q0.html

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the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:56:12 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
Oh yes quite straightforward and with a straight face. One of her current jobs is Ex-Prime Minister

"I am of course a former prime minister and do a number of things associated with that.

What part of that did you not understand

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twinkles**stars — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 07:58:22 GMT

I heard her a few weeka ago being asked what her current employment was. She unfortunately made herself sound foolish by answering 'as former PM......''

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twinkles**stars — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:00:02 GMT

She would have done better to simply state her current role.

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freddie*rooster — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:06:30 GMT

I look forward to the day when Tone addresses himself as the ex Prime Minister. I have a feeling Joe will be applauding with me when that happens.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:07:08 GMT

"Oh yes quite straightforward and with a straight face. One of her current jobs is Ex-Prime Minister "

Here listen to her say it, look at her face.

http://media.smh.com.au/news/federal-politics/julia-gillard-in-royal-commission-hot-seat-5749876.html

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:11:18 GMT

If a former governor general or PM was making a public speech, wouldn't they be introduced as Former GG. xx xx or Former PM xx

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icyfroth — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 08:59:28 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
Icy:

Ages ago? Last month.

But you're right, time no doubt flies when one is kept busy in one's job as ex-prime-minister and various other honorary positions.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________

This thread bring started today has nothing to do with time flying for the ex PM, but everything to do with you having a holiday recently and missing topical threads posted over that timeframe.

Link: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live/union-royal-commission-live-julia-gillard-appears-20140910-3f6q0.html

Time flies most when your're on holidays, I find

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:00:46 GMT

Imagine if you were an ex PM..time eould have flown even faster".......;)

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icyfroth — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:18:45 GMT

@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Oh yes quite straightforward and with a straight face. One of her current jobs is Ex-Prime Minister

"I am of course a former prime minister and do a number of things associated with that.

What part of that did you not understand

Well the part I don't understand, She-el, is, why did she have to describe her occupation as ex-prime minister, top of the list? To impress? intimidate? Self-aggrandisement?

She could have just said author, university lecturer, board member duties. After all that is her current occupation.

Ex-prime minister is not an occupation. Especially not when she got unceremoniously bundled out of the job.

It just makes her look pathetic.

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debra9275 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:33:54 GMT

But they all end up getting bundled out of the job unceremoniously, eventually don't they?

Should she have left out that part about being PM?

that's the role most remember her being in

I don't think she was trying to impress or intimidate anyone, she was just answering the question honestly

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the_great_she_elephant — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:36:14 GMT

@icyfroth wrote:
@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
@icyfroth wrote:
Oh yes quite straightforward and with a straight face. One of her current jobs is Ex-Prime Minister

"I am of course a former prime minister and do a number of things associated with that.

What part of that did you not understand
Well the part I don't understand, She-el, is, why did she have to describe her occupation as ex-prime minister, top of the list? To impress? intimidate? Self-aggrandisement?

She could have just said author, university lecturer, board member duties. After all that is her current occupation.

Ex-prime minister is not an occupation. Especially not when she got unceremoniously bundled out of the job.

It just makes her look pathetic.

She didn't say her occupation was ex Prime Minister. Perhaps the subtleties of the english language have eluded you. She said there were various duties she was called upon to perform in her capacity as an ex prime minister. As you yourself pointed out many of the positions she holds are honorary (voluntary) ones - and ones which she would not hold if she were not an ex Prime Minister) . I'm quite sure John Howard, Kevin Rudd or Macolm Frazer could say exactly the same thing.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:37:57 GMT

Former Prime Minister is what she said...did you watch her speak on that link I posted?

I think anyone who reaches the dizzy heights of being a Prime Minister is entitled to refer to themselves as a former Prime Minister..quite an achievement.

Who would you believe a fraudster or a former Prime Minister? She was there to tell her story. Others told a different account of events.