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

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.

"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.htm...

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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@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.
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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-appe...

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

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

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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

 

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"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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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.

 

 

 

 

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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@icyfroth wrote:

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@the_great_she_elephant wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

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

 

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"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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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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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.

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.