Julia Gillard
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335 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 29 Jul
Julia Gillard’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Of course.
So I ended up putting together...
a law degree and an arts degree.
And I had English literature in the arts degree.
But student politics took over, politics took over.
And then, you know, emerging into the parliament, deputy prime minister, prime minister,
The amount of time, particularly at the pinnacle of my career in politics that I had to read was minuscule.
You really had that sense.
If you've got enough energy to be reading, you've got enough energy to be working.
So it really was only on short Christmas breaks and stuff that I'd be reading.
And I went for...
lighter style reads, not lighter in plot line.
I did a lot of Nordic noir, so people chopped up in Iceland in various ways.
Quite heavy and dark, yes.
But not deep, big books that take a lot of your energy because you were just guarding your energy, trying to recuperate, get ready for the things to come.
Yeah, I mean, I, as a child, you know, I liked all of the Australian classics.
Me too.
Because we were Welsh.
There was a bit of compulsory Dylan Thomas mixed in.
Yes, yes.
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