Gravity : inside the PM's office during her last year and final days /
Delahunty, Mary,
Gravity : inside the PM's office during her last year and final days / Gravity. Mary Delahunty. - Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, 2014. - xxv, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue : last orders -- Ch. 1. Grief and politics -- Ch. 2. Liars, witches, trolls -- Ch. 3. Summer scorecard -- Ch. 4. 'Politics is a furnace' -- Ch. 5. Mad March -- Ch. 6. Going for Gonski -- Ch. 7. ' The day that never ends' -- Ch. 8. Resilience -- Ch. 9. Budget and tears -- Ch. 10. A funeral, a ball, a beheading -- Ch. 11. The day after.
Our first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard came to power suddenly in a coup that perplexed the nation. She hurried to an election and was chained to a hung parliament. She out-negotiated Tony Abbott and formed a minority government, but the deepest threat was from within: the man she beat for the top job would relentlessly undermine her for three torturous years. In this exclusive insider account, award-winning journalist Mary Delahunty teases out the personal from the political as she asks why we never got to know this Prime Minister. She reveals for the first time Gillard's reflections on why she struggled at the top, as well as the thoughts of other key players in this brutal saga. Delahunty had unparallelled access to the PM throughout her final year, and was the only journalist to speak to Gillard on that fatal June day. Gravity takes readers inside Gillard's private office to detail the drama - exposing the cost of defeat, and capturing just how fast power drains away.
9781742707631
Gillard, Julia Eileen, 1961-
Gillard, Julia, 1961-
Gillard, Julia.
Gillard, Julia.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Political science.
Women prime ministers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Women politicians--Australia--Anecdotes.
Women prime ministers--Australia.
Women politicians--Biography.--Australia
Women politicians--Australia--Biography.
Women prime ministers--Australia--Biography.
Prime ministers--Australia--Biography.
Women politicians--Australia.
Mass media--Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Women politicians.
Women prime ministers.
Mass media--Political aspects--Australia.
Australia--Politics and government--2001-
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia.
ALP Political leadership Women Members Political image Political skills Government performance Political conditions Gillard, Julia Australian
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
324.29407
Gravity : inside the PM's office during her last year and final days / Gravity. Mary Delahunty. - Richmond, Vic. : Hardie Grant Books, 2014. - xxv, 242 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologue : last orders -- Ch. 1. Grief and politics -- Ch. 2. Liars, witches, trolls -- Ch. 3. Summer scorecard -- Ch. 4. 'Politics is a furnace' -- Ch. 5. Mad March -- Ch. 6. Going for Gonski -- Ch. 7. ' The day that never ends' -- Ch. 8. Resilience -- Ch. 9. Budget and tears -- Ch. 10. A funeral, a ball, a beheading -- Ch. 11. The day after.
Our first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard came to power suddenly in a coup that perplexed the nation. She hurried to an election and was chained to a hung parliament. She out-negotiated Tony Abbott and formed a minority government, but the deepest threat was from within: the man she beat for the top job would relentlessly undermine her for three torturous years. In this exclusive insider account, award-winning journalist Mary Delahunty teases out the personal from the political as she asks why we never got to know this Prime Minister. She reveals for the first time Gillard's reflections on why she struggled at the top, as well as the thoughts of other key players in this brutal saga. Delahunty had unparallelled access to the PM throughout her final year, and was the only journalist to speak to Gillard on that fatal June day. Gravity takes readers inside Gillard's private office to detail the drama - exposing the cost of defeat, and capturing just how fast power drains away.
9781742707631
Gillard, Julia Eileen, 1961-
Gillard, Julia, 1961-
Gillard, Julia.
Gillard, Julia.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Australian Labor Party.
Political science.
Women prime ministers--Australia--Anecdotes.
Women politicians--Australia--Anecdotes.
Women prime ministers--Australia.
Women politicians--Biography.--Australia
Women politicians--Australia--Biography.
Women prime ministers--Australia--Biography.
Prime ministers--Australia--Biography.
Women politicians--Australia.
Mass media--Political aspects.
Politics and government.
Women politicians.
Women prime ministers.
Mass media--Political aspects--Australia.
Australia--Politics and government--2001-
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--History.
Australia--Politics and government--21st century.
Australia.
ALP Political leadership Women Members Political image Political skills Government performance Political conditions Gillard, Julia Australian
Biography.
Biographies.
Biographies.
History.
Biographies.
collective biographies.
Biographies.
324.29407
