"Gillard was and will ever be seen as a disloyal, divisive figure who put her own ambition first."

So leo do you say the same about turnbull?
He did exactly the same thing to the rabbott.

It,s incredible how these people can not see past their own side of politics. When the going gets tough to their own they go quiet. That SM bloke has not been heard of since the WA election grubbing.
Julia Gillard is.a very respected person around the world, and an excellent progression into leadership of mental health.
Ambition drives these people and sometimes could have been done better, that is not a lifetime curse.
I will not even mention Turnbull and abbot. I don,t want any slanging going on here.
I congratulate Julia for wanting to share in the advancement of mental health in her new role.

I have absolutely no time for Ms GILLARD as a Prime Minister. Similarly, there were many people who lived in Victoria when Mr KENNETT was Premier, who couldn't tolerate him either. Yet he proved to be a very resourceful leader for 'Beyond Blue' despite his politics.

I reckon Ms GILLARD should be given every chance in which to prove herself, she may well be as equally effective as Mr KENNETT, you never know, after all it's very much a non-political role and remuneration is only just a modest honorarium from what I understand.

Julia Gillard made comments on ABC radio in 2016 (I believe) which I later saw on my facebook page. I felt the comments were cheap, in the context that she had taken a view that younger women in particular would face increased levels of negative comments and activity towards themselves, coming from others.

I felt this was a double standard, and I posted that on facebook. I felt that politicians should essentially "clean up their own backyard" and send a positive message to the public, that bad behaviour towards others is not acceptable, and this is particularly shown during question time in parliament. I had a number of people like my comment.

Julia Gillard hardly had a good record in the context of nicety, and then you take throwing out a Prime Minister into play and both elements do not come out well. If Julia Gillard wants to improve Australia in any way, (which she could), I would first suggest she contact Bill Shorten and get him to sign a pledge that bad and poor parliamentary activity will be thrown in the bin.

Dear Nathan,

Perhaps the following link may help explain the
"niceties" of parliamentary behaviour and what
our former PM had to put up with during her term
in office. Because as the link explains never in
our country's history has a national leader faced
so many demands and attacks on multiple fronts.

From day one after the 2010 election Julia Gillard
had the blowtorch applied. Her position as PM
has been described as "tainted" because supposedly
she "stabbed Rudd in the back." This suggests she
came to power illegitimately. It ignores the fact
that there was widespread dissatisfaction over Rudd's
leadership within the Labor Party as polls began to
slide. She spoke to him face to face about her intention
to challenge after being approached by several concerned
members of caucus. He resigned and Gillard was elected
unopposed by the parliamentary caucus.

There was nothing illegitimate about the process. She
became leader because she gained support of the Labor
Party caucus.

But there's more at the following link:

http://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/a-fair-go-for-prime-minister-julia-gillard,5196

Gillard should be well aquainted with the causes of depression.

She caused heaps of depression when PM.

Worst government ever