10 Years On -THE Speech

It is a decade since Julia Gillard’s famous misogyny speech aimed at Tony Abbott and his behaviour as opposition leader

Those images of Julia Gillard, with her royal blue blazer on, standing up to begin her rebuttal on the floor of parliament are etched in the minds of thousands, maybe millions, of people around the world.

Her words have been plastered on coffee mugs, tea towels and lip-synced to on TikTok to a new generation that may have no idea what spurred them to begin with.

Ten years on, the so-called misogyny speech has at the very least continued to linger in the public memory.