Thank You Ms Gillard

Dear Ms Gillard

It is a very sad day for Australia that we have lost you as our Prime Minister and also as a parliamentary member, I want to thank you for all that you have done for us the Australian people and especially want to thank you for what you have done for future Australians.

I have had the good fortune to meet you on two occasions, once when you were Minister for Education and another as Prime Minister. On both occasions you showed charm and charisma. I pointed out to you on both occasions that I considered you a "Bloody Legend" and this was confirmed in the manner in which you acted as PM and accepted the verdict of your caucus colleagues.

You have been a victim of the main Stream Media and the men in blue ties on both sides of the political divide. It is a point of reflection that we in Australia have still not gained the maturity to accept that women have the capability and right to lead.

I will be reminding people of the great achievements during your time as Prime Minister and will remind any young women that I meet of what is possible by using you as an example of what great leadership is about.

You managed to put together a Government made up of a coalition of  Labor, Independents and Greens and then go on a program of change that  has laid foundations for our future. To pass approximately 580 pieces of legislation shows that you had a government that was prepared to take action and implement a real change that had to be negotiated every step of the way. This is the true meaning of democracy.

I want to thank you for having the courage to implement the Carbon Tax and to actually fight all the way to ensure that the doomsayers and commercial interest were dissipated. And we managed to lead the world in what is now proving to be the correct way to go, as shown with the recent announcements from China and the US.

Thank you for the compassion that you have shown implementing the Disability care scheme and making it a levy that removed it from being  an area of the budget that could be manipulated by future governments.

Thank you for the belief in the importance of Education and the fact that it is our future hope for all children to be able to achieve what they want to achieve regardless of their socio economic background or geographical location.

Thank you also for helping us to grow emotionally and to accept that there are parts of our society that are unacceptable. Parts that we need to change and have the bravery to discuss openly so as to be able to heal through the Royal commission into child Sexual Abuse.

I want to congratulate you on the Misogyny speech, another area of Australian society that needs to be addressed. As you said in your Exit Speech let us hope that we are able to have the maturity to recognise that things need to change and people deserve respect regardless of their gender. I promise I will try and push the boundaries on the shades of grey so that women are able to go into leadership roles knowing that they are supported on both sides of the gender divide.

You said that your colleagues showed conviction in the two previous spills and you wanted to thank them for their support and you understood the pressure that they where under to make a change. I have to say you are a better person than I. It is my belief if they had stayed the course the truth would have won out and you would have been able to win the election.

You prevailed as our first Female Prime Minister under enormous pressure from the conservatives on both sides of the fence and did it with grace and dignity. You have changed the nation and made it a much easier path for women in parliament now and in the future.

You said you were proud to have led the country. I say to you we have been proud to have you as our leader. I wish all the very best in your future endeavours and hope that our paths may cross again so that I can remind you again of what a "Bloody legend" you really are.

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