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Julia Eileen Gillard (born 29 September 1961) is the 27th and current Prime Minister of Australia, in office since 24 June 2010.
Gillard was born in Barry, Wales and migrated with her family to Adelaide, Australia in 1966, attending Mitcham Demonstration School and Unley High School. In 1982 Gillard moved to Melbourne. She graduated from the University of Melbourne with Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 1986. In 1987, Gillard joined the law firm Slater & Gordon working in industrial law, before entering politics.
Gillard was elected at the 1998 federal election to the House of Representatives seat of Lalor, Victoria, for the Australian Labor Party. Following the 2001 federal election, Gillard was elected to the shadow cabinet with the portfolios of Population and Immigration. The Reconciliation and Indigenous Affairs and the Health portfolios were added in 2003. In December 2006, Kevin Rudd was elected Labor leader and Leader of the Opposition, with Gillard as deputy leader.
Julian Paul Assange ( /əˈsɒnʒ/ ə-SONZH; born 3 July 1971) is an Australian computer programmer, political/internet activist, publisher, and journalist. He is best known as the editor in chief and founder of WikiLeaks, a media website which publishes information from whistleblowers. The site acts as a conduit for worldwide news leaks, with a stated purpose of creating open governance.
WikiLeaks has published material about extrajudicial killings in Kenya, toxic waste dumping in Côte d'Ivoire, Church of Scientology manuals, Guantanamo Bay procedures, and banks such as Kaupthing and Julius Baer. In 2010, WikiLeaks published Iraq War documents and Afghan War documents about American involvement in the wars, some of which was classified material. On 28 November 2010, WikiLeaks and its five international print media partners (Der Spiegel, The New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian and El País) began publishing U.S. diplomatic cables.
Assange was a hacker-activist in his youth, before becoming a computer programmer and then becoming internationally renowned for his work with WikiLeaks. He has lived in several countries and has made public appearances in many parts of the world to speak about freedom of the press, censorship, and investigative journalism. He has received numerous awards and nominations, including the 2009 Amnesty International Media Award, Readers' Choice for TIME magazine's 2010 Person of the Year, the 2011 Sydney Peace Foundation gold medal and the 2011 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism.Snorre Valen, a Norwegian parliamentarian, nominated him for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize.
Actors: Rachel Griffiths (actress), Richard Keddie (producer), Richard Keddie (writer), Richard Keddie (director), Kerry-Anne Walsh (writer),
Genres: Biography, Drama,Actors: Ryan Davey (actor), Ryan Davey (actor), Ryan Davey (director), Ryan Davey (editor), Ryan Davey (actor), Curt James Clancy (actor), Curt James Clancy (actor), Curt James Clancy (actor), Sam Spampinato (actor), Rosalie Ann Dunstan (actor), Rosalie Ann Dunstan (actor), Sam Spampinato (actor), Sam Spampinato (actor), Jesse Slockee (actor), Paul Fichera (actor),
Plot: Spoof of Australian and American TV, which parodies Australian TV Commercials, News Programmes, Grindhouse and Porno Movie Trailers, TV Shows about UFO's, Humanitarian Ads and Public Service Announcements. Loosely based of skits from "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and "The Groove Tube".
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Leanne Farmiloe (producer), Leanne Farmiloe (editor), Leanne Farmiloe (director), Leanne Farmiloe (composer), Leanne Farmiloe (writer), Dave Evans (actor), John Spencer (actor), Tory Richards (actor), Ramez Khalil (actor), Tony Gill (actor), John Gallagher (actor),
Plot: Scotch Thistle and Cane Toad are sick of being classified as 'Weeds and Pests', so they ask wise old Platypus for advice. She advises them to travel to Canberra to ask Julia Gillard to reclassify them as 'desirable' species. However Julia's suggested solution (containing them in detention centres for processing as export products) does not appeal to them, so they head back home. Unfortunately, when they get there, a goat looking for the symposium on Weeds and Pests steps on Cane Toad and eats Thistle. But all ends well when they end up on a cloud in Heaven.
Genres: Animation, Family, Short,