The Ability to Connect

The Age June 26, 2010

It is Gillard’s ability to connect with, surprise and delight a wide range of people that is her ace card, writes Anne Summers.

THERE’S a story in Sydney, perhaps apocryphal but certainly instructive, of how some time last year the hard men of the NSW Labor Party (the “Sussex Street assassins” as [...]

Historic moment, but barriers remain for half the population

by Anne Summers
Sydney Morning Herald, 25 June 2010

Julia Gillard may have played down the significance of her sex when she became Australia’s first female prime minister yesterday, saying she “did not set out to crash my head against any glass ceilings” and pointing out that she was also the first redhead to lead the country. [...]

Kristina Kenneally is charming NSW voters

Much to everyone’s surprise, our rookie Premier is a big hit – with voters but also with her colleagues who are impressed by her hard work and her consultative work style:

Read my article in today’s Sydney Morning Herald