It does look like a selfie blown up large, though; which I think will make it look out of place with the others. Still, she should be happy with it.
And by the way - she continues to be one of the most dignified and likeable public figures around. History will remember her as a basically good Prime Minster who had the job under very difficult circumstances.
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history will record her being promoted to the job way too early and thus why she was a complete failure
Ooh...too tough. Way too tough. Especially in light of what followed her.
I've updated it to mildly qualify "good" with "basically".
I could have alternatively gone with "decent", I think. Perhaps a sense of decency about her is more what I was going for... especially in comparison with the Speedo boy PM who wasn't beyond ensuring troublesome opponents got jailed.
Abbott rates with Stanley Bruce as our worst PMs
I always liked Stanley Bruce just for his name (he was also one of the Lord Melbournes, I believe).
As Homer hints, timing is important in politics as well as comedy. Few of our most recent PMs seem to have had much sense of that.
I presume Gillard got one of her favourite artists to do this. It's in that hyper-real style I think (rubs chin in manner of a scholarly art critic).
It's a good painting.
There is an cartoon that has been passed around with Gillard and Turnbull talking. Turnbull mentions how hard it is to do anything with a divided party, while Gillard says something like "I know", sitting on a large pile of legislation passed and other milestones.
Sure, she had her share of foibles, but compared to subsequent PMs, she appears dignified.
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