'Not now, not ever': 10 years on from the misogyny speech
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.
Much has been said about the speech in the decade since Gillard rose to her feet to deliver it, but what does it mean to those now inside the building? To those who've watched the political world change around them, and those just entering it for the first time?
LoadingIn terms of proximity to the prime minister on October 9, , few were closer to the action than Tanya Plibersek.
She was the health minister at the time and was sitting just behind Gillard watching the speech unfold.
"We'd been really on the back foot in the parliament, the opposition under Tony Abbott was very aggressively pursuing the prime minister and pursui
Why people are still talking about 'that' Julia Gillard speech 10 years on
Julia Gillard's time as Australian prime minister may only have lasted three years but the former Labor leader delivered one of the most memorable moments in Australian political history.
On 9 October , the country's first female prime minister was under immense pressure to keep her government in power amid scandals and increasingly personal attacks.
Then-opposition leader Tony Abbott had recently been photographed at an anti-carbon tax rally next to placards calling her "Juliar", "[Greens leader] Bob Brown's bitch" and reading "Ditch the witch".
Opposition leader Tony Abbott speaking in March Source: AAP / Alan Porritt
empty fruit bowl in her kitchen
, for some a symbol of Ms Gillard's childlessness.Ms Gillard later said she wished she had called out sexist media coverage earlier, saying she didn&#x;t realise it was going to get as mad as it did . But under pressure in parliament, Ms Gillard addressed the issue in a speech that was voted the most unf
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