Nicola Roxon

...asked whether her partner, Tim Mathieson, was gay; the interviewer was later sacked. A retiring former senior minister, Nicola Roxon, told parliament in her farewell speech this week that Australia has a “dangerous underbelly” of sexism. “We have a capable,...

...asked whether her partner, Tim Mathieson, was gay; the interviewer was later sacked. A retiring former senior minister, Nicola Roxon, told parliament in her farewell speech this week that Australia has a “dangerous underbelly” of sexism. “We have a capable,...

...order: Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd embrace Nicola Roxon after Ms Roxon delivered her valedictory on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider...

...order: Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd embrace Nicola Roxon after Ms Roxon delivered her valedictory on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider...

...signs of the leadership tension were evident in public comments from Labor MPs throughout the day. Former Attorney General Nicola Roxon used her valedictory speech to praise Ms Gillard as a "capable, tough, determined, smart woman" who "has been subjected...

...order: Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd embrace Nicola Roxon after Ms Roxon delivered her valedictory on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares A late switch by Labor back to Kevin Rudd could provoke a constitutional crisis forcing Governor-General Quentin Bryce to consider...

...Labor MP Nicola Roxon has praised Julia Gillard as an amazing prime minister, saying the party has let internal divisions overshadow its ability to do right by Australia. Ms Gillard, who earlier attended a caucus meeting of Labor MPs, was in the lower house...

...not in a vacuum without plan or strategy.' In the lower house Ms Gillard heard her praises sung as former government minister Nicola Roxon give her valedictory speech ahead of her retirement at the September 14 poll. Ms Roxon said she was proud of the prime...

...not in a vacuum without plan or strategy.' In the lower house Ms Gillard heard her praises sung as former government minister Nicola Roxon give her valedictory speech ahead of her retirement at the September 14 poll. Ms Roxon said she was proud of the prime...