The frail Julia Gillard

Spike reports Julia Gillard's opener in a talk at the Committee for Economic Development of Australia

"Thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. I'm aware that CEDA was really hoping to secure Nigella Lawson to speak today on how to be a domestic goddess, and other topics deemed appropriate for women. I trust I don't prove to be a too unsatisfactory replacement and I apologise up front for intending to discuss Australia's future rather than dispensing recipes.

"Unfortunately, I know more about public policy than I do about cookery, but I do appreciate that, in the eyes of some, this is a clear character defect that needs remedying."

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