Yes, Australia got its first female Prime Minister on the 24th June 2010. The Hon, Madam Prime Minister, Julia Gillard will face an election on the 21st of August.
No, no woman has ever been the Prime Minister of Australia.
Yes. There is no restriction on gender for this position. The former prime minister of Australia was a female. Julia Gillard was Prime Minister from June 2010 until June 2013.
There has been a female prime minister.
No: Alexander Downer has never been Australia's Prime Minister. He was, at most, the leader of the opposition.
There has been one female prime minister - Margaret Thatcher.
If your question means how many prime ministers does Australia have at one time, then the answer is only one.If it refers to how many Prime Ministers Australia has had since Federation, then the answer is 32 as of 2012. 31 men and one woman have held the office of Prime Minister at some stage, but several of them have held office more than once, serving after a break. Therefore, there have been 27 different people who served as Prime Minister.Julia Gillard is the 32nd Prime Minister, but the 27th different Prime Minister.
Australia has had 34 prime ministers as of 2013. 33 men and one woman have held the office of Prime Minister at some stage, but several of them have held office more than once, serving after a break. Therefore, there have been 28 different people who served as Prime Minister. Tony Abbott is the 34th Prime Minister, but the 28th different Prime Minister.The third prime minister of Australia was John Christian Watson, known simply as just Chris Watson.
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No. Julia Eileen Gillard was the first female Prime Minister of Australia.
There has been a female prime minister in Australia.The current (2011) Prime Minister, and the first female PM in Australia is Julia Gillard. Gillard first took office on 24 June 2010, and was officially elected in a Federal election on 21 August 2010.
There have been 27 Australian Prime minesters...
Yes. The Prime Minister of Australia is the head of government in Australia. The current prime minister in 2015 is Tony Abbott.
Australia's last Prime Minister was Julia Gillard.As of 26 June 2013, the Prime Minister of Australia in 2013 is Kevin Rudd of the Australian Labor Party (ALP). A leadership challenge resulted in the removal of Australia's first female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who herself had been the victor in a leadership challenge which toppled Kevin Rudd from his position as former Prime Minister on 24 June 2010.
Alexander Downer has never been Australia's Prime Minister.
No: Alexander Downer has never been Australia's Prime Minister. He was, at most, the leader of the opposition.
No she was not the first lady prime minister of a country, Golda Meir and even Indira Gandhi were before her.
Kevin Rudd has not been Prime Minister of Australia since June 2010.
Yes, there was a women prime minister before. Her name is Margaret Thatcher.
There has been one female prime minister - Margaret Thatcher.
Australia's Prime Minister in 1911 was Andrew Fisher, of the Commonwealth labor Party. He held office from 13 April 1910 until 24 June 1913.Fisher had also been Australia's Prime minister on one previous occasion, and became prime minister for a third time after a short absence.