Personal Life
Gillard's partner since 2006 is Tim Mathieson. She has had previous relationships with union officials Michael O'Connor and Bruce Wilson and fellow Federal Labor MP Craig Emerson. She has never married and has no children.
Gillard's mother told ABC TV's Australian Story that Gillard had spoken from a young age of never wanting children. Gillard herself told the program that while she admired women who could balance child rearing with a career, "I'm not sure I could have. There's something in me that's focused and single-minded and if I was going to do that, I'm not sure I could have done this."
She owns a home in the south-western Melbourne suburb of Altona which she occupied prior to The Lodge. She is a public supporter of the Western Bulldogs AFL club. As for the NRL, she is a supporter of the Melbourne Storm.
Gillard was brought up in the Baptist tradition, but is not religious. In a 2010 interview when asked if she believed in God, Gillard stated: "No I don't ... I'm not a religious person ... a great respecter of religious beliefs but they're not my beliefs."
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