Julie Isabel Bishop (born 17 July 1956), Australian politician, has been a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives since 1998, representing the seat of Curtin in Western Australia. She was a member the Australian Cabinet until the defeat of the Coalition government at the election held on 24 November 2007. On 27 November 2007 she announced she was nominating for the position of Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. Julie Bishop (August 30, 1914 - August 30, 2001) was an American film and television actress. ... is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... A car from 1956 Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ... Type Lower house Speaker of the House David Hawker, Liberal since November 16, 2004 Members 150 Political groups Liberal Party (74) ALP (60) National Party (12) Country Liberal Party (1) Last elections 9 October 2004 Meeting place Parliament House, Canberra, ACT Web site House of Representatives Entrance to the House... The Division of Curtin is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... The 2007 election for the federal Parliament of Australia, in which 13. ...

Bishop was born in Lobethal, South Australia, and was educated at the St Peter's Collegiate Girls' School, the University of Adelaide and the Harvard Business School. She graduated from the University of Adelaide with a Bachelor of Laws in 1978, and subsequently practised as a barrister and solicitor at Adelaide law firm Mangan, Ey & Bishop, where she was a partner. In 1983 she relocated to Perth where she practised as a commercial litigation solicitor at Robinson Cox (now Clayton Utz). She became a partner of Clayton Utz in 1985, and managing partner (Western Australia) in 1994. In 1996 she attended Harvard Business School in Boston and completed the Advanced Management Program for Senior Managers. Lobethal (34°54′S 138°52′E, postcode 5241) is a town in the Adelaide Hills area of South Australia, about 30 kilometres east of Adelaide. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... The University of Adelaide (colloquially Adelaide University or Adelaide Uni) is a public university located in Adelaide. ... Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... The degree of Bachelor of Laws is the principal academic degree in law in the majority of common law countries other than the United States, where it has been replaced by the Juris Doctor degree. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Location of Perth within Australia This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Clayton Utz is one of Australias largest law firms, with over 1900 staff working across offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Canberra and Darwin. ... Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1, Athens of America, The Cradle of Revolution, Puritan City, Americas Walking City Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino(D) Area    - City 232. ...

Bishop was Chair of the Town Planning Appeal Tribunal of Western Australia, a Senate Member of Murdoch University, a director of the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) and a director and fellow of the Australian Institute of Management. She has also served on the Council of Governors of the Lions Ear and Hearing Institute. Murdoch University is a university with its main campus at Murdoch, south of Perth, Western Australia, along South Street near the Kwinana Freeway ( ). It commenced operations as WAs second university in 1973, and accepted its first students in 1975. ... The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ...

Bishop won pre-selection for the seat of Curtin, Western Australia in 1998, and went on to win the seat for the Liberal Party at the Federal Election later that year against the sitting member and former Liberal turned independent, Alan Rocher, who had held the seat since 1981. Curtin may refer to several people: Andrew Gregg Curtin, former Governor of Pennsylvania Brian Curtin, controversial Irish judge Hoyt Curtin, composer and music producer Jane Curtin, American comedian and actress Jim Curtin, American soccer player John Curtin, former Prime Minister of Australia Matt Curtin, computer scientist Phyllis Curtin, American soprano... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2005-06)  - Product ($m)  $107,910 (4th)  - Product per capita  $53,134/person... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party. ...

Bishop was appointed Minister for Ageing in 2003. Bishop was later promoted to Minister for Education, Science and Training and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues in the cabinet reshuffle on 24 January 2006 and served in those positions until the defeat of the Coalition government at the federal election held on 24 November 2007. Hon Julie Bishop The current Minister for Education, Science and Training is Julie Bishop. ... In the parliamentary system a cabinet shuffle is an informal term for an event that occurs when a Head of State or Head of Government rotates or changes the composition of ministers in his or her United States it would very unusual for a president to reassign all the cabinet... is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Policies

Bishop's education policy centres on the development of national education standards as well as performance-based pay for teachers. She opposes post-modern approaches to critical analysis, which have some students deconstructing Big Brother and readings of texts, such as interpreting Shakespeare from a feminist or even post-colonial perspective. On April 13, 2007, the Australian State Governments expressed opposition to Bishop's policies, notably those relating to performance pay.
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In the 2007 Budget, the Federal Government announced a $5b "endowment fund" for higher education, with an express goal of providing world-class tertiary institutions in Australia.

Some of Bishop's comments, such as "the states have ideologically hijacked school syllabi and are wasting $180 million in unnecessary duplication" have been criticised by teachers. An advance media kit for a recent speech claimed parts of the present curriculum came "straight from Chairman Mao", however the reference was dropped from her speech. ^{[1] [2] [3]} Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893—September 9, 1976) was the chairman of the Communist Party of China from 1935 until his death. ...

External links

• Personal website

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