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Theresa May and Julia Gillard: an International Women's Day conversation

A Podcast of One's Own with Julia Gillard

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Vladimir Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

I'm sure like everybody in this audience who are watching with horror, the images that we're seeing. It is absolutely horrific. And I think we should remind ourselves that it is an illegal invasion, an illegal war. Vladimir Putin has brought war to mainland Europe, but it's not his first invasion of Ukraine. Of course, he invaded Ukraine in 2014 when he took Crimea. He has underestimated, significantly underestimated the desire of Ukrainians to be free. The huge thing one sees from everybody in Ukraine is that they want to keep their country. They want that freedom. We have seen today, sadly, where strong men can take us.

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