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412:, who said that he didn't realise such sexual discrimination still existed. Gaudron said that "the discrimination being practised in that particular hotel was nothing compared to the discrimination over which he would undoubtedly preside when he became Minister for Industrial Relations after the next election." However, the Whitlam government was elected on 2 December, and Cameron duly became Minister for Industrial Relations. Whitlam called Gaudron on 3 December to hire her to argue the case for equal pay. 428:(an organisation she would later work for). However, Gaudron later came to regard her argument, that Australia had not ratified the Convention because the commission would not grant equal pay (thus preventing Australia from fulfilling its obligations under the convention), as somewhat disingenuous, and recalled it with a measure of embarrassment. 674:, described Gaudron's contribution to Australian law as "an extraordinarily humanising effect ... the strong views she expresses in cases involving discrimination and like issues, are very influential and important in the development of the law in those areas". The Anti-Discrimination Commissioner of 298:
and Evatt replied that "you could call it the Ten Commandments of government." Gaudron then asked for a copy and Evatt subsequently sent her one in the mail. Gaudron, expecting two stone tablets, was disappointed to receive only a small pamphlet. However, when the school bullies declared the pamphlet
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Early in 1972, Gaudron had entered a bar with a male barrister friend when the waitress informed the friend that the bar did not serve women. Gaudron "patiently explained to the barmaid that my friend didn't want a woman because he'd brought his own," eventually creating "something of a scene" which
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QC, preferring her ability over the veteran. According to O'Shaughnessy, 'she cut a valiant figure, this "slip of a girl", who stood unsupported before the five legal elders of the land. They were obviously impressed by her courage, her sheer elegant dash, her shining intellect finding expression in
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and supported by the Whitlam government, extended the reach of the original but limited equal pay decision of 1969. Prior decisions had guaranteed equal pay only for certain specific occupations and later, certain limited industries (industries traditionally considered 'women's work', such as the
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On 21 June 2002, Gaudron announced her retirement from the High Court, effective from 10 February 2003. She left the court at the age of just 60, ten years before she reached the mandatory retirement age. Gaudron's early retirement was lamented by all areas of the legal profession. Justice
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Gaudron has two daughters, Danielle and Julienne, with her first husband, Ben Nurse. Danielle was born during her final year of Law School and Julienne was a baby at her appointment to the Arbitration Commission. She also has a son, Patrick, with her second husband, John Fogarty.
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published anonymous remarks stating "a melancholy catalogue of sins of omission and commission as well as the better claims of others" ought to have weighed against her appointment, and that she held "an emotional disposition inappropriate in a holder of judicial office".
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observed that her appointment would likely be controversial as she was "strongly identified with the Labor Party, and despite a formidable career, has not generally been regarded as in the front rank of the legal profession".
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for her appointment, first by emphasising her outstanding academic record, then by noting her humble working-class background, to which Whitlam supposedly said, "Next you'll be telling us she was born in a bloody manger!"
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Gaudron was generally regarded as not particularly emotive in her writing style, although the judgment for which she is perhaps best remembered popularly was the Mabo case, where, in a joint judgment with Justice
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In April 1974, Gaudron was appointed to the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission as Deputy President, becoming the youngest ever federal judge. It was rumoured that Cameron had advocated in
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and the High Court in the early 1970s, particularly in the area of industrial law. In 1972 she became the first woman to be appointed to the Council of the New South Wales Bar.
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remarked that Gaudron's "contribution just can't be described as symbolic", but rather she had "made a very significant and genuine contribution" to Australian law.
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attempted to sell his room, the other members of his chambers would not let Gaudron buy it, although there were no other buyers. She eventually shared a room with
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Gaudron has occasionally been criticised throughout her career. At the time of her appointment to the High Court in 1987, the New South Wales legal magazine
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When she announced her retirement, an anonymous academic said that Gaudron had failed to achieve the expectations set by her supporters, and that among the
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textile industry), whereas this case extended the principle of equal pay to all workers. Gaudron's argument was based on the principles of the 1951
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On 19 September 1997 Gaudron was appointed the founding Patron of Australian Women Lawyers and continued in this role until 20 February 2009.
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Gaudron was admitted to the New South Wales Bar in October 1968 after having completed her articles of clerkship and commenced practice as a
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allowing for a year's unpaid leave for all full-time and permanent part-time workers. In 1979–1980, Gaudron was the inaugural chair of the
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felicitous language, her good manners, charm, poise. And perhaps, when all is said and done, by her sheer cheek in taking on the case.'
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in 1943, the daughter of working-class parents Edward and Grace Gaudron. She would later speak about the intense racism towards
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Gaudron described herself in 2005 as privileged "to be a bit player in the maintenance of the rule of law in Australia".
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which was part of everyday life in Moree and how it influenced her strong opposition to all forms of discrimination.
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Despite this anonymous criticism, Gaudron also received much praise. Former President of the New South Wales Bar,
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and Gaudron were appointed to the court. At just 44 years of age, Gaudron was the fourth youngest Justice, after
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Another one of Gaudron's significant cases was in 1972, when she successfully argued the Equal Pay case for the
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Burton, Pamela, (2010) From Moree to Mabo: The Mary Gaudron Story: University of Western Australia Press, Perth
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from 1981 until 1987 before her appointment to the High Court. After her retirement in 2002, she joined the
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useless, Gaudron retorted that it was of great use to lawyers, and that some day she would be one.
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As a High Court Justice, Gaudron contributed to every area of Australian law, most notably to
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in February 1987 created two vacancies on the High Court. On 6 February 1987,
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In March 2003, Gaudron joined the International Labour Organization (ILO) in
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Gaudron's most notable case on the Arbitration Commission was an important
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Honours of 1988. Gaudron had declined the award without explanation.
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Blackshield, Tony; Coper, Michael; Williams, George (2001).
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scholarship to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the
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passed through Moree to campaign for the "no" case in the
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was "the darkest aspect of the history of this nation".
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Kalowski, Henrik (2001). "Gaudron, Mary Genevieve". In
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O'Shaughnessy v Mirror Newspapers Ltd ("Othello case")
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Gaudron's first major breakthrough was in 1970 with
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The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia
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Index

The Honourable
KC

Justice of the High Court of Australia
Bob Hawke
Ninian Stephen
Anthony Mason
Dyson Heydon
Moree
New South Wales
Alma mater
University of Sydney
KC
first female Justice
High Court of Australia
New South Wales
International Labour Organization
Moree
New South Wales
Indigenous Australians
H. V. Evatt
1951 referendum
Menzies
Liberal
Constitution of Australia
Australian Communist Party
Holden
ute
Ten Commandments
Armidale

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