SYDNEY - The boyfriend of Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has hit out at people bullying his partner, saying women are among the worst culprits.
Gillard is Australia's first female leader and is under huge pressure with her ratings in opinion polls at record lows.
In some recent protests she has been called a "bitch" and a "witch" and Tim Mathieson, a former hairdresser who is known as Australia's 'First Bloke', said he could not understand why women were among Gillard's biggest critics.
Stop bullying Julia, Aussie PM's boyfriend says
