

On 24 November 2008 Nicola Roxon, the Minister for Health and Ageing, appointed Mathieson as one of the government's Men's Health Ambassadors, an unpaid role. Īfter Julia Gillard became prime minister in June 2010, Mathieson supported her by assuming an unpaid, behind-the-scenes role, as well as continuing his involvement with charitable causes. Mathieson would remain in that role until March 2010. In January 2010, Mathieson was appointed as a property agent for Ubertas Group, a Melbourne real estate agency, and focused on selling high-rise apartments in Melbourne to international buyers. However, in 2006 he returned to Melbourne, where he worked as a sales representative for PPS Hairwear, a hair products company. After leaving Heading Out, Mathieson returned to Shepparton and established Tim Mathieson Hair with financial support from his father and brother. They began dating in March 2006 and became partners in 2007. There he met Gillard, a long-standing client of the salon. Returning to Melbourne in 2004, Mathieson worked for one year at a salon called Heading Out. įor much of the 1990s Mathieson and a friend worked in California, exporting vintage Levi's jeans and supplying marble interiors. Mathieson next moved to the Gold Coast, Queensland, where he operated a hair salon for a further fifteen years. Returning to Shepparton, he operated a salon for fifteen years. After leaving school he undertook a hairdressing apprenticeship in the Melbourne suburb of South Yarra.

Mathieson was born and raised in Shepparton, Victoria.
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Gillard was Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party at the time.Įarly life and professional career He entered the public spotlight in 2006 when they became partners. Timothy Raymond Mathieson (born 1957) is an Australian hairdresser and the former partner of Julia Gillard, former Prime Minister of Australia.
