Where were you on October 9 ten years ago? Do you happen to remember a little speech given by then-Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard about misogyny?
Well, it seems like a load of you not only remember the speech, which went viral around the world at the time, but it looks like a majority of people think it was the most unforgettable moment in Australian TV history.
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The Guardian has been running a poll on what Aussies thought was the most iconic moment they've ever seen on the telly and Ms Gillard's speech came out on top with 3,391 votes.
It was a clear winner, with the other podium finishers being Gough Whitlam's dismissal speech, with 1,383 votes and The Chaser's invasion of APEC in 2007, which had 1,147 votes.
Following up the top five was Cathy Freeman's iconic win of the 400m at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, then Scott and Charlene's wedding on Neighbours.
That episode, number 523, became one of the most watched soap opera episodes of its time in Australia. When it premiered in the UK, it was watched by 19.6 million people, making it the third most watched programme in the country of 1988.
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Sixth to 10th place was a wild trip down memory lane, with Corey Worthington on A Current Affair just falling outside the top five, Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australia came seventh, followed by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell trashing the Get Krack!n set, then Norman Gunston at Gough Whitlam's dismissal in ninth, and The '100-metre track' scene on The Games.
Incredibly, 'Bob Hawke's advice for bosses after Australia won the America's Cup in 1983', came in at number 13, while Bronson winning a pissing contest in Round the Twist registered at 19th.
Ms Gillard made her iconic misogyny speech while responding to then-Opposition leader Tony Abbott, who introduced a motion in Parliament to have Peter Slipper removed as Speaker over lewd text messages he sent to an aide.
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Mr Abbott then linked Ms Gillard's support of Mr Slipper, adding that it was just 'another day of shame for a government which should already have died of shame'.
The then-Prime Minister hit back with her legendary line of: "I say to the Leader of the Opposition I will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. I will not.
"And the Government will not be lectured about sexism and misogyny by this man. Not now, not ever.
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"The Leader of the Opposition says that people who hold sexist views and who are misogynists are not appropriate for high office.
"Well I hope the Leader of the Opposition has got a piece of paper and he is writing out his resignation. Because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he doesn't need a motion in the House of Representatives, he needs a mirror.
"That's what he needs."
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