For better or worse, you know a company is serious about putting forward a clear image of itself when it submits to an interview with Charlie Rose.

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It says a lot about Australian attitudes on the subject that Ms Gillard's image-makers clearly saw the sit-down interview with Channel Nine as a plus rather than as a negative.

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"People are more interested in changing my image than I am, " she said in an interview.

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