News24 host James Macpherson ripped into former prime minister Julia Gillard for lecturing Australians on climate change. “I will not be lectured about climate change by that woman,” Mr Macpherson said. “I mean, this is the woman who gave us the NDIS, which is now costing what? $50 billion a year. “She totally destroyed women's safe spaces by wrecking the Sex Discrimination Act. “She lives in London most of the time and now flies back here to tell us that when we're talking about the weather, we're really talking about climate change. “Give me a break.”