Life Outside Politics
After retiring from politics, Kernot wrote a "full and frank" biography called Speaking for Myself, which was published in 2002. The book purported to accurately portray Kernot's political history. On July 3, 2002, in his regular weekly column in The Bulletin, veteran political journalist Laurie Oakes criticised Kernot for failing to mention her extramarital affair while leader of the Democrats with Gareth Evans, who was a Labor frontbencher and key advocate of her move to Labor. Oakes claimed the relationship began several years before Kernot joined Labor, and ended in October 1999. He made the claim based on leaked emails in his possession that proved Kernot had had a five-year relationship with Evans. Initially, Kernot and Evans made themselves unavailable for comment; however, Evans subsequently confirmed the nature of their relationship.
Kernot worked in the United Kingdom as Programme Director at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurs at the Said Business School at Oxford University and as the Director of Learning at the School for Social Entrepreneurs in London. Kernot is currently the Director of Social Business at the Centre for Social Impact, based at the University of New South Wales. She has also expressed support for Australia becoming a republic.
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