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MARK LATHAM
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Rebekah Brooks enjoys Sydney holiday … renaming the Sunday SMH? … Chris Bowen turns his hand to writing …
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The real education revolution Labor needs
Money alone won’t solve the crisis in Australian education, the former Labor leader argues in the current Quarterly Essay. Only system-wide institutional change will arrest declining standards.
READ MOREMaxine McKew v Geoff Gallop, more or less
Crikey readers have their say on the issues of the day.
READ MORETo cut carbon emissions, we must go nuclear
Crikey readers have their say on carbon, Mark Latham and the new-look Age.
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Latham: I only said what Robb had said himself
The former Labor leader is standing by his reference to Andrew Robb’s mental health issues in a newspaper column last week. He says the Right-wing commentariat has no right to call for his comments to be censored.
READ MOREPaying the best teachers the most money
Crikey readers weigh in on the issues of the day.
READ MORELatham v the commentariat: three howlers from Akerman
The former Labor leader turns his attention to Daily Telegraph warrior Piers Akerman — three errors in one sentence from his Sunday Tele column.
READ MOREHinch vs Latham vs Henderson
Crikey readers weigh in on the big issues of the day.
READ MOREObama Birthers take over The Australian
The Australian’s campaign against Julia Gillard, kicked along by its legal correspondent Chris Merritt, has descended into ancient history and smear. Former Labor leader Mark Latham investigates.
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Latham’s Bolt Watch: a lunar Right eclipse? It’s a cover-up!
Make no mistake: Andrew Bolt is Australia’s answer to Donald Trump — a devastating commentary on the moral and intellectual decline of conservatism in this country, declares Mark Latham.
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Latham’s Bolt Watch: meep, meep, it’s Coyote and the Road Runner
To examine the criticisms by Andrew Bolt and others (including Julie Bishop) that Julia Gillard should have reported to police about her ex-boyfriend’s “slush fund”, Mark Latham speaks to the Victorian Legal Services Commissioner, Michael McGarvie.
READ MORELatham’s Bolt Watch: ‘He will say and do anything to get at Gillard’
In round two of Bolt Watch, Mark Latham takes on more assertions made by blogger Andrew Bolt over the Julia Gillard AWU story.
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Latham’s Bolt Watch: Why Andrew is wrong on Gillard and Slater & Gordon
The former Labor leader trawls the coverage of the Julia Gillard’s Slater &Gordon affair on Andrew Bolt’s blog to test the allegations — and Bolt’s assertions — against her.
READ MORELatham’s Henderson Watch: that’s a giant mistake, tiger
Last Friday the Dog was off his leash, dragging dear old Ita Buttrose into his mistake-ridden ways, writes former Labor leader Mark Latham.
READ MORELatham’s Henderson Watch: False Prophet at a loss
Clearly Gerard Henderson is sleep-deprived as he bumbles from one howler to another, writes former Labor leader Mark Latham.
READ MOREThe weakness of republicanism
Crikey readers have their say.
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Simons v The Oz … Press Council backs Latham … new Ten late news …
Over the past week Margaret Simons has been subjected to a sustained attack on her reputation in the pages of The Australian. It’s a non story, says Simons.
READ MORERundle: time to work out what a Labor Party is for
In the aftermath of Queensland — a place that, like Vietnam or Dresden or Hell, has become an event — it’s worth revisiting a debate that’s been going on round Leftish traps, regarding the ALP in power.
READ MORELouise Adler: the politician’s publisher
Louise Adler, the MUP boss who got Mark Latham, Peter Costello and Tony Abbott’s tomes on the shelves, has become one of the most visible figures in Australian publishing, writes Tom Cowie.
READ MORETony Abbott, ordinary man extraordinaire, revisited by Michael Duffy
Michael Duffy, author of Latham and Abboott, has talked again at some length with one half of his joint biography, reports Richard Walkins.
READ MOREMark Latham’s Tele complaint to the Press Council
Today Crikey reproduces Mark Latham’s complaint to the Press COuncil.
READ MOREComplaints to Press Council double — so will it beef up?
Those who are inclined to write off the Press Council might be given pause by the fact that the number of complaints it receives has doubled since October.
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Latham says Tele breached his privacy, but editor unapologetic
Mark Latham has re-engaged in his slanging match with News Limited after what he calls “premeditated” attack by The Sunday Telegraph that framed him as an elderly women hater.
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UK Labour to tighten media … Rupert sells home …
Why the media debate doesn’t hold water, a dash of class war in today’s Front Page of the Day and other media news from around the globe.
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