The gap in volume between the two leaders narrows once again as the campaign enters the home stretch. Kevin Rudd is maintaining his “third leader” status.
Mark Latham
Latham on Nine is a disaster. So who’ll take responsibility?
Will Mark Latham last until Sunday night as part of the Nine team, will he self-destruct (as he did in the 2004 election) or will Nine push the destruct button and rid itself of this PR monster?
60 Minutes of morbid intrigue
This election crazy old Mark lambasting Latham is out in force, attacking Gillard, Rudd and others with the kind of vitriol bound to fuel ratings for the former Labor leader’s premiere as a journalist on this Sunday’s 60 Minutes.
What a weekend: Latham, Oakes and a launch devoid of ideas
Well, that was one weird weekend. I can’t recall one like it. Media misbehaviour, Mark Latham pretending to be in the profession he despises most, Laurie Oakes criticising his own network … and we even ended up with a debate.
Bugger the ex-leaders, bring on the title fight
Daily Media Wrap: From footage of Gillard and Rudd pointing at maps of Queensland, to Mark Latham emerging in the press pack and Tony Abbott standing up at the Real Action at the Liberal launch, it was a bizarre weekend.
Gillard: the new Latham
The last election was centred around the mythical Kevin07, the man Labor is now intent on trashing. But while Rudd was good at undermining all sides of the debate, Gillard slides from Left to Right.
Costello: Malcolm joins the underachiever list
Politicians should get a pay rise and a better superannuation package, says Peter Costello. It’s the best way to get good, young politicians who aren’t already tainted by the outside world.
Political snippets: When old leaders re-enter the political fold
Yet another appearance for the week by an old political leader, as Mark Latham makes a mockery of his old Labor Party’s My School website. That and more in today’s Chunky Briefs.
Abbott overcompensates and big business pays the price
It’s not a good idea to act as if your opponents are right. But Tony Abbott has decided he needs a big policy to fix his problem with women voters and his eggs are in the paid parental leave basket.
Crikey Says: Who’s going to fly the dare-to-be-different flag?
They are high-profile, intelligent, ambitious, thoughtful and popular. And now Malcolm Turnbull and Peter Garrett — parliament’s two superstar outsiders of their generation — are political dead meat.
Abbott vs. Latham: polling deathmatch
Possum Comitatus compares polling data from the early stages of Mark Latham’s leadership with Tony Abbott’s figures, and finds Abbott is miles behind. Ouch.
Crikey Says: Hermit and trickster Mark Latham putting on the blitz
The Financial Review works hard to preserve its reputation as the most boring newspaper in the southern hemisphere, but once every fortnight a hermit turns up on the op-ed page to provide some distraction. Mark Latham. Remember him?
Howard was a ladies man, Abbott wants a piece
The importance of the female vote for the coalition shouldn’t be underestimated — they’ve historically enjoyed a dominance among women — but a dominance that the polling suggests has ended, writes Possum Comitatus.
Fran Kelly: Fight, fight, fight, fight… Abbott’s itching for one
Former boxer and current Liberal leader Tony Abbott may be chomping at the bit for an election battle, but a look at Labor history shows aggressive Oppositions don’t win elections, notes Fran Kelly. Remember Mark Latham?
Latham still struggling to learn his ABC
Understanding economics and the business world has never been one of Mark Latham’s core strengths, writes Glenn Dyer.
Do taxpayers really need to pay for the ABC any more?
Mark Latham has written a piece in today’s AFR arguing that it’s time to privatise the ABC. Perhaps it’s time we let Australians vote on whether they want to keep subsidising Auntie, suggests Sinclair Davidson.
Crikey Says: Overseas postings: send your critics far, far away
The Prime Minister had big news this morning, announcing Kim Beazley and Brendan Nelson as new ambassadors. Is Mark Latham’s ambassadorial posting due any second now?
Tony Abbott’s powerplay goes by the book
The big challenge for Tony Abbott is to convince Australians that the Liberals really are interested in ideas, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Latham lambasted for “meathead” diggers comment
From the grave, Latham has unburdened himself in the AFR on everything from Therese Rein (“less than glamorous”) to “meathead” diggers and their “limited intelligence”. He has been widely condemned.
Time for Latham to put up or shut up
Like many a Latham policy when he was leader, his attacks on his former colleagues are cheap populism.
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CRIKEY: In yesterday’s Crikey Mark Alridge was incorrectly attributed the byline of ‘South Australian Independent Legislative Councillor’ but he is not currently a member of parliament. The mistake was made in the subbing process. Mark Latham: Niall Clugston writes: Re. Yesterday’s editorial. What is it about Mark Latham that he brings out all this compulsive psychobabble? […]
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Mark Latham may have been paranoid — it’s hardly an uncommon trait among politicians — but he was paranoid in his own special way.
