Quarterly Essay 15 Latham's World

In the third Quarterly Essay of 2004, Margaret Simons takes a long hard look at Mark Latham, the self-proclaimed "e;club buster"e; and the man who would be prime minister. Few doubt Latham's intelligence and ambition, but what will this amount to in government? Simons argues that if Labor is elected, it will not be "e;business as usual"e;. Rather we can expect a reformist government in the spirit ...