Quarterly Essay 49 Not Dead Yet

With an election looming and criticism of the ALP now a national pastime, Mark Latham considers the future for Labor. The nation has changed, but can the party?With wit and insight, Latham reveals an organisation top-heavy with factional bosses protecting their turf. At the same time Labor s traditional working-class base has long been eroding. People who grew up in fibro shacks now live in double...