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...unique social and spatial grounding. In trying to engage with the electorate, he's got intimate. It means he's comfortable talking about himself - and he's not shy about trying to appeal to voters on emotional grounds or on the basis of shared values. Latham says his "ladder of opportunity" slogan "comes from who I am and where I've been." At Labor's national conference in January, he sketched his climb out of Green Valley: "When I was young, my mum used to tell me there were two types of people in our street - the slackers...
...there - in Latham's books, pamphlets, speeches, newspaper columns and correspondence - and it's been a great career move. One disadvantage of that fertility, though, is that he can spread too many seeds, too many messages. Is he for the free market or not? Where does the ladder of opportunity begin - and end? Do politicians listen or lead? Some of his enthusiasms flare only to disappear. Whatever happened to Latham's Lifelong Learning Accounts, a national insurance scheme to provide individual choice in education? There's been no progress on the ownership agenda Latham once trumpeted. A couple of years...
...Labor - not just as a political party, but as a movement - "a movement that needs to energize its base and create new causes and constituencies," as he wrote in From the Suburbs. These two streams come together in his desire to take Labor, and the nation, on his ladder of opportunity. "Economic aspiration is good and social mobility is even better - all Australians climbing the ladder of opportunity," he told Labor's national conference in January. "I believe in the powerful combination of hard work, good family and the civilizing role of government services." There's merely a hint...
...Labor's education, health, tax and welfare policies - the rungs of the ladder, as Latham would say - where his influence has taken hold. Education is the cornerstone of Latham's world: cradle-to-grave learning, the reform of tertiary institutions and teacher training, more resources, school funding based on need. As in Latham's own life, government schools provide the foundation, especially in disadvantaged areas. Universal health care forms another rung in Latham's social-equalization scheme. Reward for effort is his aim in tax and family policy: a "learn or earn" ultimatum for young people, the removal of high...
Heavily guarded Buckingham Palace had a surprise visit from BATMAN last week. Dressed as the Caped Crusader, protester Jason Hatch climbed unnoticed to a palace ledge with the help of a ladder and sidekick Robin, Dave Pyke. The men hoped to gain national attention for fathers' rights, but their stunt is more likely to inspire action on another front: beefing up palace security...