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...Sydney's western suburbs. He was a star pupil at school, but he needed the financial help of friends to finish university. He toiled in obscure local politics longer than most. A decade ago, Latham won the federal seat once held by his mentor former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. If the public knew anything about Latham, it was likely to be for his loose tongue and parliamentary aggro rather than for his indefatigable proselytizing of Third Way ideas. But it worked. Fearing an electoral wipeout, Latham's colleagues decided to give the "coming man" a chance to lead the Opposition...
...hectoring. When it comes to his own party, Latham does not travel with the baggage of being an insider or power broker - or as a front for other interests. How much will the party be prepared to bend to Latham's command? That will depend - as it did for Whitlam and Bob Hawke - on how quickly Latham can pull in the voters. There isn't a great deal of time for Labor. It has squandered the past two years, perhaps five. Howard has gained stature through his political mastery and his handling of national security and the economy. He senses...
...witnessed the euphoria in December 1972 when Gough Whitlam's charisma turned many Australian voters into Labor supporters after a generation of Liberal rule. Australia was sentenced to three years of "hard Labor," from which it never fully recovered. Now another superstar appears. I do not doubt Bob Hawke's ability as a star. It is the supporting cast and divided crew who frighten...
...Hawke spent the next 17 years commanding attention and consolidating political power indirectly: as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (A.C.T.U.) from 1970 to 1980, as president of the Labor Party (1973-78), and as the hand-picked protégé of Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. By the time he joined Parliament in 1980, Hawke was already Australia's most popular public figure. His bid for leadership seemed only a matter of time...
...decision to dismiss Mr. Whitlam was exclusively my own, made upon my sole and full responsibility as Governor-General. No one else produced it. The CIA had no part...