Michael Baume 
Informal address
The political ghost of failed Labor leader Mark Latham hovers over September’s federal election. Recall that it was only the ‘Latham factor’, resulting in the doubling to 360,000 in the… Read more
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Beware! The most dangerous time in your life is, when leaving your doctor’s surgery after your annual check-up, being told that you are in perfect health. That’s when you are… Read more
Running numbers
Was it really only ‘blatant populism by both political parties’, as one business leader complained in the media, when opposition leader Tony Abbott transformed the previously farcical population debate at… Read more
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