Liverpool Councillor 1987-94, Mayor 1991-94; Member for Werriwa 1994-2005; Federal Opposition Leader 2003-05; NSW MLC since March 2019; Master.
NSW Parliament House, Sydney
Joined November 2014
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Real Mark Latham retweeted
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In my four years in the NSW Upper House I have never seen a more heated debate than last night’s.
Labor moved a motion condemning One Nation’s Stuart Bonds for his comments on immigration. The Liberals then amended it to also condemn Labor’s Attorney-General Michael Daley, who was caught on a hot mic in 2018 saying essentially the same thing.🤣
The amendment passed 21–15. The amended motion (condemning both Bonds and Daley) then passed 20–15 🤣 (the change in numbers was mine - I voted to include Daley but then voted against the amended motion).
It was left to the Libertarian in the chamber to argue for the policy that would actually lower the temperature and allow a sober debate: A FIVE YEAR IMMIGRATION PAUSE.
I was making such good points Labor moved to shut me down. Without a five-year pause, we are risking the kind of social breakdown we are seeing in France coming here.
@StuarBonds
Real Mark Latham retweeted
Nasser Hussain COOKS Cricket Australia over Usman Khawaja's revelations on Sandpapergate
"You cannot tell me just three people knew what was going on with that cricket ball."
"They took sandpaper onto the pitch, then lied about it, and Cricket Australia never even interviewed Khawaja, who was sitting next to Bancroft." 🔥
Turnbull couldn’t wait to push our boys under the bus, and the Smith family in particular resented it heavily.
As they should have.
Not hard for the Australian PM to show some solidarity with the Australian cricket captain.
We now know Steve Smith was taking blame for everyone.
Malcolm Turnbull hits back after Usman Khawaja’s claims he played politics in sandpapergate theage.com.au/sport/cricket/…
Real Mark Latham retweeted
Rest peacefully, Izzy ❤️
To her family, friends and everyone who loved her, our hearts are with you.
The Minns Govt has very few actual achievements after 4 years.
So obsessively debating One Nation is useful for them on two fronts:
1. As a distraction from this lack of achievement
2. Wins back soft Left voters from the Greens: “Only Labor can stop the devil from forming govt”
Real Mark Latham retweeted
To those who served and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, thank you! On this solemn day we will remember them, Lest We Forget
Usman has published the truth in his book (the bowlers knew) but when interviewed, won’t speak directly about it.
It’s a strange foot-in-each camp approach:
Here’s the truth, but I don’t want to upset Pat, Gary, Josh and Mitch.
Not working for him, as he looks soft and confused!
Usman Khawaja is not able to answer the tough questions put forward by Sarah Ferguson on ABC 7:30 program and is ducking everything in regards to the sandpaper gate incident.
Which begs the question. Did he write this book with the intention of supporting his close mate David Warner and throwing his teammates under the bus or he genuinely wanted the truth to come out of the sandpaper gate incident.
This interview offers a very interesting perspective.
A must watch!
Real Mark Latham retweeted
We’re almost in 2027 and it’s now forecast that by 2029 electricity prices will double from today’s prices.
Why? Because they’ve ripped down most of our coal fired power stations before the renewables have proven themselves. We’ve taken a massive punt on renewables … and that punt hasn’t paid.
The NSW 2027 election is a referendum on whether you want NSW to join the third world.
Vote @LibertariansNSW
DPPs deliberately leaking to the media!
Who knew?
Doing it to discredit a parliamentary committee report not yet delivered, like clairvoyants.
A scandal that started with a leak, dealt with by another leak.
Confirming that DPPs do leak!?
theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
This is the NSW One Nation event at the Oran Park Hotel last night in Southwest Sydney.
Lots of empty chairs, no more than 30 paying attendees.
Yes, ON up in the polls, but no new love for Hanson.
It’s a protest vote against the failings of the major parties over the past 20 yrs.
Real Mark Latham retweeted
Devastating to hear of the passing of Izzy Neale. A beautiful young lady who was a pleasure to deal with and absolutely loved her horses. Condolences to her family and friends. 💔
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The latest round of Australian Government "news media assistance grants" is out, where they give free money to the failing business model of news media and hilariously the smallest grant, of just $24,500, is to "Tassie Living", which appears to be, the only outlet that actually produces anything of value: a newsletter about nice things happening in rural Tasmania. infrastructure.gov.au/media-…
Real Mark Latham retweeted
Today in 1962, Richard Nixon spoke to reporters at the Beverly Hilton after losing the race for governor of California by a wide margin.
He said, “You don’t have Nixon to kick around anymore. Because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”
Two years earlier, he had carried his home state against JFK in the presidential election.
Five days after his defeat in California, ABC aired a half-hour program hosted by Howard K. Smith called “The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon.”
Nixon moved to New York and returned to private law practice. Six years later, he was elected president.
Whatever you think of him, there’s something to be said for not giving up.
Real Mark Latham retweeted
“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” And on this day in 1989, it indeed came down. 🇩🇪
What does it say that when Russell Brand was a Leftie he was cheered on by the BBC and others as a comical, frivolous lothario with a funny camp voice, but when he switched to the Christian Right he became a serial sexual predator and pest destined for a jail cell?
Is it bad to be talking about Sandpapergate again, after 8 years?
We still talk about and re-analyse Bodyline after nearly 100.
The truth matters and now history’s verdict has been corrected.
The 3 should never have been hung out to dry, team collective responsibility was needed!
Real Mark Latham retweeted
At COP28, Emmanuel Macron called on Australia to lift its ideological ban on nuclear power.
France gets around 70% of its power from nuclear and has one of the most decarbonised grids in the world.
Australia have the most uranium in the world, why aren’t we using it?
Real Mark Latham retweeted
Non-market sector productivity: Since 2018, non-market hours have grown about 34 per cent, roughly triple the market sector’s rate. Much of the growth was in aged care, disability support and childcare, driven by the NDIS, an ageing population and government funding.
The ABS measures output largely through cost-weighted counts of services: hospital episodes, school enrolments, aged care residents and care provided. Measured output grew much more slowly than hours. Policy also increased labour inputs per service, for example through aged care staffing mandates.
More hours per unit of measured output means lower measured productivity. Some of that extra labour may improve service quality in ways the statistics fail to capture.
