Despite the bravado it was always going to be difficult for the Australian public to get to know, understand and trust Mark Latham in the short run-up between his elevation to leader last December and the Federal election. With terror threats creating a constant background concern in the public’s mind and the economy quite buoyant, it was also going to be a hard task for any Opposition to convince the Australian public that a change of government was necessary – let alone one led by a relative p…
