Labor Launches New Age

Mark Latham, new leader of the Labor Party finally yesterday gave all of those who crave a viable alternative to Johnny "Man of Steel" Howard something to look forward to.

His keynote speech yesterday at the Labor Party conference was strong, gave a clear message of goals and was the first affirmative stance Labor has taken in many years.

The "we are nobody's Deputy" line is right on the money and whilst our alliance with the US is valuable, it should not hold sway over our own opinions.

I wrote yesterday that funding for education needs to be increased and whilst Latham does promise funding on a "needs basis" he does include Private schools in that equation... I hope his "needs analysis" shows that they need 10% of what they're getting now under the Howard regime...

Overall, a good start and for the first time in ages, it appears our Lil'Johnny is on the backfoot...

Read media coverage of the speech here and here