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Monday, 26 September 2005 |
The Australian Labor Party has taken a lead from News Limited’s legal action against the ABC, seeking a permanent injunction to stop Mark Latham from doing any more publicity interviews for The Latham Diaries, or from ever speaking in public again. If granted, the injunction will force Latham to stop sabotaging Labor’s chances in the 2007 election – a role the party claims is the exclusive right of Kim Beazley.
“I just think it’s sad that Mark has turned on the party that has done so much for him,” Beazley told the court. “Like embittering him to the point that he can make millions out of it.”
The case against Latham will be presented by Glenn Milne and Paul Kelly, who have assembled a strong argument based upon self-righteousness, hindsight and unattributed hearsay – a technique Latham himself employed when writing The Latham Diaries.
But Latham has defended his book, explaining that he wrote it in order for his sons to better understand their father. “That’s why I’m carrying on like a four-year-old,” he said.
“The rumours being spread about my sex life around the corridors of Parliament were outrageous. I simply had to respond, as I knew it would be only a matter of time till they entered the public arena,” Latham said. “Especially after I placed them in my best-selling book.”
But Latham said his top priority was to return home and look after his family. “At least until I turn on them and crucify them in print.” (0) Add a comment |
