Title

Latham had it right

Document Type

Journal Article

Publication Date

2005

Publication Details

The article was originally published as Ashbolt, A, Latham had it right, Illawarra Mercury, 16 November 2005.

Abstract

While Tony Blair's war on civil liberties has been checked by the British Parliament, Labor in Australia fails to challenge the threat to democracy which the terrorism legislation represents. Instead, Kim Beazley is happy to declare that Labor is with Mr Howard in "the war on terror". That is somewhat remarkable, given that Mr Howard sees the invasion of Iraq as part of "the war on terror".