lathams budget reply, page-20

the fact remains denman, Australia has endured the Asian economic meltdown, September 11, US recession without missing a beat, and this is thanks to the steady hand of Costello. Tell me could Latham have managed the economy this well? He couldn't even manage his local council, it ran disastrous deficits under his control, and you would let him run the entire country??? No thanks.

Interesting Latham has cut and run from his US trip. He knows how disastrous such a visit would be for his credibility. He is way out of his depth.