An apple a day... An extract from the Australian Financial Review , 6 December 2003

'ALP leader Latham is authentic at a time when the quest for authenticity can be seen in shoe shops, in sea-change destinations, in reality television shows, in comedy series, in counselling sessions, career seminars and farmers' markets...

There will be many in the electorate who'll view the Latham brand of politics with the same delight that they view the re-emergence of plimsolls, or an unwaxed apple from a farmers' market or the sound of Cuban jazz musicians crooning classics from pre-revolutionary times.'

Deirdre Macken, Australian Financial Review, 6 December 2003