![]() ![]() ![]() 'Minns has become the Derek Zoolander of politics: skilled in striking poses on frivolous matters. In a February opinion piece for Daily Mail Australia Mr Latham was even more scathing about Mr Minns, likening him to the empty-headed male model played by Ben Stiller in the Zoolander comedy movies. '''Mate,' he says, 'it wouldn't surprise me if that guy is out there murdering backpackers on the weekend – he is completely unhinged.'"Ĭonfessions of a Faceless Man is Mr Howes' account of the 2010 federal election, where as head of the Australian Workers Union he was considered one of the power brokers who deposed sitting prime minister Kevin Rudd in favour of Julia Gillard.ĭuring that campaign Mr Latham, the former federal Labor leader, worked briefly as a Channel Nine 60 Minutes reporter where he crashed a press conference being held by Ms Gillard.ĭuring an awkward confrontation Mr Latham asked Ms Gillard why the Labor party had made a complaint about him working for Channel Nine, an accusation the then prime minister refused to engage with.ĭuring his stint as political pundit, Mr Latham also urged people to cast an informal vote and got into a feud with veteran Nine political commentator Laurie Oakes.įormer top union official Paul Howes included an anecdote in his 2010 federal election memoir which recounts Mr Minns expressing a very brutal opinion of Mark Latham Incoming NSW premier Chris Minns says that following Mr Latham's vile tweet about gay sex he won't work with the One Nation upper house MP ![]()
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