Quote of the day:

“I think it’s unmanly and beneath a decent Aussie bloke to act this way, let alone an ex-prime minister.” — Former Labor flash-in-the-pan Mark Latham, speaking on Sky News, is convinced he knows who the Labor leaker is.

Among destabilising forces in the Labor Party Latham is right up there. But the ghost of Kevin Rudd, whether he “[got] on the blower with Laurie Oakes” or not, remains a haunting presence in this election campaign.