PolicyOpinionPrint articleOpinionLatham: Bill Shorten is a non-eventPolitics Labor's leader likes issues that are easy and symbolic. Unless he learns to grapple with substantial policy questions, then the Coalition are destined to stay in the Lodge.Mark LathamContributorUpdated Jun 18, 2015 – 6.11am, first published at Jun 17, 2015 – 1.54pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginIt's not often a politician's troubles can be linked to a single speech.But already Bill Shorten and his advisers must be regretting the missed opportunity of his budget reply five weeks ago.Loading...Mark Latham has been a member of Legislative Council of New South Wales for One Nation since 2019.SaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MoreOpinionLatest In EconomyFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In OpinionThe Australian Financial Review MagazineWhat lurks beneath the stand-off over Sydney’s $750m new fish marketPrimrose RiordanWhy these Australian wines are at risk of extinctionHow much to tip? And other restaurant conundrums to chew onBOSS Financial ReviewWhat an MBA scholarship program taught these leadersRachael BoltonThis CEO’s business card is embedded in her nailsFrom number-cruncher to CEO: This boss’ unexpected path to the topLife & LeisureThe First Nations chef who’s bringing Australian cuisine to the worldAlexandra CarltonBlood doping and Botox: the spa where holiday glow is clinical gradeBMW’s speediest SUV is a fusion of utility and powerRich ListYou’re richer than you know: inside the inheritocracyShe wanted to go to the stars, then built an $800m space tech firmMike Cannon-Brookes loses two executives from private office Grok