I’ve just started reading Margaret Simons‘ Quarterly Essay: Latham’s World: The new politics of the outsider.
Simons’ argues Latham has three defining ideas that guide his vision of how to run the country, and I mention them here because I feel they are all based on a quite unique interpretation of ‘the third way’:

Insiders vs Outsiders [...]

Porn slip-up embarrasses Idol winner - TV & Radio - www.theage.com.au: “Australian Idol winner Casey Donovan has had her first taste of controversy with the news that a mistake in an advert giving her website address actually leads to a gay porn site.”
- Gold!!

US President praises Howard’s son for help - National - www.theage.com.au: “US President George Bush sang the praises of the Prime Minister’s younger son, Richard, when he met Mr Howard at the APEC summit yesterday.
Richard, 24, a law graduate, worked as a volunteer at the Bush campaign headquarters in Washington, giving his father regular updates [...]