Former politician laments rise of ‘metrosexual knobs and tossbags’

MOVIE hero Crocodile Dundee and real-life “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin epitomised Australia’s image as a land full of rugged “blokes” who thumb their nose at authority and can only pity latte-drinking, suit-wearing office drones.

But that image is coming under attack, says former prime ministerial aspirant Mark Latham, who declares in a book published yesterday that Australia’s male culture is in crisis.

“One of the saddest things I have seen in my lifetime has been the decline in Australian male culture,” the former Labour leader wrote.