Paul Keating

Keeping Australia in the landmark AUKUS alliance would be a "tragedy for Australia", former prime minister Paul Keating has warned.

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Paul Keating says Australians don't have any pride in themselves and that the royal family would have been 'so glad' if the republican referendum had passed ...

“The chances of the Americans having a victory over Taiwan is nil in my opinion and why would we want to be part of that defeat?” “If Australians have so little pride in themselves, so little pride that they are happy to be represented by the monarch of Great Britain, why would somebody like me want to shift their miserable view of themselves,” he said. “The Quad is a piece of strategic nonsense,” he said.

Mr Keating said he'd been approached by the republican movement to help reinvigorate its campaign following the death of the Queen but wasn't interested in ...

Mr Keating said "we live in a Chinese world" and Australia would be left high and dry in the region, with the US able to walk away following a defeat. "The chances of the Americans having a victory over Taiwan is nil in my opinion and why would we want to be part of that defeat?" Mr Keating said he believed the royal family would have been "so glad for the referendum to have passed" and for Australia to break away.

Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has claimed China will have a “huge influence” outside of its borders in the years to come.

“This idea that the US is an exceptional power, that they have god’s ear, proselytising democracy, was fine in the 20th century. Mr Keating also slammed Australia‘s effort to “ring-fence” China through the Quad as “illegitimate” and a ”piece of strategic nonsense”. Mr Keating declared “China‘s ambitions are in the West, not the East” noting its expansion of influence outside of Asia through the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

A former prime minister has launched a fresh attack on the monarchy under King Charles III and suggested the royal family had hoped for an Australian ...

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Keeping Australia in the landmark AUKUS alliance would be a "tragedy for Australia", former prime minister Paul Keating has warned.

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Mr Keating said he'd been approached by the republican movement to help reinvigorate its campaign following the death of the Queen but wasn't interested in ...

Mr Keating said "we live in a Chinese world" and Australia would be left high and dry in the region, with the US able to walk away following a defeat. "The chances of the Americans having a victory over Taiwan is nil in my opinion and why would we want to be part of that defeat?" Mr Keating said he believed the royal family would have been "so glad for the referendum to have passed" and for Australia to break away.

Mr Keating said he'd been approached by the republican movement to help reinvigorate its campaign following the death of the Queen but wasn't interested in ...

Mr Keating said "we live in a Chinese world" and Australia would be left high and dry in the region, with the US able to walk away following a defeat. "The chances of the Americans having a victory over Taiwan is nil in my opinion and why would we want to be part of that defeat?" Mr Keating said he believed the royal family would have been "so glad for the referendum to have passed" and for Australia to break away.

Paul Keating says America takes its allies for granted and called for a complete rethink of Australia's strategic policy and its pillars including the.

Mr Keating said his early criticism of the agreement had not been taken on board by Labor. And he decried as “nonsense” the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue grouping, which brings together the US, Japan, Australia and India in a bloc designed as a counter to a rising China. “We’ve moved away from the capacity to defend our island continent with a with a class of boats which are competent at it,” he said.

The former Australian prime minister also spoke on his return to republic advocacy.

The Americans had a revolution for their republic. "I think Australia has a very poor idea of itself. Yet the inheritance the gift of the continent is such a great gift." The French had a revolution for their republic. "I wouldn't be at all surprised if King Charles III, the king of Australia, volunteers to renounce his claim on Australia," he said. - Paul Keating has said he "wouldn't be surprised" if King Charles renounced his claim to Australia

Keeping Australia in the landmark AUKUS alliance would be a "tragedy for Australia", former prime minister Paul Keating has warned.

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. [how to register](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7739877/canberra-times-launches-new-commenting-platform/) so you can enjoy civil, friendly and engaging discussions. Our new comment platform requires only one log-in to access articles and to join the discussion on The Canberra Times website. "These submarines were designed in the 1990s. "These remarks will be used in a way that hurts our national security interest ... These remarks need to be unequivocally refuted." We've made it a whole lot easier for you to have your say. I mean, do we really need to go back there?" [lashed the deal as having the potential](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7690187/china-lashes-out-at-aukus/) to "increase the risk of nuclear proliferation and intensify the arms race". [Australia's fleet as throwing "a handful of toothpicks at a mountain"](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7504671/like-throwing-toothpicks-keating-slams-nuclear-subs-amid-china-tensions/). [24th prime minister has long-been critical](https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7504671/like-throwing-toothpicks-keating-slams-nuclear-subs-amid-china-tensions/) of the former Coalition government's announcement to enter into a tri-partisan deal with the US and the UK, allowing the sharing of nuclear-powered submarine intelligence. Keeping Australia in the landmark AUKUS alliance would be a "tragedy for Australia", former prime minister Paul Keating has warned.

King Charles will renounce his sovereignty over Australia because he is happy for it to become a republic, former Prime Minister Paul Keating has claimed.

The Americans had a revolution for their republic. The French had a revolution for their republic. “I think Australia has a very poor idea of itself. “I think the Royal Family would have been so glad for the referendum to have passed, to be honest,” Mr Keating said at the University of Sydney. King Charles will renounce his sovereignty over Australia because he is happy for it to become a republic, former Prime Minister Paul Keating has claimed. King Charles will renounce his sovereignty over Australia because he is happy for it to become a republic, a former PM has claimed.

The former Labor prime minister issued the spray during a discussion at La Trobe University on Wednesday night and in reference to the defeat of the 1999 ...

Mr Keating said "we live in a Chinese world" and Australia would be left high and dry in the region, with the US able to walk away following a defeat. "The chances of the Americans having a victory over Taiwan is nil in my opinion and why would we want to be part of that defeat?" Mr Keating said he believed the royal family would have been "so glad for the referendum to have passed" and for Australia to break away.