Paul Keating

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Paul Keating says The Australian should be ‘contemptuously ignored’ ahead of Wang Yi meeting
Former Labor prime minister hit back at criticism of his plans to meet with China’s visiting foreign minister

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

18, Mar, 2024 @8:22 AM

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Guardian Essential poll: 38% of Australians agree with Paul Keating’s view on country’s position in Asia
Exclusive: Twice as many share former PM’s opinion that Australia should be a middle power in Asia than those who back US alliance

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

11, Mar, 2024 @2:00 PM

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Lowitja O’Donoghue: formidable advocate for Aboriginal Australians who overcame adversity and prejudice
Stolen from her mother at the age of two, O’Donoghue became a nationally admired leader and champion for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Jennifer King

04, Feb, 2024 @4:00 AM

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‘He is one of us’: 30 years on, Paul Keating’s eulogy to the unknown Australian soldier endures
Saturday marks three decades since the then prime minister brought the grief of European battlegrounds home, paying homage to one of the 20,000 Australians who died in the first world war yet remain unidentified

Daisy Dumas

10, Nov, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Penny Wong urges Australians in Lebanon to ‘consider leaving’ – As it happened
All the day’s news as it unfolded

Caitlin Cassidy (now) and Jordyn Beazley (earlier)

27, Oct, 2023 @6:59 AM

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Paul Keating says voice referendum was ‘wrong fight’ and has ‘ruined the game’ for a treaty
Exclusive: Former PM accuses John Howard and Tony Abbott of ‘outrageously and wilfully misinterpreting’ result in attempt to return to ‘great assimilation project’

Lenore Taylor

26, Oct, 2023 @6:00 PM

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Former PMs pour cold water on claims Anthony Pratt told them Trump’s US submarine secrets
A US news report claimed Donald Trump discussed secret US naval capabilities with the billionaire Australian businessman

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

11, Oct, 2023 @2:00 PM

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Paul Keating’s criticism of Penny Wong labelled a ‘disgrace’ by Labor minister
Pat Conroy says former prime minister wrong on Australia’s strategic environment and military solutions

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

28, Jul, 2023 @5:15 AM

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Ukraine appeals to Australia for engineers and specialists to help with dam disaster
Request comes as Anthony Albanese attends Nato summit in Europe and possible talks with Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

10, Jul, 2023 @7:10 AM

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Paul Keating labels Nato chief a ‘supreme fool’ and ‘an accident on its way to happen’
Former PM’s extraordinary statement relates to the Nato head’s push to increase ties with Asia

Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

09, Jul, 2023 @6:06 AM

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LGBTQ+ event cancelled after threats – as it happened
This blog is now closed.

Jordyn Beazley and Natasha May (earlier)

08, Jun, 2023 @8:30 AM

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Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal
Exclusive: Former PM warned cabinet ministers over China, Pacific and US hegemony in lead-up to his pointed speech at National Press Club

Daniel Hurst Defence and foreign affairs correspondent

07, Jun, 2023 @3:00 PM

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