Paul Keating

Malcolm Turnbull says Labor has failed to answer if Aukus deal compromises Australian sovereignty

Former PM says if operation of nuclear subs depends on US then that is ‘a momentous change which has not been acknowledged’

Katharine Murphy and Daniel Hurst

02, Feb, 2023 @9:45 AM

Few in the media grasped the power of Keating’s Redfern speech that day in 1992 | Amanda Meade

As a junior Sydney Morning Herald reporter, I got to write the ‘first rough draft of history’ that day – but not everyone saw it that way

Amanda Meade

09, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

Chalmers offensive: crunch time as treasurer faces first federal budget | Katharine Murphy

A volatile global economy looms as Jim Chalmers assembles the Albanese government’s inaugural budget, where he will be judged on delivering on election promises while exercising restraint

Katharine Murphy Political editor

21, Oct, 2022 @7:00 PM

Family life has evolved markedly in Australia in the past 50 years, but income equality for women is a long way off | Greg Jericho

While 71% of couples with dependants both work, economic dependence remains a major issue for women

Greg Jericho

19, Oct, 2022 @10:00 PM

Documents reveal Australia’s efforts to stay neutral as Donald Trump claimed electoral fraud

US political insider admits there are ‘reasons to worry’ for its democracy as allies wonder at damage done to the west’s credibility

Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

15, Oct, 2022 @7:00 PM

Paul Keating speculates King Charles could renounce UK monarch’s claim on Australia

Former prime minister suggests royal family ‘would have been so glad’ if 1999 referendum on becoming a republic succeeded

Katharine Murphy Political editor

12, Oct, 2022 @4:30 PM

Paul Keating urged me to work with Dominic Perrottet, Daniel Andrews reveals

Exclusive: Victorian Labor premier reveals he was encouraged to work with Liberal counterpart in NSW by their ‘mutual friend’

Sarah Martin chief political correspondent

16, Jun, 2022 @8:10 PM

Labor must not betray Indigenous voters by delaying voice to parliament, Keating and Pearson say

Former prime minister and Indigenous leader say that if the ALP wins government, it must hold a referendum in its first term

Lorena Allam

06, Apr, 2022 @6:51 AM

Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over ‘demented’ China comments

Ex-leader targets UK foreign secretary’s remarks on potential China aggression in the Indo-Pacific, adding Britain suffers from ‘relevance deprivation’

Daniel Hurst in Canberra

24, Jan, 2022 @5:06 AM

‘China has changed’: Albanese pushes back at Keating’s criticism of Labor and Aukus

Opposition leader says he always listens to Paul Keating but ‘Australia is right to speak up’ for its values

Daniel Hurst

11, Nov, 2021 @4:24 AM

Taiwan hits back after Paul Keating says its status ‘not a vital Australian interest’

China’s aggression destabilises the region and threatens democratic freedoms, Taipei says

Helen Davidson in Taipei and Daniel Hurst in Canberra

10, Nov, 2021 @9:28 PM

‘Throwing toothpicks at the mountain’: Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China

Former Australian prime minister also says Britain ‘like an old theme park sliding into the Atlantic’ compared to modern China