Commentary Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating has launched another extraordinary spray at the federal government’s foreign policies. In an apparently unsolicited written statement, Mr. Keating lambasted the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and its Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg while supporting President Emmanuel Macron’s opposition to the organisation expanding into Asia. Condemning the “militarism of Europe,”…
Is Paul Keating Stuck in a Time Warp ?
July 13, 2023
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Former Australian PM Keating Issues Fresh Attack on AUKUS Deal
Former prime minister Paul Keating has fired a fresh torpedo at the AUKUS deal, claiming Defence Minister Richard Marles has changed his argument to justify the submarine purchases. Keating, who has been publicly critical of the $368 billion (US$245 billion) deal, said in an opinion article the government had shifted the need for the vessels…
AUKUS Overcomes Obstacles to Protect Our Waters and Combat Hostile Ideologies
Commentary The recent AUKUS submarines announcement finally overcomes the political roadblocks that have bedevilled the replacement of Australia’s ageing fleet for more than a decade. The most significant aspect of the arrangements is the deployment of up to four U.S. Virginia-class submarines and one UK submarine to Australia from 2027. This was the original timeline…
Australia Finally Gets the Defences It Needs as AUKUS Clears Final Hurdles
March 19, 2023
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Commentary The recent AUKUS submarines announcement finally overcomes the political roadblocks that have bedevilled the replacement of Australia’s ageing fleet for more than a decade. The most significant aspect of the arrangements is the deployment of up to four U.S. Virginia-class submarines and one UK submarine to Australia from 2027. This was the original timeline…
Australia Set to Buy 220 Tomahawk Cruise Missiles From US
March 16, 2023
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The Pentagon has approved the sale of 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles to Australia under the tri-nation AUKUS security pact. The $1.3 billion (US$895 million) deal follows the confirmation that Australia will be acquiring up to five nuclear-powered attack submarines over the next decade under the security alliance that will cost Australia up to $368 billion…
Beijing Attacks Australia Every Single Night: Former Defence Minister
March 16, 2023
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Every day Beijing launches cyberattacks against Australian businesses and government departments, former Labor Senator Stephen Conroy has revealed. The ex-defence minister made the comments after Labor elder and former Prime Minister Paul Keating claimed the Chinese Communist Party posed no military threat to Australia. Keating’s remarks formed part of a stinging and extensive critique of…
‘Subordinate to the US’: Former PM Savages Labor Government Over AUKUS Deal
March 15, 2023
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Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has savaged senior Labor Party ministers for continuing with the AUKUS deal while claiming it will make the country “subordinate to the United States.” The former leader of the nation launched multiple salvos during an address to the National Press Club just a day after details of AUKUS were unveiled…
Labor and Greens at Crossroads Over Environment Safeguard Mechanism
The Australian Greens’ attempt to compel the Labor federal government to stop new coal or gas projects has put the two political parties at crossroads. Labor is currently in negotiations with the Greens to drive the Safeguard Mechanism legislation through the Senate after the Liberals and the Nationals said they would oppose it, leaving the…
Is the Protection of Taiwan a Vital Interest of Australia?
July 28, 2022
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Commentary Paul Keating, the former prime minister of Australia, has criticised the proposed congressional visit to Taiwan of the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi. In a statement, released on July 25, he said that the congressional delegation, headed by Pelosi, might “degenerate into military hostilities” and that it is hard to…
Prime Minister’s National Security Message Rattles Opposition Leader
February 21, 2022
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Commentary Australia is back in election mode and last week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison finally managed to put national security onto the election agenda for 2022. The clearest sign that Morrison had finally got his national security message up was the way Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese began to look really rattled last week. And rattled…
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