Paul Keating is a former prime minister of Australia
June 2024
‘Long held denialism’: Paul Keating launches stinging attack on Coalition’s nuclear power push
Former Labor prime minister claims opposition leader Peter Dutton will do ‘everything he can to de-legitimise renewables’
March 2024
Chris Bowen defends Paul Keating’s meeting with Chinese foreign minister – video
The energy minister defends the former prime minister's plans to meet with China’s Wang Yi, saying it is 'singularly unsurprising' that a foreign minister would seek out a meeting with a former PM
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
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
February 2024
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
November 2023
‘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
October 2023
Penny Wong urges Australians in Lebanon to ‘consider leaving’ – As it happened
All the day’s news as it unfolded
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’
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
July 2023
Australian Politics
Pat Conroy on backing Aukus and clashing with Keating – Australian Politics podcast
Guardian Australia’s foreign affairs and defence correspondent Daniel Hurst talks to the minister for defence industry, international development and the Pacific
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
Ukraine appeals to Australia for engineers and specialists to help with dam disaster
Anthony Albanese announces $1bn defence deal with Germany before Nato talks
Paul Keating labels Nato chief a ‘supreme fool’ and ‘an accident on its way to happen’
June 2023
Australia news live
LGBTQ+ event cancelled after threats – as it happened
Paul Keating sent explosive email to Labor cabinet two hours before attack on Aukus, FOI documents reveal
May 2023
Australia’s relationship with Britain must grow beyond the crown
Trent Zimmerman
Our connection with the UK might just mature even more if Australia had its own head of state rather than sharing a king and crown
April 2023
Penny Wong and Paul Keating spar as minister warns against ‘frenzied’ Taiwan war speculation
Penny Wong dismisses Paul Keating’s claim that the military has taken over Australian foreign policy
March 2023
The weekly beast
News Corp gives Barack Obama’s swipe on ‘splintering’ Murdoch media a wide berth
Amanda Meade
Daily Telegraph fails to land blame on Malcolm Turnbull for the former US president’s comments. Plus: Andrew Bolt scolds Mark Latham
