Anthony Albanese has responded to Paul Keating’s scathing comments on the Labor Party and AUKUS deal during that National Press Club address 👀 Read more here:
Labor had "returned [Australia] to its former colonial master, Britain", describing the deal as the party's worst foreign policy decision in a century.
"I think it is unfortunate that Mr Keating chose such very strong personal statements against people. I don't think that does anything other than diminish him, frankly. But that's a decision that he's made," he said.Supplied by Defence. "I'll tell you something else, which I don't think that the media knows, but I know. The French government have offered the Australian government a new deal on the submarines," he told the National Press Club.
Mr Keating repeatedly argued that China had neither the capability nor the interest, given potential bilateral trade, to launch a ground invasion of Australia.One of the Labor figures singled out for pointed criticism was Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who Mr Keating described as “unwise” and said had in opposition adopted the Coalition’s hawkish stance for political reasons.
"I would say to Mr Keating to consider the evidence that was presented to the [United Nations] through the UN report on this matter. But I do want to just say something to the Australian Uyghur community, particularly the South Australian Uyghur community, with whom I've met," Senator Wong said.The AUKUS deal will see nuclear-powered submarines developed in Australia by the 2040s, roughly a decade after Mr Keating claimed the French submarines would have been seaworthy.
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