Paul Keating has sensationally attacked journalists during his National Press Club address labelling one reporter's question 'dumb' and telling another to 'hang your head in shame' after he faced backlash over his vehement defence of China.
The war of words erupted during the traditionally cordial press club session moments after Mr Keating finished controversial remarks to the room in which he blasted his own party for its adoption of AUKUS and policies towards China.
“After what you co-wrote with Hartcher last week in that shocking presentation in the Herald on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you should hang your head in shame,” Keating said. Ms Caisley asked why the former Labor leader could be so certain China was not a threat when he is not privy to security briefings both Ms Wong and Mr Albanese attend.
“And could they ever do it? Could they ever bring the numbers here? It would be an armada of troop ships to do it. The former prime minister did not only have the Nine newspapers and Sky News Australia in his line of site, using the questions to launch more attacks on the ABC. “The threat to Australia is a military threat. A military threat. It's a threat for the army of the People's Republic of China to come and occupy Australia. That's what a threat is,” Mr Keating said in response to Probyn.
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