Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says he has a “high regard” for Former prime minister Paul Keating despite Mr Keating’s negative comments on the AUKUS deal.
“I have a high regard for Paul Keating and I’ve been keen to keeping abreast with the thinking of the government and the direction in which we’re going,” he told Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell.
“In terms of the capability that we need in the future and making sure that it matches if you like the capability that came from – has been with the Collins-class submarine the submarine, which evolved from the Hawke-Keating years and we saw the beginning of the commissioning of the Collins-class in the late 90s through to the early 2000s.”
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