Paul Keating

Paul Keating

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Paul Keating is a former Australian Prime Minister who served from 1991 to 1996. A member of the Australian Labor Party, Keating is known for his economic reforms and his role in modernizing Australia's economy during a time of significant change. He has been a prominent advocate for Australia's engagement in the Asia-Pacific region and is often remembered for his sharp wit and eloquent speeches. Keating's legacy includes advancing the concept of a more independent Australia in foreign policy, particularly in relation to the United States and Asia.

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It will frustrate Australia’s two leading apologists for the Chinese Communist Party, Paul Keating and Bob Carr.

Australia national security: This is the nation that Pauline Hanson has been waiting for
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-06-22
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Paul Keating oversaw the closure of the Special Investigations Unit in 1993.

The Hunt For Australia’s Last Nazis: Dan Goldberg was making a film about our shameful past
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-05-31
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Chalmers repeatedly cited support from former prime minister Paul Keating.

Jim Chalmers resists calls to limit changes to investment properties
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-05-27
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Paul Keating is also referenced for his role in the economic reforms gifted to Australia.

To remain one and free, Australia must confront three key systemic challenges
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-03-06
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Paul Keating is referenced in relation to understanding animal behavior.

Wifely devotion has its limits when a ‘heart attack’ and a spider are involved
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-03-02
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Paul Keating is a former Prime Minister of Australia and was present at a post-classical concert with Kim Williams.

The ABC Chair on Chronic Pain, AI, and ‘Hideous’ Editorial Blunders
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-26
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Paul Keating is mentioned alongside Bob Hawke as a leader of a major modernization project in the 1980s.

Australia is demanding bold changes. If Albanese doesn’t deliver, he will have failed us
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-25
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Paul Keating brought capital gains into the income system as part of a reform package.

General Chalmers gathers the troops for a new tax war
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-24
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Paul Keating wanted to be clear that CGT was not a death tax by another name.

How estate delays can cost you thousands
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-24
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Paul Keating was the treasurer when the original capital gains tax was introduced.

Top economists join forces to back capital gains tax changes
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-19
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Chalmers, whose PhD was on Paul Keating’s reform agenda, has put tax reform and spending cuts on the table for his upcoming budget.

Tim Wilson calls for review to focus on inflation
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-18
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Former prime minister Paul Keating said self-managed funds were 'almost an afterthought'.

Christopher Edwards’ client says she’s spent two years trying to recover $900,000
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-17
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Paul Keating is a former Australian Prime Minister and a client of Anne Schofield.

Pearls of wisdom from Sydney’s antique jewellery queen Anne Schofield
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-17
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Paul Keating is referenced as a former leader who had a uniquely close bond with Indonesia in the mid-1990s.

Australia says ‘no country is more important’ to it than Indonesia. But is this really true?
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-14
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Before Howard differentiated the Liberals from urban intellectual elites embodied by Paul Keating.

Why class is still taboo in Australia
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-14
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The deal is largely based on an agreement signed by then-Australian prime minister Paul Keating and then-Indonesian president Suharto 30 years ago.

Australia, Indonesia hedge against China with a security deal
Taipei Times – major English newspaper in Taiwan, est. 1999·TaiwanTaiwan· 2026-02-06
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The War Cabinet Room has been used for meetings of Paul Keating’s cabinet.

Inside Melbourne's WWII War Cabinet Room ahead of proposed sale
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-06
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Paul Keating is a former prime minister of Australia and the father of Katherine Keating.

Epstein files reveal Sydney connections with ‘not a girl not yet a woman’ photos from friend
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-06
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Chalmers wants to be remembered as a reformer in the mould of Labor’s greatest treasurer, Paul Keating.

2026 budget looms as Jim Chalmers’ best chance to make changes
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-02-05
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Katherine Keating is the daughter of former prime minister Paul Keating.

Katherine Keating speaks out on ‘unfortunate’ ties with Jeffrey Epstein after emails exposed
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2026-01-31
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Paul Keating is one of the notable figures interviewed in the documentary about John Clarke.

Lorin Clarke's documentary explores the life and comedy of the beloved satirist
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-25
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Paul Keating is mentioned as a former prime minister who has tried to influence the debate on the nuclear alliance.

US should give Australia retired nuclear subs, says Tony Abbott
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-13
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The constructive bipartisanship evident at the height of the reform era, when Paul Keating often looked upon Howard as a useful ally, is not so evident today.

Politics: Australia’s lost quarter-century
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-12
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Paul Keating, a former Prime Minister, was noted for his past close relationship with Graham Richardson.

They came to mourn Richo, but three “mates” were missing
The Sydney Morning Herald·AustraliaAustralia· 2025-12-09
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