As Paul Keating would say, the pet-shop galahs are all talking about “de-dollarisation” – that is, the demise of the greenback as the world’s reserve currency.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/finance/2023/04/20/america-china-currency-kohler/

Former Indonesian dictator Suharto, seen here with then-Australian PM Paul Keating in 1994, was a believer in the supernatural.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/politics-and-the-paranormal-the-dark-arts-behind-the-world-s-biggest-election-20230908-p5e34q.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

He said: "Paul Keating, a former Prime Minister of Australia, says leadership has always been about two main things, imagination, and courage.

Source: https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/23341408.police-scotland-chief-constable-iain-livingston-retire/?ref=rss

Meanwhile, in Australia on Wednesday, former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating launched a blistering attack on his nation’s plan to buy nuclear-powered submarines from the United States, saying “it must be the worst deal in all history.”

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/03/former-australian-pm-says-subs-worst-deal-in-all-history/

The documents list “consultant” payments to Paul Keating of $25,000 a month and to Tony Abbott of $8000 a month after his hiring in June 2019.

Source: https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/being-rich-is-my-superpower-tapes-reveal-pratt-s-pursuit-of-the-powerful-20231017-p5ecwv.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed

The meeting between Mr Albanese and Mr Stoltenberg had the potential to be awkward after former Labor prime minister Paul Keating lashed the NATO chief as a “supreme fool” who “by instinct and by policy is simply an accident on its way to happen”.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/business/anthony-albanese-is-attending-his-second-nato-summit-since-becoming-prime-minister-c-11248767