Recent comments by former prime minister Paul Keating do “nothing” to disarm concerns. Labor does not take the China threat seriously, says Sky News Digital Editor Jack Houghton.
Mr Houghton said “important questions” were raised in the Sydney Morning Herald’s defence investigation, ‘Red Alert: War Risk exposed’, about “how poorly equipped our military is to deal with conflict”. However, he said The Australian’s Sophie Elsworth reported former Prime Minister Paul Keating was “terribly upset” at the newspaper, saying in a statement:
“Today’s Sydney Morning Herald and Age front page stories on Australia’s supposed war risk with China represents the most egregious and provocative news presentation of any newspaper I have witnessed in over fifty years of active public life.”“Labor has an image issue with the perception it does not take the China threat seriously – these comments by Keating will do nothing to disarm those concerns.
Labor is China that's a fact. Some people voted for this and still believe Albo and Penny wrong are for Australia when they are only for China.
What else can we do, years of the LNP doing nothing to protect Australia have left us vulnerable.
Warmongers on tap at your place?
They're socialists. Not that they'd want to live under CCP rule but one way to get more revenue is by acceding to the demands of the bully in exchange for lifting bans. Stuff the people and stability in Southeast Asia.
I guess the liberal party doesn't take the China Threat seriously either if they still champion mass migration from china and an over reliance on chinese uni students
Chinese threat? Both Australians and the government should remember the basic fact that China did not bomb Darwin or eat Australian prisoners of war as rations.
A former PM from a quarter century agai? Typical pathetic conservative position.
Ok Keating, the Pro-China ex has-been PM of the Australia in Asia rhetoric, well that was the China lobby using him as mouthpiece.
Is this the 21st century reds under the bed equivalent? When did it make sense for the Murdoch rags to determine our international diplomacy and defence strategy. Why don't they report the news instead of trying to make it. makes stuff up.
I didn’t know Paul Cheating was still relevant
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