‘Out of Date’: Australian Politicians Rebuke Former PM’s China Views

Former prime minister Paul Keating waits for Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten at the Labor campaign launch at the Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre as part of the 2016 election campaign in Sydney, Australia on June 19, 2016. Mick Tsikas-Pool/Getty Images

Liberal and Labor current and former politicians in Australia have rebuked the views of former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, who said Australia had “lost its way” regarding its China policies.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Keating’s views were typical of Labor and that the former leader couldn’t “see things clearly.”