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The Morrison government is provoking China to please America

The Coalition government is ignoring Australia’s interests by pushing us towards a confrontation with Beijing, mainly to be seen in Washington as America’s fawning acolyte.

Paul KeatingFormer prime minister

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The Morrison government is wantonly leading Australia into a strategic dead end by its needless provocations against China.

China is not the old Soviet Union.

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Paul Keating was prime minister of Australia from 1991 to 1996.

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