Australian PM Keating attacks Britain

Title

Australian PM Keating attacks Britain

Genre

Speech

TX Date

27 Feb 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:00:28

Description

Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating (recently accused of being disrespectful to the Queen) in a statement to the Australian Parliament launches an attack on Britain claiming they abandoned Australia to the Japanese during the Second World War.

Contributors

Paul Keating

Keywords

Australia; Great Britain; Commonwealth countries; Republicanism; Second World War (1939-1945); Japan

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