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.
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.
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