Paul J. Keating

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Question Time, 27 February 1992. 

(Source: youtube.com)

Prime Minister Paul Keating with Aaron Link, 7, at Launch of the International Year of World’s Indigenous People, Redfern Park, Sydney, 10 December 1992, also known as the Redfern Statement. 
National Archives of Australia (A6135, K24/12/92/26) via the Dictionary of Sydney

Prime Minister Paul Keating with Aaron Link, 7, at Launch of the International Year of World’s Indigenous People, Redfern Park, Sydney, 10 December 1992, also known as the Redfern Statement. 

National Archives of Australia (A6135, K24/12/92/26) via the Dictionary of Sydney

PJK interviewed by Phillip Adams for ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live in early December 2011. Hear the interview here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/paul-keating/3704506

PJK interviewed by Phillip Adams for ABC Radio National’s Late Night Live in early December 2011. Hear the interview here: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/paul-keating/3704506

The recession we had to have

Well, I’d just give you a few comments on the national accounts, and, the first thing to say is that the accounts do show that Australia is in a recession. … The most important thing about that is … is that

(November 1990)

PJK appears on the Today show with Kerri-Anne Kennerley during the 1996 Federal election campaign.

PJK appears on the Today show with Kerri-Anne Kennerley during the 1996 Federal election campaign.

PJK “mobbed” by Our Lady of Mercy College students in Parramatta during the 1996 election campaign. On the following day, he humorously described it as “the occasion of this election campaign”.

PJK “mobbed” by Our Lady of Mercy College students in Parramatta during the 1996 election campaign. On the following day, he humorously described it as the occasion of this election campaign”.

PJK’s “favourite industrial rock song” was played on the airwaves after he completed a radio interview during the 1996 election campaign.

PJK walks off the stage with wife Annita at the Bankstown Sports Club after conceding the 1996 election.

PJK walks off the stage with wife Annita at the Bankstown Sports Club after conceding the 1996 election.

Radio presenter: How does it honestly feel to have [had] all those girls screaming at you yesterday in Parramatta?
PJK: Well it was a … um, it was THE occasion of this election campaign—eight-hundred—eight-hundred of them … I don’t think I would’ve kept—kept my suit intact if I’d’ve fallen over the fence.
— PJK giving a radio interview on the day after he was ‘mobbed’ by a crowd of female students of Our Lady of Mercy College (Parramatta), while visiting a site opposite the College’s front lawn, as seen in The Campaign (Cilauro, 1996) imdb link
PJK: … on one debate, we’ll take the ABC on the other; and toss a coin. I’ll even toss HIS coin.
Journalist: [inaudible]
PJK: No—no. I mean, someone said here we could toss Andrew Robb’s coin; I said, ‘you’ve gotta draw the line somewhere’.
— PJK speaking on the matter of a televised debate with then Opposition Leader John Howard at a press conference during his 1996 election campaign, as seen in The Campaign (Cilauro, 1996) imdb link