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Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating’s recent strident criticism of the A$368 billion nuclear-powered submarine deal announced under the AUKUS security pact will have little effect on Australian policy. Canberra’s deepening level of security cooperation is underpinned by a deep political consensus.

As the old adage goes, time will tell whether Paul Keating’s scepticism about AUKUS and his extremely benign view of China’s intentions turn out to be justified.

PM says Keating’s acerbic attack on the Aukus program ‘diminish him’ as Malcolm Turnbull joins chorus of criticism

The prime minister says Labor party elder Paul Keating's strident criticism of two cabinet ministers only serves to diminish the former leader, but did not call on him to apologise.

Watch: Australia's seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate has decreased to 3.5 per cent. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has rejected Paul Keating's

SMH editor Bevan Shields hit back at critics in a note to subscribers less than a year after being forced to issue an apology for outing a celebrity.

Experts have questioned whether the Sydney Morning Herald and Age’s alarming series was inspired by an attempt to undermine the stabilisation of Australia’s relationship with China

Malcolm Turnbull has also questioned deal amid UK economy’s ‘existential problems’

This isn’t the first time Australia has dipped into its coffers for naval protection, or that it has bowed to foreign influence.

Beijing wants the relationship ‘back on the right track’ regardless of the trilateral pact

Another former prime minister has questioned the AUKUS security pact following Paul Keating's blistering attack against it and the Labor government.