Editing Paul Keating (section)

==Post-political career==
[[File:Paul Keating 2007 2.jpg|thumb|Keating in 2007]]
After leaving Parliament in 1996, Keating moved to the affluent [[Eastern Suburbs (Sydney)|eastern Sydney]] suburb of [[Woollahra]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=28 March 2017|title=Keating to quit Woollahra home|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/keating-staying-at-st-kevins/news-story/e4ceeb5cde954f881d622ecc4a18fe70%7C|website=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> He accepted appointment as a director for various companies, and also became a senior adviser to [[Lazard]], an investment banking firm.<ref>For example {{cite web |url=http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=on&asxCode=BRC |title=ASX listing for Brain Resource Company Ltd |publisher=Australian Stock Exchange |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607181407/http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/CompanyInfoSearchResults.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&allinfo=on&asxCode=BRC |archive-date=7 June 2007}}</ref><ref>Lazard (2010). [http://www.lazard.com.au/advisory-team.aspx Advisory Team] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528142454/http://www.lazard.com.au/advisory-team.aspx |date=28 May 2010 }}. Retrieved 11 September 2010.</ref> Keating was appointed to the advisory council to the [[Chinese Government|Chinese Government Development Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/foreign-interference-laws-chinese-russian-state-media-will-have-to-declare-as-foreign-agents-20171206-gzzyol.html/| title=Foreign interference laws: Paul Keating may have to declare as foreign agent| date=6 December 2017| access-date=20 February 2020| archive-date=1 February 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201193056/http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/foreign-interference-laws-chinese-russian-state-media-will-have-to-declare-as-foreign-agents-20171206-gzzyol.html/| url-status=live}}</ref> He was also appointed a visiting professor of public policy at the [[University of New South Wales]] and was awarded [[Honorary degree|honorary doctorates in law]] from [[Keio University]] in Tokyo (1995), the [[National University of Singapore]] (1999), the University of New South Wales (2003) and [[Macquarie University]] (2012).<ref name=naa_afteroffice/> In 1997, Keating declined appointment in the [[1997 Australia Day Honours|Australia Day Honours]] as a [[Companion of the Order of Australia]], an honour which has been offered to all former prime ministers since the modern [[Australian Honours System]] was introduced in 1975.<ref name="naa_afteroffice"/> On his refusal, Keating expressed that he had long believed honours should be reserved for those whose work in the community went unrecognised and that having been prime minister was sufficient public recognition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Keating: gone wrong |agency=[[The Sun-Herald]] |date=26 January 1997 |page=3}}</ref>

In 2000, Keating published his first book since leaving office, ''Engagement: Australia Faces the Asia-Pacific'', which focused on foreign policy during his time as prime minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://booksinprint.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=booksinprint&bookid=0732910196&db=au |title=Books in Print |publisher=Booksinprint.seekbooks.com.au |access-date=25 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111729/http://booksinprint.seekbooks.com.au/featuredbook1.asp?StoreUrl=booksinprint&bookid=0732910196&db=au |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2002, Keating's former speechwriter and adviser, [[Don Watson]], published ''[[Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM]]''. The book first drew criticism from Keating's by then-estranged wife, [[Annita Keating]], who said that it understated her contribution, a complaint Watson rejected.<ref>{{cite web |date=2004-04-22 |title=Annita Keating draws ire |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/annita-keating-draws-ire-20040422-gdxprp.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=[[The Age]] |first=Michelle |last=Grattan |author-link=Michelle Grattan |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105100231/https://www.theage.com.au/national/annita-keating-draws-ire-20040422-gdxprp.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Keating himself was so unhappy with the book that it brought the two men's friendship to an abrupt end.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gordon |first=Michael |date=2011-08-19 |title=Loves lies bleeding: the PM and the pen |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/loves-lies-bleeding-the-pm-and-the-pen-20110819-1j22o.html |access-date=2023-01-05 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=5 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230105100233/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/loves-lies-bleeding-the-pm-and-the-pen-20110819-1j22o.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Keating initially avoided public political comment during the Howard government, although made occasional speeches criticising his successor's social policies. Ahead of the [[2007 Australian federal election|2007 election]], Keating joined former Labor Prime Ministers [[Gough Whitlam]] and [[Bob Hawke]] to campaign against Howard, describing Howard as a "desiccated coconut" who was "[[Araldite]]d to the seat", as an "...old [[antediluvian]] 19th century person who wanted to stomp forever...on ordinary people's rights to organise themselves at work...he's a pre-[[Copernican Revolution|Copernican]] [[obscurantism|obscurantist]]".<ref>{{cite news |title=Middle-of-the-road fascists can't compose IR policy |work=[[The Australian]] |date=2 May 2007}}</ref> He also described Howard's deputy, [[Peter Costello]], as being "all tip and no iceberg" when referring to an alleged pact made by Howard to hand the leadership over to Costello after two terms.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1863256.htm |title=The World Today&nbsp;– Keating criticises ALP over compulsory super plan |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |year=2007 |access-date=14 March 2007 |archive-date=7 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070307083232/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2007/s1863256.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

In February 2008, after Labor's victory in the 2007 election, Keating joined former prime ministers Whitlam, Fraser and Hawke in [[Parliament House, Canberra|Parliament House]] to witness new prime minister [[Kevin Rudd]] deliver the [[Apology to Australia's Indigenous peoples|National Apology]] to the [[Stolen Generations]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Dylan |last=Welch |title=Kevin Rudd says sorry |url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-made-today-an--historic-one-for-australia/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=13 February 2008 |access-date=22 February 2008 |archive-date=27 February 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227233812/http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-kevin-rudd-made-today-an--historic-one-for-australia/2008/02/13/1202760342960.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2008, he spoke at the book launch of ''Unfinished Business: Paul Keating's Interrupted Revolution'', authored by economist David Love. Among the topics discussed during the launch were the need to increase compulsory superannuation contributions, as well as to restore incentives for people to receive their superannuation payments in annuities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/1152|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202220300/http://www.themonthly.com.au/tm/node/1153|url-status=dead|title=Video of speech, part 2|archive-date=2 December 2008|access-date=28 June 2022}}</ref>

[[File:Paul Keating 2017 01.jpg|thumb|upright|Keating in 2017]]

In 2013, Keating took part in a series of four-hour-long interviews with [[Kerry O'Brien (journalist)|Kerry O'Brien]] which were broadcast on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] in November of that year. The series covered Keating's early life, his entry into Parliament, his years as treasurer and prime minister, and canvassing his academic, musical and artistic interests, economic and cultural vision for Australia, and commitment to Australia's integration into Asia. O'Brien used these conversations as the basis for a 2014 book ''Keating: The Interviews''. Keating repeatedly declared he would not write a memoir, so his cooperation with O'Brien was perceived as the closest he would come to producing an autobiography.

In 2016, Troy Bramston, a journalist for ''[[The Australian]]'' and a political historian, wrote an unauthorised biography that Keating cooperated with titled ''Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader''. Bramston was given full access to Keating's personal papers, was granted a series of interviews with Keating and also interviewed more than 100 other people. It was described as the "authoritative" and "definitive" Keating biography written by a "first class" political historian.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://spectator.com.au/2017/02/bankstown-lefty-3/|author=Stephen Loosley|newspaper=[[The Spectator Australia]]|title=Bankstown lefty|date=2 February 2017|access-date=17 September 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916234152/https://spectator.com.au/2017/02/bankstown-lefty-3/|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the [[2015 New South Wales state election]], Keating gave his support for the privatisation agenda of the Liberal government and slammed the Labor Party for its anti-privatisation position.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-28/keating-full-of-praise-for-nsw-liberal-premier/5925960 |title=Former prime minister Paul Keating praises performance of NSW Liberal Premier Mike Baird |newspaper=ABC News |publisher=ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |date=2014-11-28 |access-date=2016-11-13 |last1=Gerathy |first1=Sarah |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118025358/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-28/keating-full-of-praise-for-nsw-liberal-premier/5925960 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, during campaigning for that year's [[2019 Australian federal election|federal election]], Keating spoke out against the [[Australian Security Intelligence Organisation]] by calling them "nutters".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/former-pm-paul-keating-attacks-security-agencies-on-china-stance/11081978|title=Former PM Paul Keating Attacks Security Agencies On China Stance|date=6 May 2019|last=Greene|first=Andrew|work=[[AM (radio program)|AM]]|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108000633/https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/am/former-pm-paul-keating-attacks-security-agencies-on-china-stance/11081978|url-status=live}}</ref> His remarks attracted media criticism, and Labor leader [[Bill Shorten]] distanced himself from Keating's views.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.3aw.com.au/the-china-conflict-paul-keating-has-you-need-to-be-aware-of/|title=The China 'conflict' Paul Keating has you 'need to be aware of'|date=6 May 2019|last=Mitchell|first=Neil|work=3AW Radio|access-date=21 November 2019|archive-date=9 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809051504/https://www.3aw.com.au/the-china-conflict-paul-keating-has-you-need-to-be-aware-of/|url-status=live}}</ref> Keating later issued a joint statement with [[Bob Hawke]] endorsing Labor's economic plan as part of the election campaign, and condemning the Liberal Party for "completely [giving] up the economic reform agenda". They stated that "Shorten's Labor is the only party of government focused on the need to modernise the economy to deal with the major challenge of our time: human induced climate change"; it was the first joint press statement released by the two since 1991.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bob Hawke and Paul Keating reunite for the first time in 28 years to endorse Labor's economic plan|newspaper=The Canberra Times|date=8 May 2019|access-date=8 May 2019|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6111996/old-foes-bury-the-hatchet-to-endorse-shorten/?cs=14350|archive-date=13 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200813082510/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6111996/old-foes-bury-the-hatchet-to-endorse-shorten/?cs=14350|url-status=live}}</ref> After Hawke's death in the same month, Keating gave an address at Hawke's [[state funeral|state memorial]] service at [[Sydney Opera House]] on 14 June, where he reflected on the "great friendship and partnership" the two had enjoyed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/keating-pays-tribute-to-great-friendship-hawke-in-emotional-speech-20190614-p51xoz.html|title=Paul Keating pays tribute to 'great friendship' with Bob Hawke|website=Smh.com.au|date=14 June 2019|access-date=23 September 2020|archive-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922024353/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/keating-pays-tribute-to-great-friendship-hawke-in-emotional-speech-20190614-p51xoz.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2021, following the announcement of the [[AUKUS]] trilateral military alliance between the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, Keating criticised the alliance, saying that "Australia turns its back on the 21st century, the century of Asia, for the jaded and faded Anglosphere" and the deal would be "locking the country and its military forces into the force structure of the United States by acquiring US submarines". Keating went on to criticise Labor's opposition foreign affairs spokesperson [[Penny Wong]], accusing the Labor opposition of being complicit with the Liberal government in "false representation of China's foreign policy".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/10/throwing-toothpicks-at-the-mountain-paul-keating-says-aukus-submarines-plan-will-have-no-impact-on-china |title='Throwing toothpicks at the mountain': Paul Keating says Aukus submarines plan will have no impact on China |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |newspaper=The Guardian |date=10 November 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109150448/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/10/throwing-toothpicks-at-the-mountain-paul-keating-says-aukus-submarines-plan-will-have-no-impact-on-china |url-status=live }}</ref> His comments were criticised by Labor MPs [[Anthony Byrne (politician)|Anthony Byrne]] and [[Peter Khalil]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-mps-lash-paul-keating-for-china-comments-20210922-p58tut.html |title=Labor MPs lash Paul Keating for China comments |last=Galloway |first=Anthony |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 September 2021 |access-date=10 November 2021 |archive-date=9 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109150506/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/labor-mps-lash-paul-keating-for-china-comments-20210922-p58tut.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2022, Keating accused British foreign secretary [[Liz Truss]] of making "demented" comments about Chinese military aggression in the Pacific, saying that "Britain suffers delusions of grandeur and relevance deprivation."<ref>{{cite news |title=Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over 'demented' China comments |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/24/former-australian-pm-paul-keating-criticises-liz-truss-over-demented-china-comments |work=The Guardian |date=24 January 2022 |access-date=27 January 2022 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708182227/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/24/former-australian-pm-paul-keating-criticises-liz-truss-over-demented-china-comments |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, Keating went on to call the AUKUS pact "the worst deal in all history" and lambasting the Labor government for being "incompetent" and stating that the decision was the worst by a Labor government since [[Billy Hughes]] attempted to introduce conscription during World War I.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/15/paul-keating-labels-aukus-submarine-pact-worst-deal-in-all-history-in-attack-on-albanese-government |title=Paul Keating labels Aukus submarine pact 'worst deal in all history' in attack on Albanese government |last=Karp |first=Paul |newspaper=The Guardian |date=15 March 2023 |access-date=15 March 2023 |archive-date=15 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315053254/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/mar/15/paul-keating-labels-aukus-submarine-pact-worst-deal-in-all-history-in-attack-on-albanese-government |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2024, Keating criticized [[AUKUS]], claimed [[Taiwan]] is "[[Chinese unification|Chinese real estate]]", and that Taiwan is comparable to [[Tasmania]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Farrer |first1=Martin |last2=Hurst |first2=Daniel |date=2024-08-08 |title=Aukus pact will turn Australia into '51st state' of the US, Paul Keating says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/08/aukus-pact-will-turn-australia-into-51st-state-of-the-us-says-paul-keating |access-date=2024-08-09 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In December 2024, Keating sold his shareholding in [[Boost Mobile (Australia)|Boost Mobile]] for $40 million, having co-founded the business in 2000 with an investment of $500,000.<ref>[https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/telstra-snaps-up-boost-mobile-delivering-paul-keating-a-40m-payday-20241202-p5kv3m Telstra snaps up Boost Mobile, delivering Paul Keating a $40m payday] ''[[Australian Financial Review]]'' 2 December 2024</ref><ref>[https://www.9news.com.au/national/former-prime-minister-paul-keating-huge-pay-day-after-telstra-buys-boost-mobile/0574206d-ee65-4efa-9db2-a770c9ea4df0 Paul Keating to pocket $40 million after Telstra buys Boost Mobile] ''[[Nine News]]'' 3 December 2024</ref>