Editing Paul Keating (section)

==Personal life==
In 1976, Keating married [[Annita van Iersel]], a Dutch-born flight attendant for [[Alitalia]]. They had four children, who spent some of their teenage years in [[The Lodge (Australia)|The Lodge]], the prime minister's official residence in [[Canberra]]. The couple separated in November 1998. While they did not formally divorce until 2008,{{fact|date=August 2024}} Annita had resumed her maiden name long before then. Before his marriage to van Iersel, Keating had in 1972 announced his engagement to fashion consultant Kristine Kennedy, but they did not marry.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195857431|title=Parliamentarian to marry beauty|newspaper=[[The Biz (newspaper)|The Biz]]|date=2 March 1972|access-date=23 March 2020|archive-date=6 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806065014/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/195857431|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1999, Keating's partner has been the actress [[Julieanne Newbould]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/coy-keating-must-publicly-fess-his-love/story-fni0cvc9-1226659632261|title=Coy Keating must publicly 'fess his love|last=Sharp|first=Annette|work=[[Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 June 2013|access-date=3 June 2014|archive-date=17 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517101414/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/entertainment/sydney-confidential/coy-keating-must-publicly-fess-his-love/story-fni0cvc9-1226659632261|url-status=live}}</ref> Keating's daughter, Katherine Keating, is a former adviser to former New South Wales Minister [[Craig Knowles]] as well as former [[New South Wales Premier]] [[Bob Carr]].

In the early 1970s, Keating moved from the family home in Bankstown when he purchased a new brick-veneer house at 12 Gerard Avenue, [[Condell Park]], two doors up from his parents' new home at No. 8 Gerard Avenue.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schwartz |first=Larry |title=When the Treasurer lived in Black Charlie's Hill |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=17 January 1987 |page=3}}</ref> This became the family home after his marriage in 1976 until 1983, when the Keatings sold the property for $123,000 and moved to a one-storey rental house in the [[Canberra]] suburb of [[Red Hill, Australian Capital Territory|Red Hill]] to be closer to work.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Robinson |first1=Paul |title=Inside the PM's piggy bank |agency=The Age |date=21 June 1992 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrowclough |first1=Nikki |last2=McGeough |first2=Paul |title=Woman of Mystery - The Trump Card Keating Hasn't Played |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 June 1991 |page=35}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrowclough |first1=Nikki |last2=McGeough |first2=Paul |title=Anita: woman of mystery |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=8 June 1991 |page=41}}</ref>

Keating's interests include the music of [[Gustav Mahler]] and collecting French [[antique]] clocks.<ref name="bio"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/keating-promoted-culture-as-something-to-celebrate-20090915-fp5e.html |title=Keating promoted culture as something to celebrate |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 September 2009 |access-date=5 December 2010 |archive-date=19 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819100355/http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/keating-promoted-culture-as-something-to-celebrate-20090915-fp5e.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He currently resides in [[Potts Point]], in inner-city Sydney, and has a holiday home on the [[Hawkesbury River]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/resurrecting-keating-20050528-ge08zs.html|title=Resurrecting Keating|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=28 May 2005|access-date=16 September 2021|archive-date=16 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210916101758/https://www.theage.com.au/national/resurrecting-keating-20050528-ge08zs.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-election-loss-that-still-haunts-paul-keating-20150115-12r51d.html|title=The election loss that still haunts Paul Keating|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|first=David|last=Day|date=29 January 2015|access-date=30 January 2015|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212040/https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/the-election-loss-that-still-haunts-paul-keating-20150115-12r51d.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Keating is a supporter of the [[Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs]] in the [[National Rugby League]].{{fact|date=March 2025}}