The former prime minister leapt upon poll results showing most Australians want to avoid picking sides in any conflict between the United States and China.
Former prime minister Paul Keating has accused the Albanese government of being out of touch with the Australian public on foreign policy, leaping upon survey results showing most Australians say the nation should avoid picking sides in a conflict between the United States and China.on Monday, found that 57 per cent said Australia should sit out a conflict between the competing superpowers with 16 per cent in favour.
“These polling numbers, taken by a reputable pollster on a large sample, make completely clear that the public does not endorse any military engagement by Australia as party to a military dispute arising between the United States and China,” Keating said in a statement issued on Monday. A conflict over the self-governing island of Taiwan - which Beijing claims as part of its territory but has never been ruled by the Chinese Communist Party – is one of the most likely triggers for hostilities between the US and China.
It would be very hard for Australia to sit out a conflict between the superpowers when the nation has “already outsourced its real estate to the US military for use at its singular decision”, he said.“This is the kind of jeopardy that arises from a strategically addled policy consciousness – the confused fear of abandonment central to the foreign policy acquiescence of the Albanese and Morrison governments,” he said.
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