Cartoon: The Australian Dream
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating — who is staunchly against AUKUS — said, of Australians, that we are not content with our geography.
Former Australian prime minister Paul Keating — who is staunchly against AUKUS — said, of Australians, that we are not content with our geography.
“But, no, we are not happy to be in the region. We are still trying to find our security from Asia rather than in Asia.”
— Paul Keating at the National Press Club
Paul Keating at the National Press Club on November 27, 2021. Timestamp of the video is set to where he says the quote.
Thus here is the Australian Dream… If only the Atlantic were a little wider, the Anglosphere would be reunited.
Cartoon also published on Pearls & Irritations and Pristine Press.
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Thanks to Jim Kable and George Burchett for their encouragement, as well as for all of GB's political art via the People's Information Bureau which I cut my teeth on!