US 'threatens to involve Australia in war with China': Paul Keating condemns US secretary of state nominee's comments

By Fergus Hunter
Updated January 13 2017 - 10:08pm, first published 5:18pm
"We should tell the new US administration from the get-go that Australia will not be part of such adventurism": Former prime minister Paul Keating Photo: Eddie Jim
"We should tell the new US administration from the get-go that Australia will not be part of such adventurism": Former prime minister Paul Keating Photo: Eddie Jim
Rex Tillerson speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington. Photo: Andrew Harrer
Rex Tillerson speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington. Photo: Andrew Harrer

Former prime minister Paul Keating has rounded on President-elect Donald Trump's secretary of state nominee, accusing him of threatening to bring on war with China and making "ludicrous" comments on the tense South China Sea dispute.

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