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He made some very valid points. He also blasted Scott Morrison for offending China.

Mr Keating also blasted the Morrison Government over its April 2020 call for an inquiry into the origins of Covid-19, which was identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan.

The call infuriated China which imposed huge tariffs on Australian imports such as barley and wine and severed ministerial contact.

Mr Keating accused Mr Morrison of 'wantonly leading Australia into a strategic dead end by its needless provocations against China'.

Instead, he said Australia should show China respect for the way it has brought millions of people out of poverty with rapid economic growth over the past few decades.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...peech.html