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1995 government secret documents released

Pauyl Keating, 1995

Pauyl Keating, 1995 Source: File image Source: AAP

Recently declassified documents show how passionate former prime minister Paul Keating was about Australia becoming a republic. But they also show he knew he was putting forward a model the people did not want.


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By Marco Lucchi, Myles Brand

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Recently declassified documents show how passionate former prime minister Paul Keating was about Australia becoming a republic. But they also show he knew he was putting forward a model the people did not want.


The new picture comes as government papers from 1994 and 1995 have been released to the public. They show an Australia apparently ready for a change, facing nuclear tests in the Pacific and reaching out to Indonesia.


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