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Opposition leader says he always listens to Paul Keating but ‘Australia is right to speak up’ for its valuesGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingAnthony Albanese says China has become “far more forward-leaning” and that is what is driving Australia to change its foreign policy, implicitly pushing back at criticism from the former prime minister Paul Keating.The opposition leader on Thursday avoided directly criticising Keating – a Labor elder who said both major parties had lost their way – but made it plain that he did not share the assessment of the strategic circumstances Australia now faces. Continue reading...