Paul Keating and Kerry O'Brien 

When I was beginning to follow political debate, he was the treasurer and eventually became PM - there hasn’t been a stronger character since. Loved him and still do.

I'm glad I was not there, here I can applaud without interupting. Such a bright light with a big heart.

watching this in 2020 and it's a sad state of affairs to see what we have lost. A PM that stood for the Arts sector, Aborginal issues, prophetic vision on renewable energy... the fact that he is still so active in political conversation highlights the passion he has and concern for the absolute depredation of this country in the last 20 plus years

A true Australian hero, Paul Keating?!!! Presently, under the present Morrison Government, I am ASHAMED AND SADDENED to be an Aussie !!!

It's just a shame that today's parliamentarians do not share the same enthusiasm for policy and the big issues.

Paul Keating what an amazing prime minister they best Australia had in policy wit smarts humour perfect package deal for Australia 🇦🇺

An articulate and compelling discussion between two Titans of their respective fields. thank you for the upload.

aboriginal people had a golden age whilst keating was pm. we embraced sooo much culture at that time. its a different sadder place today.

Paul Keating would have to be best PM ever. he knew what was best for Australia (Republic Nation). he had courage.

Why didn't you write an autobiography? Well, I reckon that, if you're any good, somebody else will write about you. So bloody Keating 😍

" And with Bob, they could've been sardine cans " 🤣( referring to precious silver the topic of discussion amongst the royals and our finest ever PM/Treasurer duo back in the 80s ) ..i love this man, and Bob. RIP Bob Hawke . Forever the People's Prime Minister

A man of the people, of culture, of integrity, of wit and a titan of Australian politics. I sincerely hope to see more cut from the same cloth soon.

Thanks to Keating & Hawke for their great idea of Superannuation, again thank you you two!

I genuinely believe he should run again for PM. He’d smash it

This man is an intellectual giant, a reminder of the great potential of this nation, and a reminder also of just how appallingly unimpressive and useless ScoMo is

I love the long format of these interviews. Plenty of time to get to the heart of the matter.

So good. Didn't have time for glorification, just wanted the job to be done properly and that was why he was there. Keating was too good at what he did to worry about wanky things like autobiographies. Legend.

Brilliant man. Thank you for the upload

Wonderful ... just wonderful.

So true, without Australian arts, Australia has American culture. Ahrt is a culture builder, that’s just as important as the economics, because it can translate into economics but also nation building and community building

The one and only politician that I ever had time for and the only one to hold my interest in the whole side show since. A real shame he didn't try to make a come back after loosing to Howard, not that I can blame him, he must have been totally dismayed that people saw Howard as a better choice than him. Someone who in no way represented the qualities of 'strong leader'. I always wondered how your average aussie bloke saw him as country leading material.

Brilliant man with intelligence, ethics and integrity.

Just about the premiere political leader of the past 50 years, not just in Australia, but on the global stage. Very few come along that have the vision, the intellectual weaponry and the ability to tie it all into a powerful narrative.

In another video I remember Kerry o,BRIEN saying regarding PJK,we will perhaps see the likes like Keating only once in a life time.

My son Carlo Edward Caiani, geelong grammar alumni, stated at interview for Trinity college two years ago, when asked what he would do differently to make Australia a greater country, that Australia should give, Yes Give, all aboriginals 10% of all public companies on ASX, and large private companies ; he goes on to say, that would be fair and it would give all aboriginals a fair share of Australian wealth and a real vested interest in Australia's future & prosperity... needles to say I was shocked, just how brillient and fair was that...!!!

Oh bring him back. A man of vision and guts. There is no one like him around now.

What a boss!

Love this man!

The most intelligent and rational person in politics

"The old lady has fallen out of the chair." I'm back to watch this, sept 2022.

Utterly brilliant 🙏😂

These two are a natural duo

You know, short expediency vs long term gains is, well it feels like why, Keating was voted out. The “recession we had to have” blah. What could we have gained from one more Keating term?

Keating! Such a necesary genius for Australia. A beacon in a sea of mediocrity

He is not a politician anymore but he is a leader!

12:31 Is Keating channeling Lang here?

Kerry O Brien used to be Australian journalist for ABC with Foreign Correspondent

i admire him , he says what he thinks , as the man from bankstown , he knows shellbacks ,

I did not like the stuff he did to me in small business and he celebrated the dismantling of Australia’s national security, but I don’t know a prime minister that had a pulse like this bloke. It was unfortunate his ego was so disrupted by Bob Hawks dishonesty. It seems the world according to Keating is very important that we recognise his brilliance as he does. Such is his ego. He is mentally alert like non other.

I would love to chat with that fella before the end

@8.01 while standard of education in high school has gone down. An extension 2 maths exam from 1960s is as good as university year 1 maths exam. We have increased number of people passing year 12 but now it means nothing to finish HSC.

You know, I have voted Liberal all my life. However if this bloke came along now I would walk to Bourke to vote for him. I have no idea how the gene pool in Australian politics has become as inbred as a Hillbilly. I think political correctness has created a vacuum of intellect. Hopefully Shrek sets a precedent and more of them ping off.

Kerry: "The Māories were a single nation". Not really, though certainly through shared ancestry and almost similar language they were in a very different situation to Australian aboriginal societies.

This is one of the countries problems , thanks to Murdoch principally . I was involved in putting equipment into Loy Yang B & what an amazing power station that was the last big power station built in Victoria. Nothing else was in the pipeline. Kennet in disbanding the SECV broke up the infrastructure planning dept for the future in Victoria. So now we no planning for probably 30 years. I am talking about Solar energy planning .

If you speak UP to anyone, the public, your children, the road rager in the traffic jam, you will get the BEST out of them. speaking DOWN to someone, like using CAPS in RU-vid comments, is counterproductive at best...:)

Would love for Keating to be our Head of the state 🇦🇺 Father of Modern Australia

Wonderful performance by both men. Unlikely to see this high level from Howard, Abbott and Scomo. Perhaps Turnbull.

Janet albrechtsen tried her tricks on pjk in 2013, she fell short then and she was skilled in her dark arts as a conservative columnist to give her her due, but pjk shelved her in their spat-by-letter! In his 60s!

No mention at all of East Timor. No surprise.

I really want us to be pals with japan and thailand again

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we had our head in our hands in 2008 Kerry O'Brien, as regional and rural Australia was being ravaged by a decade long drought, and had no income... something that was foreign to you as you sucked lavish your lifestyle out of the ABC

This man could run for prime minister again and I reckon he'd get in.

"Universe" means turning together. The Fusion-Fission Function bonding relative-timing proportioning is mono-dualistic. This is all-ways all-at-once here-now-forever continuously re-evolving standing wave-packaging creation, aka Holographic Principle Imagery. Review, reiterate and restate the information In-form-ation.., with or without Acupuncture.

Prof steve keen saved us from the mess of the gfc. Neoclassical economics created it.

Ken Henry was a smart guy.

Two comrades scratch each others' backs.

Howard. He just wants fit for purpose

They never talk about how much they still get paid buy tax posters and live and easy life

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So, at 1:02 the Kiwi treaty is mentioned. WHY the hell did that treaty happen when the Maori had only been in NZ for 2 or 3 hundred years. They came from Pacific islands and basically ate the original inhabitants, the Mori Ori ( spelling?) out of existense. The biggest con job of all time surely!!!

Much as I admire his wit he unfortunately followed the neo-liberal economic gameplan.

Had Keating not gone into politics he would have enjoyed a distinguished career as a stand-up comic. Hang on - he did.

A genius 😢a tiger 🐯 a mind that is unique, in top 3 ever labor party. His humour is absolutely gold , if only the democrats in usa had a Paul Keating, crush the orange pathological lier that is toxic to usa 🇺🇸 and republicans. Important the teals relevant in oz to push for logical balance and zen in aus

This man is hilarious.

One thing Paul keating ,tells the truth on the queen n her family .old fashioned bullshit that should end . Fare play for speaking some truths

Oh dear don’t you think Paul has become dizzy while spinning on his “J” curve.

Not sure I am richer.. not sure i have sixty percent disposable income.. not sure they are real wages...Any gains are off set by the massive cost of living we have to endure in Perth at least .. and the massive amount of taxes. Utilities are through the roof, and taxes are absurdly high.

When you look at the stats Keating was a disaster and lost in a landslide.

Isn’t there a place where old pollies can go to pasture?

The is the treasurer who oversaw 17percent interest rates for homeowners and 24percent commercial interest rates ! There were so many foreclosures the banks couldn’t put for sale signs on them all !

Always trying to justify his legacy. So insecure.