Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader in conversation with Troy Bramston.

This free public event marked the release of the definitive biography of Australia’s 24th Prime Minister, and the first that Keating has cooperated with in more than two decades. Keating and Bramston discussed current political events and reflected on Keating's rise to power, his time in government and his passions and interests since.
Drawing on around 15 hours of new interviews with Keating, coupled with access to his extensive personal files, their book tells the story of a political warrior’s ascent, from the outer suburbs of Sydney through Young Labor and into Parliament at just 25 years of age, serving as a minister in the last days of the Whitlam Government; his path-breaking term as Treasurer in the 1980s; his four-year prime ministership from 1991 to 1996; and his passions and interests since.

[@rodhmu]

Paul Keating. Never before, never again. How privileged am I to have lived through the Keating era. How loudly do I proclaim that he is my biggest inspiration, my hero.

[@manuwilson4695]

ABSOLUTELY!

[@rodneyelever974]

Paul Keating, one of the great Australians. Regrettably today there is no one to match him.

[@TonyMontana-pe6vf]

Yep, absolutely no one.

[@123brownjames]

What's amazing about Keating is that he has a mind as rigorous as any intellectual yet he left school at 14.........wouldn't get a guy like him nowadays

[@pablononpicasso1977]

Why not? In a country outside of here you would likely get someone with the nous and street cred to educate themselves, like say in Africa where mostly you don't have the options as we do here. My father finished high school at 13 in 1931, which was the norm in the countryside, but he applied himself and got somewhere. It was a different era.

[@123brownjames]

Paul Denne trouble is everybody has to be seen as “educated” as on gone to uni otherwise they just write you off

[@Elitist20]

Not only is he a formidable autodidact, he's a champion brain-picker.

[@stevenxia2944]

@@pablononpicasso1977 Keating is extremely knowledgeable in history, macroeconomics. Flawless methodical orator!

[@manuwilson4695]

...Bullshit argument.@@pablononpicasso1977

[@theonaarstig5067]

He managed the Ramrods then he fearlessly and intellectually managed the future for all of us. He and Barry Humphries are the two greatest contributors to the country. Our best ever PM.

[@vicolew]

Paul, I sincerely wished you are running for the PM today in 2021

[@Coolsomeone234]

A lot of us still wish he was PM

[@russe19642]

I love how butt hurt conservatives in comment sections are still going about how keating hurt their feelings,even after all these years they get triggered by keating,brilliant man

[@julianshalders6047]

Amazing Australian prime minister, who is a man of inspiration for our future.

[@Time4Peace]

Who are here about Keating because of the impact he generated in the 2023 Australian Press Club interview?

[@eugenio1542]

Bless you 🙏 Mr Keating ☝️♥️✌️🌍🙏

[@lisakong8651]

courage & imagination - exactly what today's politicians seriously lack

[@redundantideas]

Love the Gough impersonation at 25:45

[@trachtaire]

The audience's stunned reactions from 30:48 to 31:07 are superb.

[@paulfitzpatrick6536]

OMG how wonderful

[@ForeverBennett]

Our last great PM.

[@Time4Peace]

I respect Keating even more after his interview at the 2023 Press Club. What he said even 5 years ago is so perceptive and prophetic!

[@geoffmccoll4640]

I think this crap is so relevant to today, if Paul was as young as a 30 year old, I would vote for 30 of them today.

[@johnnycomelately6341]

To a point it is unfortunate that this discussion is bogged down in history on the basis of geography and nationalisms. Forward thinking, the future, of the ideal kind would be more in terms of the world as one.

[@marka3491]

Was Keating on Bill Heffernan's list?

[@doomguy1001]

Does the audio go out of sync? Is it just me?

[@lindyasimus]

A date would be good on this vid.

[@ericabenson-ec5ki]

PAUL KEATING SHOW

[@geoffcavanagh3580]

Obviously you do not know what I know about the person

[@adrianwarner9201]

I'm. Glad. Hes. Seen. The. Big. Picture. Because. I. Haven't. Seen. It. Yet

[@rodhmu]

Who were the 7 dorks who gave this a thumbs down?

[@randlecycling2462]

Probably because they didn't cut the last few minutes out.

[@Coolsomeone234]

Still mad about their overpaid manufacturing job that no longer exists

[@luciusavenus8715]

He's wrong about carbon. I do wish we had some earnest politics though.

[@JCResDoc94]

50:00 Ru into EU, & nil NATO

[@listohan]

A contemporary of Steve Jobs

[@landcruiserfan4206]

Steve Jobs has got nuthin on Paul...

[@michaelwsperry]

Always trying to make his term relevant. Nothing without Hawke helping him along the way.

[@lloydsingline340]

I disagree with that.I liked Hawke and Keating and Keating worked well with both Hawke and Bill Kelty to bring the much needed changes to advance the Australian economy into the rapidly changing world.

[@ronbroomhall5181]

was a brilliant show but it was destroyed by that extreme leftist who ruined it with the trump joke! that was so uncalled for and he should of kept his political leftist agenda and opinion to himself

[@michaelwsperry]

Big picture my arse

[@michaelwsperry]

Still trying to justify himself at every opportunity. Must be very insecure.

[@lloydsingline340]

Why would he be insecure?He made necessary changes to assist with Australia's disadvantage of being isolated from European trade and promoted Australia in the Asian region ( ASEAN ).Keating was a leader with foresight.No one compares to him from today's self centred politicians.

[@nickprohoroff3720]

Smartest man in the building, always.