Former Australian PM Paul Keating criticises Liz Truss over ‘demented’ China comments

Ex-leader targets UK foreign secretary's remarks on potential China aggression in the Indo-Pacific, adding Britain suffers from relevance deprivation'

The former Australian prime minister Paul Keating has accused Liz Truss of making demented" comments about Chinese military aggression and urged the British foreign secretary to hurry back to her collapsing, disreputable government".

Keating, in a blistering op-ed, also said Britain suffers delusions of grandeur and relevance deprivation" and its tilt to the Indo-Pacific lacks credibility.