Mr Keating cannot help himself. The solemnity and splendour of the Remembrance Day service in a drizzling Canberra was a deeply moving occasion. It was marred only by some of the notes struck in Mr Keating’s oration. It recalled his wretched Redfern speech of 1992 when he turned what should have been a celebration of indigenous culture and achievement into a contemptuous dismissal of Australia and Australians.
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