Who is writing Paul Keating’s talking points these days? Those familiar with his tirades might have detected in his latest jeremiad the peculiar use of the word ‘earnest’. Issued on Sunday, it ranted about the perfidy of the opposition leader in advocating nuclear power saying that, ‘Only the most wicked and cynical of individuals would foist such a blight on an earnest community like Australia.’
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