Former prime minister Paul Keating says Australia's spy chiefs are nutters and should be sacked to help improve relations with China.
Mr Keating accused security agencies including ASIO and ASIS of running Australia's foreign policy and called for Bill Shorten to"clean them out" if he wins the election."They've lost their strategic bearings, these organisations."
Mr Keating, who has been appointed to the international advisory council for the China Development Bank, warned Australia was putting at risk its relationship with its largest trading partner. "You know, China, whatever you think, China is a great state. It's always been a great state and now has the second-largest economy, soon the largest economy in the world," he said.He also took particular aim at former, who became an adviser to Malcolm Turnbull and helped to write a classified report for ASIO on Chinese influence in Australia.
"Once that Garnaut guy came back from China and Turnbull gave him the ticket to go and hop into the security agencies, they've all gone berko ever since," Mr Keating said.
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