The former prime minister renews calls for a republic,but says the country will only stand tall when it deals with the dispossession of Indigenous people We need an Australian republic and our own flag, but only Indigenous recognition will build us a truly grand country, and former prime minister Paul Keating has said during a wide-ranging discussion about his legacy.“I always hoped and believed that Australia would be a grand country,” the former Labor leader said of his vision for Australia when he became prime minister in 1991, after eight years as treasurer.
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Source: theguardian.com