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Alleged writer and Crikey politics editor. These days mainly here for the greyhounds.

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crikey.com.au
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    Bernard Keane‏Verified account @BernardKeane 4 Jul 2015

    When Keating noted that having a monarchy looked weird to our Asian neighbours, the Coalition mocked him. "Who cares what Asia thinks?"

    7:02 PM - 4 Jul 2015
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      2. Black is Back‏ @jackinbocks2015 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane @slsandpet Having Abbott as PM must seem ludicrous to our Asian neighbours.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. Gwyntaglaw‏ @Gwyntaglaw 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @jackinbocks2015

        @jackinbocks2015 @slsandpet @BernardKeane The Putin of the South Pacific, how I believe he's known

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      1. Dame Dropbear‏ @vjwsydney 5 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @ItsBouquet is that in writing anyway - be awesome to provide a copy to Joycee - LOTS of copies .....

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      1. ElizabethJMars‏ @ElizabethJMars 5 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @myfibonacci Yes but we should re-criminalise homosexuality because that looks decadent

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      2. Reclaim Humanity‏ @anusha_srini 5 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Janande46457953 On Monarchy...they're totes the Gold standard on #MarriageEquaility...hair, split, hypocrisy complete

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      3. Mark Tregonning‏ @MarkTregonning 5 Jul 2015
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        @anusha_srini @BernardKeane @Janande46457953 We don't care much what they say about refugees or the death penalty either. Just gay marriage?

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      1. Lana Arcus‏ @lana_arcus 5 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Vote_Labor They seem to care now, once the mighty dollar is in sight!

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      1. RelentlessWhinging‏ @PhilWaren 5 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @Vote_Labor that was the American century, this is now.

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      2. Mark Skulley‏ @MarkSkulley 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane @GrahamPerrettMP still Asian royals - Thailand, Japan, various nabobs, sultans, princes

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      3. Leroy‏ @Leroy_Lynch 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @MarkSkulley

        @MarkSkulley True, but it was more about Oz having a foreign monarch in a region of ex-colonial countries @BernardKeane @GrahamPerrettMP

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      4. Mark Skulley‏ @MarkSkulley 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @Leroy_Lynch

        @Leroy_Lynch @BernardKeane @GrahamPerrettMP thanks - I came in late #old Phantom saying

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      2. john whittaker‏ @jonricwhit 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane @GrahamPerrettMP Didn't we have a few SE Asian monarchies ?

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      3. Graham Perrett‏Verified account @GrahamPerrettMP 5 Jul 2015
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        @jonricwhit @BernardKeane yep. Brunei, Thailand and I think it rotates in Malaysia. Maybe others.

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      1. Rhys Needham‏ @Rhys_Needham 5 Jul 2015
        Replying to @BernardKeane

        @BernardKeane @AndrewCatsaras Even though a few of them do have their own indigenous ones (but not a colonial one).

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      1. Pauline Harvey‏ @prh46 4 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane They change their tune to suit the situation

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      1. Sally Forsstrom‏ @MalurusSally 4 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane where is Keating now? We need political leadership out of this mire

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      1. Robert Cox‏ @Chosen_Chaos 4 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane "Consistency? What's that?"

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      1. Christopher Neugebauer  🇦🇺 🏳️‍🌈‏ @chrisjrn 4 Jul 2015
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        @BernardKeane @mpesce Conservatism -- thinking what the progressive side of politics thinks, with a 20-30 year delay.

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