Regret the Error

On 9 January 2008, “The Australian Financial Review” (AFR) commented on business dealings by the former prime minister Paul Keating. The page 11 article referred to his closeness to former Indonesian president Soeharto and described these as “difficult memories” for the Australian Labor Party. The AFR accepts that Keating has not had business dealings with Soeharto, nor any person associated with his regime, and that their association was in accordance with the official relationship expected of heads of state. The AFR apologises to Paul Keating for any embarrassment from the article.