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KEATING DENIES 'ARSE END' REMARK
By PETER GILL
Jun 24, 1994 – 10.00am

THE Prime Ministerial vision of a proudly independent Australia making its own way in the world has been threatened by claims from his predecessor that Mr Keating described Australia as the "arse end of the world".

The acrimony of the 1991 leadership challenge resurfaced yesterday with Mr Keating denying the claim by Mr Bob Hawke that he disparaged Australia in an argument over the Labor leadership.

The public debate between present and former prime ministers was played out on the nation's airwaves yesterday and threatens to become a political brushfire for the Government.

Mr Keating "explicitly and categorically denied" a television report that he would leave Australia if he did not secure the prime ministership because"this is the arse end of the world".

"The allegation is deeply offensive and defamatory. It isclearly intended to personally vilify and politically damage me," Mr Keating said last night.