Paul Keating statement in full: Angus Taylor has chosen to walk away from the Liberals’ best instincts on immigration

‘Sitting beside Taylor at his policy launch was Mr Racial Opportunism himself, John Winston Howard.’ Read Paul Keating’s statement on Angus Taylor and the Liberal party in full. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The Liberal party, battling an extreme version of itself – One Nation – has again fallen back to its default political policy: racism.

Angus Taylor, announcing a policy at primary odds with an immigrant nation, says a Liberal government under his leadership will adopt Trump ICE-style policies to weed and “boot out” people who fail to adhere to “national values” and who are responsible for the erosion of national culture including the Balkanisation of communities.