Drumroll, then exit on a final cymbal crash

By Tony Wright
Updated February 23 2013 - 11:23am, first published 10:12am
Final fanfare: Bill Kelty and Paul Keating in 1996.
Final fanfare: Bill Kelty and Paul Keating in 1996.

IN THE last days of the Keating empire a fellow named Bill Kelty gave a spectacular speech. ''If they want a fight, if they want a war, they'll have the full symphony, all the pieces, all the clashes and all the music,'' Kelty threatened. ''I am not sure it will be the 1812 Overture, but I will tell you what, Paul, it will not be Mahler either.''

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