一、澳大利亚与亚太经济体系澳政府历来都视自身为海外的欧洲国家,英国为其母国,并长期把澳美联盟作为其对外政策的基石。1991年12月基廷就任总理后,澳英关系发生了重大变化。1992年4月,基廷力主割断与英国的特殊关系,改君主政体为共和政体,更换澳国旗上标志大英帝国的米字符号。1994年2月8日,基廷发表演说建议成 First, Australia and the Asia-Pacific Economic System The Australian Government has always regarded itself as an overseas European country, with Britain as its home country and the long-term relationship between the United States and the United States as the cornerstone of its foreign policy. After Keating became the premier in December 1991, major changes have taken place in the relations between Australia and Britain. In April 1992, Keating, who severed the special relationship with the United Kingdom, changed the monarchy into a republican government and replaced the rice alphabet symbolizing the British Empire in the Australian flag. On February 8, 1994, Keating made a speech in his speech