Relationships between Mahathir and Australia's leaders reached a low point in 1993 when Paul Keating described Mahathir as "recalcitrant" for not attending the APEC summit.
马哈迪和澳洲领导人在1993年降至低点，当保羅·基廷指马哈迪因缺席亚太经济合作峰会是“顽抗者”的时候。