The Past of Paul Keating... Bankstown Days. Mrs. Rosa Sabez their neighbour at no. 6 Gerard St. Rosa Sabaz moved next to the Keating house in Gerard Avenue in 1996. "I remember Paul's father saying to me in 1970 that one day his son would become Prime Minister", she said. Young Keating's political career began in earnest when he became a researcher for the Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union. This was the platform for his future skills as a numbers man. January 8, 1992. (Photo by Phillip Lock/Fairfax Media).