Peter Costello
Peter Costello
Peter Howard Costello, AC, is an Australian former politician and lawyer who served as the Treasurer in the Australian Howard Government from 1996 to 2007. He is the longest-serving Treasurer in Australia's history. Costello was a Member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1990 to 2009, representing the Division of Higgins. He also served as the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 August 1957
I've said before and I'll say it again, that we have to be vigilant,
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the suggestion that this Parliament should pass a new tax law so that the taxpayer picks up some of the obligations will not be agreed to.
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As the world economy has changed, so too, these institutions must change,
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Senator Sherry claimed $300 to stay with his mum at Opossum Bay.
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She has no plan for Australia and the divisive and vicious future that she is promulgating will be repudiated,
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Mr. Gerard is eminently suitable to be a member of the Reserve Bank board, ... He is a fit and proper person to be on the board.
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I did not find this an easy decision, ... In fact it is one of the hardest decisions one could ever face in public life because it was so evenly poised.
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The progress is gradual and I think it will be some time before China has a floating currency as we know it.
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Exports have been disappointing. Higher petrol prices and a waning of the housing boom contributed to the recent moderation in household consumption growth.
What have the Americans ever done for us?
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The deadline cannot be extended past April 24, when he will announce his decision,
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There is one law we are all expected to abide by.
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I think it could be done in a clean, safe way to deliver cheap energy and we in Australia have the energy they need.
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It is in Australia's interests that we promote it in preference to other areas,