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
Peter Costello quotes about
want saving vehicle
If you want to save, put money into superannuation, you will never find a better savings vehicle.
government house balance
Our system of government is one of checks and balances. It requires compromise.. compromise between the Executive and the Parliament, compromise between one House and another, compromise between the States and the Commonwealth and compromise between groups of persons with legitimate interests and other groups with other legitimate interests. There is room for compromise.. indeed demand for it.. in a system of checks and balances.
agreed approving offer position presented
The FIRB could not come to an agreed position and presented two alternatives, ... with one alternative prohibiting the offer and the other approving it but with conditions.