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Transcript No. 2001/055
TRANSCRIPT
of
THE HON PETER COSTELLO MP
Treasurer
Doorstop Interview
Canberra
Tuesday, 15 May 2001
1.30 pm
SUBJECTS: John Fahey
JOURNALIST:
(Inaudible) ..John Fahey .(inaudible)?
TREASURER:
John Fahey has announced that he will be retiring from the Parliament at the next
election. I just want to say that he has made an enormous contribution to Australian
public life. John Fahey was the person that headed the bid for the Sydney Olympics, and I
dont think Australians will ever forget the sheer enthusiasm when he jumped and
Australia won that bid. I saw his sheer enthusiasm when he spent hours, weeks, months,
working to fix Australias finances. He will be regarded as Australias best
Finance Minister. I am sorry that we will lose him to public life, here in Australia. He
has been one of my best friends. He has been a real cobber. But I wish him, and Colleen
and their family all the best as he makes a new life for himself outside of politics.