About Peter Costello
Peter Howard Costello is an Australian former politician and barrister who served as the treasurer of Australia from 1996 to 2007 and the deputy leader of the Liberal Party from 1994 to 2007. He was the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Higgins from 1990 to 2009. In 1977, Costello was assaulted by a left-wing student politician, receiving mainstream media attention for the first time in his career as a result. Costello became the longest serving Deputy Leader in 2006, breaking the record held by the party's first Deputy Leader Sir Eric Harrison. During the 1980s, Costello was a solicitor at the law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques, then became a barrister and represented employers in some of Australia's best-known industrial relations disputes. After graduating, Costello became more conservative but retained progressive views on some social issues.
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