Download or read book The Costello Memoirs written by Peter Coleman and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a political career spanning more than eighteen years, Peter Costello, Australia's longest serving Treasurer, steered the Government through some of its greatest economic and political challenges, paying off Government debt, introducing the GST and fighting five elections. The Costello Memoirs charts the victories and defeats in one man's very public life.