Peter Costello (Higgins, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

During the period I have been Treasurer there has been a great deal of risk in the Australian economy. We had to take the Australian economy through the Asian financial crisis, the US recession, September 11, war, SARS and the worst drought in 100 years. And all of the way as we took it through all of those risks—and one of those risks is very much on the board at the moment: the drought which Australia is suffering from—this government had to do the heavy lifting.

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