Costello never got to be PM because he was a liberal clone of Keating and the voting public has had jack of that type of politician and Howard knew that so blocked him. As for him presiding over the sale of our gold well he wasnt the only treasurer who got the tap on the shoulder at the bottom of the cycle and was told to sell,Gordon Brown in the UK was another. In any case Aus never really has total control of its finances, we always dance to the tune played by washington and will continue to.
