Treasurer Costello makes jokes in Parliament

[HSimon1981]

The Treasurer should be referring to Wayne Swan as the Member for Lilley.

[shezza343]

Only in Australian parliment do we see this kind of thing

[lukes6962]

costello is a fucking legend.

[strikeforcefreedom10]

great parliamentary performer.

[raff23]

@strikeforcefreedom10 not when paul keating was around, keating tore him to shreds many times for exposing him as the weak gutless politician that he was.

[AnimationDisney]

A.... hahahahahahahaha

[AndyG1678]

Costello, best in the business in parliament. Very funny!

[neephius]

Keating straightened out the economy and howard just rode the wave

[richspur2004]

Nowhere near Paul Keating's ability as Treasurer or in QT. Not one structural change to the economy in 11 years of government (the GST was Keating's idea from the 80's that went under the name Option C and it was tax reform as opposed to a structural one) and never challenged Howard for the leadership when it was desperately required.

[paddySc12]

who is the bloke behind Costello next to the woman with the blue collar??

[paddySc12]

who is the bloke behind Costello next to the woman with the blue collar??

[raff23]

wat a buffon, gutless coward who didnt want the top job because everyone would know wat a fraud he was. Costello the king of handouts but not actually doing anything great for the country.

[jitterbuggg8]

he gave me a piece of pizza once, I went to his daughters birthday party. He was drinking victoria bitter.

[Spacemonkeymojo]

Can you believe these goons are running our country.. bloody kids.

[shwell]

yeah a masterbater

[kingmodo]

Can we have him in our parliament?

[webaroos]

Reply to Blakeyboy, Would have made bets PM ever? you have a screw loose boyo, Costello is a quitter, he skulked away, he couldn't hold a chook raffle, he never challenged Howard, he's a proven coward, so you might be a few sheep short in the upper paddock, drongo.

[webaroos]

Costello was the master of self defeat, Keating was the master of cutting comment, Costello was the smirker.

[10mins2go]

Absolutely brilliant!!

Sad day for politics that he won't contest the Liberal leadership or stand again next year for the seat of Higgins.

[webaroos]

As Keating said, Costello was a low flyer and incapable of any leadership aspirations as he was a jokester and did not have the gumption to tackle Howard for the leadership role, how could this character become a leader in any form at all?

[newsnational]

Newspoll - 10/03/2009

Better Liberal leader:

Turnbull 40%

Costello 53%

[3aw77]

After the old howard guy got the flick from the Australian people Costello runs away and turns his back on Australia .

[newsnational]

Rudd will be sweating when Costello becomes opposition leader.

[adamsmith85]

would he ever ay... Rudd would be shitting his pants for sure.

[webaroos]

Hahahaha, your dreaming, as Keating said about Costello, he's a low flyer and is incapable of any leadership, he needs to be lead.

[webaroos]

Rudd will be sweating? hahahahahahaha, what at Costello resigning? or going on a sabbatical to Israel?

[ruddsadudd]

kevin07=mistake08

[davoplace]

intreats rates 08

[ninaiswow]

Labor, Liberal...what lover quarrels they get into but at the end of the day, you know they're the same shit, different smell.

[james1234279]

liberal sucks esspecially howard!! go kevin!!

[jafoosy]

Costello = excellent

[noyaenermy]

save australia

stormfront

davidduke

nsm88radio australia calling

[Damienzor]

The woman just over Peter Costello's right shoulder; what is her name?

[Persicanada]

what a wanker..

[swanie180]

julia gillard is a rat

[davoplace]

but would you root her?

[brisbanegreenbrigade]

thank god he was not the education minister

[CanberraUser]

It's still a worry with DILLARD as minister in charge of being role-models for our country and our future. Dillard sets a rotten example for our country's children.

[Roadrunnerz45]

@CanberraUser now shes our PM.

[CanberraUser]

Roadrunnerz45 yes, and that makes the situation a whole lot worse. The feminists are having a bigger ball than ever now.......all their Christmases have come at once.

[Duxaization]

@CanberraUser actually that's not true. The feminist movement is involved in holding positions of power that men do, and are able to successfully fulfill their roles like any other. Gillard stabbed Rudd in the back and has made a mess of Australia that this has severely harmed the view of Gillard. This has harmed the feminist movement since, it can be perceived that she needed to knife Rudd to get the top job, which is the last thing the feminist movement needs.

[xXfalken16Xx]

@CanberraUser ooooh dillard... you pun-maker you

[robngal]

@brisbanegreenbrigade yeah, and people like yourself are a prime example of why this country is now in such a bloody mess...

[brisbanegreenbrigade]

it was actually 8 words

[TOMMASCRAWLEY]

everyone including me cant stand or h8 him but really he would of been a good PM ...

and john howard looked the part dont u reckon, keving rudd looks like a southpark character with round fave and triangle smile

[blankzy01]

nice work Peter, you deserve to be prime minister, forget the labour cunts fuck

[dwch1986]

Jeez i love that he never got to be PM... Wanker...

[kllre]

oh that joke was so funny i forgot to laugh god what tossers all these polititions are!

[bennyboytalk]

come bak peter if the left wing shits havent learned yet that swan is an utter joke they will learn soon

[SauronsEye]

What a shocker the Liberal party is at the moment. The most senior, in power, Liberal in Australia is a town mayor in Queensland and in Western Australia there's some bloke that was sniffing chairs after women had been sitting in them. There was a move to boot him from his leadership role but he got voted back in, cause he's the best they have!!!!

I'm not one to swear but FUDGE me, who'd want to be associated with that mob??? Seriously, it's a complete joke.

[CanberraUser]

Sniffing chairs? I am still mystified as to the fuss journalists have given to the "chair sniffing incident" as if that could be taken seriously I mean sniffing a chair? I know sniffing chairs a bit of a silly, even bizarre, habit but since when has sniffing someone's chair caused anyone any harm let alone have any bearing on one's work performance????

[SauronsEye]

The fact that the woman was still in the room shows two things. It's sexual harassment and a very low level of maturity by the chair sniffer.

Oh and the lack of respect for his colleague is mind boggling...it was done in an attempt to let all the "boys" have a laugh at her expense. That's what's wrong with it.

[CanberraUser]

SauronsEye, chair sniffing is not worth cutting down the trees to make the paper to waste the ink to write the complaint about such a thing. So God-damn trivial it's laughable.

I mean.....sniffing a chair? Are you saying it's OK to sniff a table, or a book, or a pen, or a computer monitor — yet it is a national scandal to sniff a CHAIR?!!!!!!!!!!

[mockingbird83]

@CanberraUser the fact you can even consider chair sniffing a 'habit' beggars belief. Typical of a liberal supporter i suppose. You'd be believe the sun goes around the earth if it meant holding onto your recalcitrant Conservative opinions.

[imawesome1981]

It's great that neither of them can count? Haha, still I always slept a little easier knowing that Howard and Costello were running the show

[shwell]

Oh yeah, "Wayne Swan had money in brown paper bags" is only 8 words numbnuts.

[shwell]

And now the joke is you costello

[CanberraUser]

Now, Kevin Fudd is turning Australia into a joke.

[shwell]

Is that you Alexander?

[CanberraUser]

Alexander? No? I'm not Alexander?

[shwell]

Look, get your fishnet's and leave Canberra please - oh and lose your seat in a by election.

[Munts]

Australian parliment looks funny.

[hmasmelbourne]

Least we forget, Rest in peace peter...

[PeterBalkenende]

Look at Howard spinning around on his chair and just watching at 00:02-00:08. He makes Costello do the talking for him!

[mysticphoebos]

Good riddance Liberals, a party that picks on kids and single parents are morally bankrupt. So single parents stuck it right back at em, lets hope welfare to work goes the way workchoices is.

[CanberraUser]

How the hell do single parents end up single in the first place? One-night stands? Rushed relationships? Couples deluding themselves about being "in love"? What??? And it's the taxpayer who has to pick up the pieces by funding their welfare payments. And the baby bonus? That's also a no-brainer.

[mysticphoebos]

My wife died and left me with twin girls.

[nophrillz]

lol, owned.

[CanberraUser]

Your circumstances would be different, you have a GENUINE reason to be a single parent, completely unlike those who have one-night stands etc. as I referred to in my example

[mysticphoebos]

My circumstances are not different they treat me like a second class citizen, no a (low life) . I have paid enough taxes to pay for Parliament House, mutual obligation they say? work that one out!, the logical conclusion is the government should refund all my taxes, my girls and I would be millionaires, its a one way street I'm afraid, I too was arrogant about this type of thing > BUT NO MORE, I have eaten humble pie and don't like it.

[cr7rulesyo]

who cares

[mysticphoebos]

Australians do, thats why they voted the scumbags out, ha,ha.

[12345678990uweiscool]

i love australia

[cr7rulesyo]

leave that for the aussies to say... now go off and eat some waffles....

[mysticphoebos]

I am a Manchester United fan my friend through and through, but you have to admit the Howard - Costello arrogance was wofting to high heaven, talk about arogance on steroids... they were the real deal alright, power junkie lunatics, verging on the point of Hitler style insanity.

Cheers.

[cr7rulesyo]

ye i agree mitch. go man united!!!

[tayzlor]

Nope Mate. Nothing close, you have to see Keating's arrogance and nasty insults. Entertaining, but poor form for a PM.

[Commadoss]

How pathetic. You talk about money yet you still allowed, what was it, over $100 million dollars of tax payers money for advertising.

And here is one most halarious item of interest that I find humerous. You have sat in the Deputy Leaders chair for 11 years and still did not have the courage to challenge Howard for his job. All I can see is a person who discarded an opportunity of a lifetime because he was too cowardly to act.

[jampt1989]

Hear hear. He was a lazy treasurer, who has been in "a hammock" for 11 years (thanks Paul Keating!). I am so glad his smirk is no longer all over the news

[kmank2]

Um...yeah, heaps funny Peter. I'll tell you what's even funnier though, being deputy leader for the past 11 years and not having the balls to contest the leadership. In 1994 you were deputy, and who didn't you have the courage to challenge??? Downer of all people. In 1995 it was Howard. Hahahahahahahaha your heaps funny mate, still I think working for more than a decade and then getting kicked while your having a cry is funnier.

[no1aussie]

I would still have to say that Keating is by far the most entertaining person to have ever stepped into parliament. However, this is still quite good. =)

[anthrax088]

you actually find this amusing?

[GoFeri]

Yes. A little bit.

[BronCr]

never has there been a more entertaining politician

[nimchief]

haha what a noob

keating pwned this turd

[trembleagain]

Costello is the funniest man in parliament. Without him question time would be as boring as watching grass grow. Would make a very interesting Prime Minister.

[CanberraUser]

Sadly, Peter Costello has resigned from his post and the running for Leader Of The Opposition despite his safe seat.

[PhantomRandom]

imagine if downer re-assumed the opposition leader position, blunders again!

[pudlah]

what a keating wannabe

[LiLmzzsunshine15]

heh i have no idea who he is but it is funny

[dvorak18]

Costello is king!

[RelaxPeople]

"Peter Costello", Australia's next Prime Minister!

[ryanowa]

Im looking foward to opposition leader Peter Costello.

[xvyxwqz]

keating had no class. at least costello does it with class.

[BJR1977]

Get out of here!!!! Costello has more class than keating - come on what plante are you from! Keating used to make this guy look like a school kid in question time!! Keating is probably the most razor sharp speaker ever to enter the Australian Political Arena! Keating's wit incredibly frightening and intimidating!!

[xvyxwqz]

i reckon keating was just a smartass. he was a pretty good smartass ill say that. shame that hes now losing his mind.

[BJR1977]

xvyxwqz, I somewhat tend to agree with you - being a smart ass was apart of Keating's charm and game plan. You should check out some of Keatings Questions Time antics that have been posted on Youtube. They are dam right entertaining - I do miss his question time gamesmanship! I have some of them saved in my favourites if you want a quick link!

[xvyxwqz]

can u reply with a couple of good ones. ill check em out. :-)

[BJR1977]

xvyxwqv, If you click on my user Youtube user ID, it will take you to my profile. All the good ones are saved there in "my favourites". They are at the top so you shouldn't have any dramas finding them! Enjoy!

[PhantomRandom]

he's just trying to be the Keating of Liberals, so far its not matching his prowess

[kmank2]

Umz yeh, heaps funny.......Please Costello's a mere shadow to Keating when it comes to Parliamentary insults, Keating was a God in the presence of mere mortals when it came to taking someone apart in cowards castle.

[CanberraUser]

Those were the days ay?

Who knows, his sense of humour might rival Paul Keating's if he becomes Prime Minister......but I doubt it! Costello doesn't seem quite as daring.

[tehcamel6969]

noone will ever take parlimentary insults to the level Keating did. he was magical.

"a shiver looking for a back to run down"

[mr0speaker]

Hahaha... this is ok, although I'd like to see a collection of other Costello moments on YouTube... some of his name calling is GOLD!

[SalemSaberhagen1]

Anyone who has watched Question Time since Rudd has been Opp Leader notice how every time personal questions or comments are made about him or some big stuff-up he made, he immediately looks down and pretends to write hurriedly? Look in this clip, then look in others that have Rudd attacked. He always does this, rather than look the govt in the eye. Why does he do this? Embarassment, or shame, or something?

[1987devo]

his advisors researched the psychological effects of body language to viewers and advised this as the most effective strategy! it is proven in teh polls!

[samelf]

I love politicts!!!

[samelf]

This doesn't seem to load for me :(

[CanberraUser]

Not loading for me either at the moment, looks like a temporary problem with YouTube's servers

[CanberraUser]

The problem is gone now

[thomasTFE]

goodbye howard, goodbye costello... place won't be the same without you lol

[entrepreneurial8]

Shows what a dodgy useless aparatchik Swan is.

[imogapils]

As much as the bloke's a dick, you gotta love the barbs he comes out with.