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

No, I did not touch the fowl in honour of the member for Fowler—and I rarely eat chicken, out of respect for the rooster. Apart from a very enjoyable dinner and a nice chat about political life, all of the things that were allegedly going to come true did not. If you want to judge 2005 conversations by what they carry of import in Australian politics then presumably you would look at what actually happened—and all of these predictions did not come true.

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