There was no deal: PM's wife …..

Janette Howard says her husband never made a deal with Peter Costello in
1994 to step aside as Prime Minister after one and a half terms.

In a new biography of John Howard, which exposes the deep personal animus between the Prime Minister and his Treasurer, Mrs Howard says: "John wasn't into making firm commitments".

Last year it was revealed that Mr Howard and Mr Costello, when in Opposition, discussed handing over the reins should Mr Howard lead the Coalition to power, which he did in 1996.

The discussion, witnessed and noted by the former minister Ian McLachlan, sparked a furious row last July, when Mr Costello accused Mr Howard of welching on the commitment.

"You talk about a whole lot of things when you're trying to convince people to do things," Mrs Howard says in the book.

"But you don't go back and honour every single one of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it, and John wasn't into making firm commitments."

There Was No Deal: PM's Wife

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Gus: we know that... The only commitment Johnnee "never ever" made was to screw the Australian people...

And how would Janette know anything of men's secret business?

But to say ""You talk about a whole lot of things when you're trying to convince people to do things...But you don't go back and honour every single one of those unless you have made a firm commitment about it, and John wasn't into making firm commitments."!!!! That takes the cake!

It illustrates, with extraordinary clarity, Johnnee's hypocrisy!!!