Peter Costello denies pushing Canberra journalist
Tom McIlroyPolitical correspondent
Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello has denied pushing a journalist who approached him at Canberra Airport on Thursday night, after a video of the incident showed the reporter falling to the ground.
The former treasurer and outgoing Future Fund chairman said The Australian journalist tripped over an advertising bollard in the terminal, something he’d seen “happen a million times”.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review's political correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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