COSGROVE, GENERAL SIR PETER – A Very Australian Conversation, Boyer Lectures 2009, on his role to lead the operation recovery effo

I saw one of my primary tasks was to do what I could to restore confidence, to ensure that people knew and cared about their predicament and that governments were committed to helping. Equally an optimism had to be engendered, a belief that not only would they recover but would emerge 'bigger, brighter and better than ever.'