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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Australian businessman and philanthropist (1938–2021)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the football player, see <a href="/wiki/Frank_Costa_(American_football)" title="Frank Costa (American football)">Frank Costa (American football)</a>. For the American radio broadcaster and politician, see <a href="/wiki/Frank_N._Costa" title="Frank N. Costa">Frank N. Costa</a>. For the American guitarist, see <a href="/wiki/Animosity_(band)" title="Animosity (band)">Animosity (band)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Frank Costa</div><div class="honorific-suffix" style="font-size: 77%; font-weight: normal;"><span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a></span></span></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Francis Aloysius Costa</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1938-02-03</span>)</span>3 February 1938<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Geelong" title="Geelong">Geelong</a>, Victoria, Australia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">2 May 2021<span style="display:none">(2021-05-02)</span> (aged 83)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Geelong, Victoria, Australia</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Australians" title="Australians">Australia</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Entrepreneur and <a href="/wiki/Philanthropist" class="mw-redirect" title="Philanthropist">philanthropist</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Costa_Group" title="Costa Group">Costa Group</a></li><li>President of <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong Football Club</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Shriley Costa</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">8 daughters<sup id="cite_ref-bows_out_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bows_out-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Tony Costa (father)</li><li>Mary Piccone (mother)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> (AO)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Australia" title="Order of Australia">Order of Australia Medal</a> (OAM)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Sports_Medal" title="Australian Sports Medal">Australian Sports Medal</a> (2001)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Centenary_Medal" title="Centenary Medal">Centenary Medal</a> (2001)</li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Frank Aloysius Costa</b> <span class="nobold noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size:;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"><a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">AO</a></span></span> (3 February 1938 – 2 May 2021<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was an Australian businessman. Costa had been a prominent figure in the Geelong region for more than four decades after inheriting Costa Group, the family's produce business, in the late 1950s. Initially privately-held, the Costa Group became the largest service <a href="/wiki/Wholesale" class="mw-redirect" title="Wholesale">wholesaler</a> of fruit and vegetables in Australia with operations in five states. In 2015 the company was <a href="/wiki/Initial_public_offering" title="Initial public offering">floated</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Securities_Exchange" title="Australian Securities Exchange">Australian Securities Exchange</a> as <a href="/wiki/Costa_Group" title="Costa Group">Costa Group Holdings Limited</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Frank Costa became president of the <a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong Football Club</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa was the eldest of five sons born to <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicilian</a> immigrants who moved to Australia in the 1880s.<sup id="cite_ref-bows_out_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bows_out-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His great-uncle established the Geelong Covent Garden in 1888 – a produce grocery which he ran until the 1920s, at which time he turned it over to Costa's father.<sup id="cite_ref-bows_out_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bows_out-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When Costa was 21, he (along with his brother Adrian) convinced his father to sell the business to them. Costa successfully grew the business with help from his brother, as they made forays into <a href="/wiki/Wholesaling" title="Wholesaling">wholesaling</a>. Although Adrian died in 1972 as a result of an automobile accident, and there were a few business blunders<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="Who says this? (November 2020)">weasel words</span></a></i>]</sup> along the way – including the failed development of a state-of-the-art warehouse in Geelong<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>– the remaining Costa brothers were able to keep the business afloat. By the 1980s, the company had an annual <a href="/wiki/Revenue" title="Revenue">turnover</a> of around <span style="white-space: nowrap">A$</span>100 million. In the early 1990s, Costa's wholseale fruit operation was compelled to co-operate with the <a href="/wiki/Melbourne_underworld" class="mw-redirect" title="Melbourne underworld">Melbourne underworld</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2004, Costa appointed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Simon_J._Costa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Simon J. Costa (page does not exist)">Simon Costa</a>, his nephew, as CEO of the Costa Group of Companies,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> enabling Costa to concentrate on philanthropic activities and the Presidency of the Geelong Football Club. At the time, the company had 800 employees, and a turnover in excess of <span style="white-space: nowrap">A$</span>800 million. The Costa Group of Companies was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in July 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019 Costa stepped down from the board of the publicly-listed Costa Group.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_scandals">Political scandals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Political scandals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>His push for the recycling/irrigation plant is one of many events has caused some to raise <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflict of interest</a> concerns, as his company may have been in a position to obtain a substantial benefit from the project.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In addition to being a Committee for Geelong board member and being president of the Geelong Football Club, Costa was involved in some of the most prominent development projects being touted for the region. These include the development in North Geelong near the Ford site and at Point Richards near <a href="/wiki/Portarlington,_Victoria" title="Portarlington, Victoria">Portarlington</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> In 2006 it was revealed that Costa was part of a group of powerful business leaders who had made political campaign donations that were not disclosed by the candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Costa married Shirley in 1960 and they had eight daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-bows_out_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bows_out-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He died from cancer on 2 May 2021, aged 83.<sup id="cite_ref-death_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-death-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Costa is the subject of a 2006 biography, with a foreword by eminent historian <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Blainey" title="Geoffrey Blainey">Geoffrey Blainey</a>, and contains references to Geelong identities, the Geelong Football Club, and Italian immigrants in Geelong.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Honours">Honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1997, Costa was awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal of the Order of Australia">Medal of the Order of Australia</a> for service to youth and to the community of Geelong.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/2015_Australia_Day_Honours" title="2015 Australia Day Honours">In 2015</a>, Costa was appointed an <a href="/wiki/Officer_of_the_Order_of_Australia" class="mw-redirect" title="Officer of the Order of Australia">Officer of the Order of Australia</a> for distinguished service to the community of Geelong through ongoing roles and contributions to a range of sports, business, religious, medical, educational and social welfare organisations.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001 Costa was also awarded the <a href="/wiki/Centenary_Medal" title="Centenary Medal">Centenary Medal</a> for service to the Barwon community<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and, in the same year, the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Sports_Medal" title="Australian Sports Medal">Australian Sports Medal</a> for services to Australian football.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wealth_rankings">Wealth rankings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Wealth rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1088965794">@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .columns-start .column{float:left;min-width:20em}.mw-parser-output .columns-2 .column{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .columns-3 .column{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .columns-4 .column{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .columns-5 .column{width:20%}}</style><div class="columns-start columns-2"><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th colspan="2" width="40%"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian_Financial_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="The Australian Financial Review">Financial Review</a></i><br /><a href="/wiki/Financial_Review_Rich_List" title="Financial Review Rich List">Rich List</a> </th> <th colspan="2" width="40%"><i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Forbes Asia">Forbes</a></i><br /><a href="/wiki/List_of_Australians_by_net_worth" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Australians by net worth">Australia's 50 Richest</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Rank </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Net_worth" title="Net worth">Net worth</a> (<a href="/wiki/AUD" class="mw-redirect" title="AUD">A$</a>) </th> <th>Rank </th> <th><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Net_worth" title="Net worth">Net worth</a> (<a href="/wiki/USD" class="mw-redirect" title="USD">US$</a>)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>2017<sup id="cite_ref-afr2017_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afr2017-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-crikey2017_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-crikey2017-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right">$538 million <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018<sup id="cite_ref-afr2018_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afr2018-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002127000000000000♠">127</span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> </td> <td align="right">$655 million <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019<sup id="cite_ref-afr2019_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afr2019-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002118000000000000♠">118</span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> </td> <td align="right">$802 million <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020<sup id="cite_ref-afr2020_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-afr2020-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7002132000000000000♠">132</span> <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span></span> </td> <td align="right">$770 million <span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td align="center"> </td> <td align="right"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1088965794"></div><div class="column"> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><small>Legend</small> </th></tr> <tr> <th><small> Icon</small> </th> <th><small> Description</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><small>Has not changed from the previous year</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><small>Has increased from the previous year</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td> <td><small>Has decreased from the previous year</small> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><div style="clear: both"></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Philanthropy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>According to a 2004 poll,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Costa held first place on the list of the region's "Movers and Shakers"<i>.</i> The same year saw Costa (out of frustration<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="Who says this? (November 2020)">weasel words</span></a></i>]</sup>) publicly urge the authorities<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2020)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> to keep its promise of developing a <a href="/wiki/Recycling" title="Recycling">recycling</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irrigation" title="Irrigation">irrigation</a> facility in the <a href="/wiki/Werribee" class="mw-redirect" title="Werribee">Werribee</a> region.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Costa was Patron of the Geelong Volunteer Resource Centre and the Geelong Volunteering Network, and academy ambassador for <a href="/wiki/Surf_Coast_FC" title="Surf Coast FC">Surf Coast FC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Frank_Costa&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-bows_out-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bows_out_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bows_out_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bows_out_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bows_out_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFKohler,_Alan2014" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kohler" title="Alan Kohler">Kohler, Alan</a> (29 May 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator/news-story/frank-costa-bows-out/a9dee34d95366573668e86dad10c79bb">"Frank Costa bows out"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Australian" title="The Australian">The Australian</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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