Social Justice Campaigns
Costigan was subsequently involved in Catholic campaigns for social justice. He was a director and deputy chair of Jesuit Social Services. In the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute he accused the Patrick Corporation of using the same "bottom of the harbour" corporate strategies as he had exposed in his Commission.
Costigan later mainly practised in Alternative Dispute Resolution, either as Arbitrator or Mediator.
In 2005 he was appointed chairman of the Australian branch of Transparency International, an anti-corruption coalition.
Costigan was the brother of former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Peter Costigan.
He had 10 grandchildren.
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