At Melbourne’s regal female-only Alexandra Club, which has for 120 years sheltered the city’s poshest and most blue-blooded female inhabitants, trouble has brewed all year about the nomination of one Peta Credlin, of Abbott government and Sky News fame.
The once all-powerful political operator and now right-wing TV star tried to join mid-year, but the nomination was withdrawn after internal opposition. She tried again, and on her second attempt has succeeded, as first reported in the Herald Sun. But not without putting a few noses out of joint.
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This article was updated to clarify the nature of the 2018 legal dispute.
Myriam Robin is a senior writer based in the Melbourne newsroom. She has previously been a Rear Window columnist and editor, and before that reported on financial markets and media. Connect with Myriam on Twitter. Email Myriam at myriam.robin@afr.com
