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Peta Credlin AO is a weekly columnist with The Australian, and also with News Corp Australia’s Sunday mastheads, including The Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Herald Sun. Since 2017, she has hosted her successful prime-time program Credlin on Sky News Australia, Monday to Thursday at 6.00pm. She’s won a Kennedy Award for her investigative journalism (2021), two News Awards (2021, 2024) and is a joint Walkley Award winner (2016) for her coverage of federal politics. For 16 years, Peta was a policy adviser to Howard government ministers in the portfolios of defence, communications, immigration, and foreign affairs. Between 2009 and 2015, she was chief of staff to Tony Abbott as Leader of the Opposition and later as Prime Minister. Peta is admitted as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria, with legal qualifications from the University of Melbourne and the Australian National University.

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ESCAPE: BERLIN CHEAT SHEET, Mikaella Clements- 10MAR19- Picture: iStock

Holocaust erasure from schools should scare us all

The idea that our young people could grow up ignorant of state-sponsored genocide should cause every Australian to demand a rethink of our educational priorities, writes Peta Credlin.

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott speaks during his tribute dinner at the Miramare Gardens in Sydney, Thursday, November 7, 2019. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Today’s Liberal Party has much to thank Abbott for

Tony Abbott might only have had two years at the top, but there would never have been Morrison or Turnbull governments if he hadn’t got the Liberals back in to begin with, writes Peta Credlin.

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Image 2. A 200-metre chimney stack at what was South Australia’s last remaining coal-fired power station being felled in a controlled explosion as destruction of the site’s infrastructure nears completion. The structure destroyed this morning in Port Augusta, 280km north of Adelaide, was one of Australia’s tallest chimney stacks. Picture: Supplied

Forget climate panic. The energy emergency is here

The climate zealotry that the Morrison government was meant to stop is getting out of control, putting Australia’s energy supply at risk, and with it, the economy, writes Peta Credlin.

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A combination of pictures created in London on November 1, 2019 shows Britain's Prime Minister and Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson (L) and Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) giving speeches. - Britain will go to the polls on December 12, 2019 to vote in a pre-Christmas general election. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

‘Brexit election’ a massive deal for Australia

After months of political paralysis, Brits will have the opportunity to vote in a government that respects their Brexit wishes – and the outcome will have a huge impact on Australia, writes Peta Credlin.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 09: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference with Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte at Kirribilli House on October 09, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte is on a three-day visit to Australia, with discussions focusing on strengthening two-way trade with Australia, international collaboration on finding justice for the families of MH17 victims and opportunities for broader cooperation. (Photo by Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images)

Morrison’s immigration figures are the stuff of fancy

The Prime Minister may be painting a picture that Australians want to see, but don’t be fooled: record levels of immigration will continue, writes Peta Credlin.

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Firefighters battle bushfires in Busbys Flat, northern NSW, Wednesday, October 9, 2019. (AAP Image/Jason O'Brien) NO ARCHIVING

A tale of two Australias is raging

While some members of society brought cities to standstills and thrived off chaos, another group was busy fighting fires and showing what it really means to be a national hero, writes Peta Credlin.

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50 plus Extinction Rebellion cyclists took the streets to slow down business as usual with a slow bike ride through the city. The ride finished at King George Square for a special bike Ôdie inÕ event. Brisbane CBD, 27th of September 2019. (AAP Image/Attila Csaszar)

Time we stopped giving handouts to these climate layabouts

The government is right to threaten law-breaking climate protesters with losing the dole. Maybe then Generation Snowflake will finally learn that bad behaviour can have serious results, writes Peta Credlin.

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison delivers the 2019 Lowy Institute Lecture at the Sydney Town Hall in Sydney, Thursday, October 3, 2019. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING

Morrison is right: Australia must come first

After the global pile-on we’ve copped on border protection and climate change, Scott Morrison’s latest speech is a long overdue reinforcement of Australia’s number one priority — us, writes Peta Credlin.

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NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 25: Jacinda Ardern speaks onstage at Goalkeepers 2019, at Jazz at Lincoln Center on September 25, 2019 in New York City. Goalkeepers is a multiyear campaign organized by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation dedicated to accelerating progress towards the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (or Global Goals). The event takes a close look at global inequality and in particular the importance of investing in health and education, addressing gender norms, and adapting to climate change to close the persistent gaps that separate the most and least well-off. (Photo by Mike Lawrence/Getty Images for Gates Archive)

Wake up and smell the climate change socialism

If we learnt one thing from the UN last week it’s that the Left hide their globalist agenda behind the guise of saving the planet, writes Peta Credlin. Green activists care more about socialism than the environment.

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An anonymous woman placing marijuana flower into a joint paper to smoke. Picture: istock

Canberra dopes are a law unto themselves

Thanks to the ACT Labor government, marijuana is set to be legal from next year, writes Peta Credlin. The reason it isn’t legal immediately? They just need to warn the public it’s dangerous. Come again?

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