Police raids on how secret documents came to be in the hands of journalists aren’t to crack down on freedom of speech, but to crack down on people who know the rules and have broken them, writes Peta Credlin.
If the election showed us anything, it’s that Australians have a limited tolerance for the extremes of political correctness. But far from waking up to themselves, our ‘woke’ activists are doubling down, writes Peta Credlin.
Most women want to be treated fairly in the workplace and get ahead because of their hard work and efforts. But if you’re a member of the new look Labor Party it seems all bets are off, writes Peta Credlin.
If established, the problem with Ken Wyatt’s Makarrata Commission is that it wouldn’t actually deliver anything truly meaningful for Indigenous Australians or improve their lives, writes Peta Credlin.
Life for a conviction politician is never easy but very few have shouldered the attacks like former prime minister Tony Abbott with such magnanimity and resilience, writes Peta Credlin.
They were ridiculed as ‘deluded conservatives’, or delcons for short, but those who wanted Malcolm Turnbull out of the top job knew voters wanted a government that makes their lives better, not worse, writes Peta Credlin.
For those who predicted the Coalition’s demise, this election showed that when led by a truly Liberal leader, the centre-right in this country enjoys wide support among everyday Australians, writes Peta Credlin.
Bill Shorten has refused to say who will be his border protection minister if he wins on Saturday and we aren’t getting anything beyond cliches on immigration policy detail. What he has told us is just for votes, writes Peta Credlin.
No one should need reminding that we never want to see the drift, chaos and division of the Gillard government era again, writes Peta Credlin. But as things stand, there’s every chance we’re headed for a hung parliament.
We’ve seen experts have to go into hiding, former PM’s be labelled unrepeatable words and voters who still have no idea what the major parties stand for. This really is an election for the ages, writes Peta Credlin.
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