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Peta Credlin
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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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GetUp!’s guerrilla game plan

GetUp!’s guerrilla game plan

Politics in this country used to be about debating the merits of one policy over another, with voters making the final decision, writes Peta Credlin. Sadly, it’s now about shifting Australia’s political ‘centre’ to the left.

The election questions you need to ask local members

The election questions you need to ask local members

Given that we’re lucky enough to live in a truly democratic nation, we must not take elections — or the opportunity they provide us — for granted. Now is the time for tough questions, writes Peta Credlin.

This gender madness has gone too far

This gender madness has gone too far

Following changes to Tasmanian law, any child over 16 years will be able to change their gender ‘at-whim’, writes Peta Credlin. Can feminists finally see how this gender madness has subverted their gains?

Don’t trust this dodgy electric car sales team

Don’t trust this dodgy electric car sales team

Labor has been caught out approaching policy from the perspective of green ideology rather than the practicalities of Australian life, writes Peta Credlin. Just look at Bill Shorten’s electric car promise.

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