Peta Credlin

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. For 16 years, Peta was a policy adviser to the 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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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 22: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia Chris Bowen (R) during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Australian Parliament House on August 22, 2024 in Canberra, Australia. Pressure is building on the Albanese government on a number of fronts, but cost of living pressures are top among them and may prove to be a damaging political liability in the months ahead as Peter Dutton gets the opposition ready for next year's election season. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Labor’s pre-election green washing is all about deception

Labor’s energy deception is staggering, but unless these issues about pending new targets and prices are exposed the government will get away with it.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese with Premier Steven Miles at the Townsville Quayside Terminal for announcement of a Hydrogen Hub. Picture: Evan Morgan

ALP’s state strategy a sign of federal campaign to come

With no first-term landslide margin to fall back on, even a modest shift could send this PM for Perks packing.

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Lockdown Dan’s new ‘mental health’ role an insult to Victorian parents

The backlash to Daniel Andrews’ appointment at a youth mental health service was harsh and immediate. And for me, it came with a personal insight.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos September 3, 2023: Professor Megan Davis during a press conference for the Uluru Dialogue voice campaign at the Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Collingwood. Picture NCA NewsWire / Aaron Francis

If this bill passes, say goodbye to right of dissent

In defeating the voice, Australians actually found theirs. The ‘silent majority’ was silent no more. Perhaps that’s why the PM is so eager to silence free speech.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 06: Protesters march through the CBD on October 06, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. Organizers of pro-Palestine protests in Sydney are set to proceed with a rally on Sunday, October 6, despite legal attempts by police to prohibit the gatherings due to safety concerns related to anticipated crowd sizes and potential disruptions. The following day, a vigil is scheduled to honor victims of violence in Gaza, coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks, which has drawn criticism from government officials who deem the timing "extremely provocative". Protesters also planned to gather for similar events in Melbourne. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

Pro-Palestine rallies are testing the limits of the silent majority

If some of us can’t see that supporting terrorism is wrong, if we can’t unite in condemning the slaughter of October 7, then what social glue have we left?

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Israeli soldiers work on tanks at a staging area in northern Israel near the Israel-Lebanon border, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Who would you rather be, Israel or Ukraine?

Once, an alliance with the US meant a country could not be attacked with impunity. Now, it’s more likely to mean an American ally will have its self-defence interfered with – seriously.

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Deeming saga a tale of gutless Liberals and bullied conservatives

As Peter Dutton has shown, even in Victoria the Liberals can be competitive. If only John Pesutto had shown as much fight against Labor as he has against Moira Deeming.

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Zali Steggall, Peter Dutton, Allegra Spender, Tony Abbott, Simon Holmes a Court.

Divisiveness, dishonesty will unseat the teals

Labor-lite Liberals generally end up alienating traditional Lib voters without winning over ALP ones. Voters normally prefer the genuine article to pretenders.

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For too long, Labor has failed to deal with the Greens

Labor has appeased the Greens for far too long

In the same way John Howard realised One Nation would totally discredit mainstream conservatism modern Labor needs to go to war with the Greens.

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Canberra, Australia - February 22 2019:The Aboriginal Tent Embassy in Canberra Parliamentary Zone Australia Capital Territory. Activists claim to represent the political rights of Aboriginal Australians.

The voice was defeated … so, why do we carry on accepting Indigenous separatism?

As long as our mental landscape is dominated by manifestations of Indigenous separatism the voice will simply be a battle won in the lost war for a united Australia.

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