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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What explains this extraordinary outburst of anti-Semitism from the citizens of a country that had hitherto prided itself on being the model of multicultural success?

Hamas-Israel war has supercharged decline of West

This backsliding into moral relativism and self-loathing reflects the wider intellectual and cultural confusion afflicting free Western countries.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 9, 2023: ÃRally For A Free PalestineÃ protest burn the Israeli flag on the forecourt of The Sydney Opera House in Sydney following the recent outbreak of war between Israel and Palestine.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Hamas-Israel war exposes new depth of self-hatred

Forced to choose between a fellow democracy and an Islamist death cult, more self-confident societies would not have a moment’s ambivalence. And yet here we are.

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11 Dec 2005 Locals and supporters of the Australian way of life at North Cronulla Beach. People of middle eastern appearance were bashed and chased by gangs of thousands after the celebrations turned into angry rioting. crowd nsw police demonstrations - precursor to Sydney riots

Time to snap out of our cultural confusion

The sooner we snap out of this cultural confusion the better. A good start would be identifying those who’ve taken part in anti-Semitic protests, prosecuting those who are citizens and deporting those who aren’t.

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Voters said No, but Albanese still isn’t listening

Anthony Albanese may think it’s a sign of his political integrity to push on with treaty and truth, but such hairsplitting is unlikely to impress the 40 per cent of Labor voters who said No to the voice.

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NEWCASTLE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 05: Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott talks wit an attendee at 'Tony Abbot - Vote No Hunter Region' event at Raymond Terrace Bowling Club on October 05, 2023 in Newcastle, Australia. A referendum for Australians to decide on an indigenous voice to parliament will be held on October 14, 2023 and compels all Australians to vote by law. Early voting began on Oct. 2, with voting getting underway in rural and regional Australia as well. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

Australia must say no to racial division in all forms

Those voting No are not voting against Aboriginal people; they are voting in favour of unity and equality, and voting Yes to keeping our Constitution colourblind.

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MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA - Newswire Photos OCTOBER 2ND 2023 : The Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, in Melbourne today visiting Gumboots Early Learning Jacksons Hill, Sunbury. PICTURE : NCA Newswire / Nicki Connolly

Explaining the voice? PM is his own worst enemy

Anthony Albanese has never been able to get his story straight on the voice. Sometimes it is a great historic change. Other times it’s no big deal, just an advisory body.

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Retiring Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews at Parliament House in Melbourne. Picture: Andrew Henshaw

No escaping Dan’s brutal reign of madness

Andrews ran the country’s most left-wing government ever. He might have been one of the most brutally effective political players I’ve ever observed close up.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 22, 2022: Marcus Stewart, Co-chair of the First Peoples' Assembly, addresses the Victorian Parliament Legislative Assembly, watched on by Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, Deputy Premier James Merlino and Labor parliamentarians. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Andrew Henshaw

Native title is complex? Just wait for the voice

Land agreements will become much more common and far-reaching if the referendum passes – quite possibly bypassing the traditional owners in favour of an activist elite.

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How Big Tech tried to silence my voice

Earlier this month, Facebook censored inconvenient but relevant facts I’d revealed on the Uluru Statement. This is not the first time Big Tech has censored arguments against the voice.

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EAST ARNHEM, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 05: Australian prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during Garma Festival 2022 at Gulkula on August 05, 2023 in East Arnhem, Australia. The annual Garma festival is held at Gulkula, a significant ceremonial site for the Yolngu people of northeast Arnhem Land about 40km from Nhulunbuy on the Gove peninsula in East Arnhem. The festival is a celebration of Yolngu culture aimed at sharing culture and knowledge which also brings politicians and Indigenous leaders together to discuss issues facing Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The gathering takes on a special significance in 2023 with a constitutional referendum on the Voice to Parliament to be held later in the year. (Photo by Tamati Smith/Getty Images)

Albanese’s backtrack on Uluru statement won’t wash

The Uluru Statement is just one page, says Anthony Albanese and Megan Davis. That’s not what Davis has said repeatedly for years.

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