Peta Credlin
| Peta Credlin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Loughnane |
Peta Credlin is an Australian political advisor who is the current chief of staff of the Prime Minister's department of the Abbott Government, sometimes identified as the "boss" by Tony Abbott.[1][2]
Credlin has also became a political target after the election of Abbott in the Australian general election of 2013.[3][4][5][6]
Early life
Peta Credlin was born to Len and Brenda Credlin in the small Victorian country town of Wycheproof. Her family moved closer to Geelong, where she attended Sacred Heart College. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne, before applying for a job as a political staffer with Liberal Senator Kay Patterson in 1999.[7]
Career as advisor
After working for several years on Patterson's staff, Credlin moved to become an advisor to Senator Richard Alston, the Minister for Communications in the Howard Government.[7]
She then left politics, and worked for three years as public relations manager for Racing Victoria. Tired of the commute between Melbourne and Canberra, where her husband Brian Loughnane was based, Credlin returned to her career as a political staffer, working for Senators Robert Hill and Helen Coonan.[7]
When the Howard Government was defeated at the 2007 federal election, Credlin moved to Sydney to work at the Jockey Club until she was asked by Brendan Nelson, who had been elected federal Liberal leader and Leader of the Opposition, to join his staff. When Malcolm Turnbull challenged Nelson for the party leadership, Nelson counselled her to join Turnbull's team and she was appointed his chief of staff, although she was demoted to deputy during this tenure. When Turnbull himself was challenged and defeated by Tony Abbott in December 2009, Credlin joined Abbott's staff.[7]
Personal
Credlin is married to Brian Loughnane, federal director of the Liberal Party of Australia since February 2003. They married after the 2001 federal election, where they worked together in the Victorian office of the Liberal Party.[8]
References
- ↑ http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/09/06/rundle-tony-the-godfather-with-the-energy-of-audacity/
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/national/tony-abbott-lures-more-women-to-join-peta-credlin-as-political-advisers/story-fncynjr2-1226732488988
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/control-freak-peta-credlin--accused-of-pulling-coalition-strings-20131204-2yqte.html
- ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/credlin-critics-told-to-back-off-by-mathias-cormann-20131207-2yy5o.html
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/give-peta-credlin-some-credit-and-give-her-a-break/story-fn53lw5p-1226777343733#
- ↑ http://www.theland.com.au/news/metro/national/general/tony-abbott-dismisses-obsessive-slur-on-chief-of-staff-peta-credlin/2680695.aspx
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Legge, Kate (5 November 2011). "Who's the boss?". The Australian. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
- ↑ Knott, Matthew (23 December 2011). "Brian Loughnane and Peta Credlin". Crikey: The Power Index: Power Couples. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
External links
- Legge, Kate; Nestel, Christine (24 July 2013). "The queen of no" (video). The Australian Magazine.