Inga Peulich

Inga Peulich
MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Bentleigh
In office
3 October 1992 – 30 November 2002
Preceded by Ann Barker
Succeeded by Rob Hudson
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 November 2006
Personal details
Born Inga Dosen
15 October 1956
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Political party Liberal Party of Australia
Spouse(s) Savo Peulich
Children Paul Peulich
Alma mater Monash University
Occupation Member of the Victorian Parliament
Committees Temporary Chair of Committees (Acting Speaker) 1996-2002. House Cttee 1994-96.

Community Development Committee 1992-96. Library Cttee 1992-2002.

Family and Community Development Committee 1996-2002 (Dep Chair 1999-2002).

Scrutiny of Acts and Regulations Committee 2007-November 2010.

Environment and Planning Legislation Committee (Chair); Environment and Planning References Committee (Dep Chair) 8 February 2011-16 April 2013.

Economic Development and Infrastructure Committee May 2011-31 July 2013.

Economic Development, Infrastructure and Outer Suburban/Interface Services Committee 1 August 2013-20 March 2014.

Legal and Social Issues Legislation Committee; Legal and Social Issues References Committee May 2013-February 2014.

Electoral Matters Committee March 2013-November 2014.

House Committee and LC Privileges Committee February–November 2014

Portfolio Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs

Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government

Religion Roman Catholicism
Website http://www.ingapeulich.org

Inga Peulich, (born 15 October 1956) is an Australian politician currently serving in the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Victoria as Member for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region. Peulich was appointed the offices of Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government following the 2014 State election. [1]

Biography

Inga Peulich is of Bosnian heritage, being born Inga Dosen in Bosnia and Herzegovina and migrating to Australia in 1967 with her family. [2] Peulich is married to small business owner Savo Peulich, and they have a son, Paul Peulich who is currently a Councillor with Kingston City Council, where he was also elected as Mayor in 2013-2014.[3]

Peulich has a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Education. Before election as the State Liberal Member for Bentleigh in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Peulich taught VCE English and Psychology and was English Faculty Head in a large government school in the South East Region. She also has extensive experience in small business and continues today through her involvement in an engineering business in the region.

Peulich has been involved with many political, community and not-for-profit organisations. Membership include:

Political career

In 1989, Inga Peulich joined the Moorabbin Branch of the Liberal Party and a year later was elected to the Moorabbin City Council. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002, representing the electorate of Bentleigh. One of many members elected in Jeff Kennett's landslide win at the 1992 election, Peulich lost her seat of Bentleigh at the 2002 election, having held it one term in opposition for the first time since the seat was created and was defeated at the fourth election.[5] She returned to parliament at the 2006 election, being elected to the Legislative Council as one of the members for South Eastern Metropolitan Region. Peulich was re-elected to the Victorian Legislative Council in 2010 and 2014[6]

Following a varied parliamentary committee career, Peulich was promoted to Shadow Parliamentary Secretary, Education and Communities in February 2008. Following the election of the Baillieu Liberal/National Coalition at the 2010 Victorian State Election, Peulich was appointed Secretary to Liberal Parliamentary Party and Coalition and in March 2013, promoted to Parliamentary Secretary for Education [7]

In March 2014, Peulich was promoted to Cabinet Secretary in the Napthine Ministry.[8]

Multiculturalism

Following the defeat of the Liberal National Government at the 2014 Victorian State election, Peulich was promoted to shadow cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Scrutiny of Government.[9]

With Polish, German and Balkan heritage, early childhood lived under communism and in a largely muslim neighbourhood of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Peulich was well qualified for the multicultural affairs portfolio[10]. She has used this experience to promote multicultural understanding, inclusiveness and harmony and to champion the values of democracy.[11]

Media

Following the 2010 State election, Peulich was credited with playing a significant role in winning several sandbelt metropolitan seats to secure a narrow win for the Victorian Liberal/ National Coalition Government[12]. This, along with Peulich’s high level of community activity and robust parliamentary performance, made her a significant target for political opponents, reflected in attempts to link her to various controversies reported in the media .

In 2007, an article was published about Peulich Advsior, Gary Anderton who ran as the candidate for Lyndhurst at the 2006 state election.[13] The article accused Anderton of racism, which he strongly disputed.[14]

In January 2013, a number of articles were ran in the Age newspaper, based on dubious e-mails accusing Peulich of intervening directly on behalf of her son in his mayoral bid.[15] Fairfax were unable to confirm, through the source and their reporters, the authenticity of the e-mails and acknowledged that they could not be sure if Peulich sent them, if they were in fact tampered with or fake.[16]

Family & Personal life

When not working in politics Inga Peulich enjoys family activities, community and international affairs, sport and recreation, education and further study,and travel.[4]

Peulich's husband Savo, son Paul and mother Nena Dosen all ran as candidates for the 2003 Glen Eira City Council Elections.[9] In 2008 Peulich's son Paul was elected to the Kingston City Council. He was also unanimously elected Mayor of Kingston for the 2013-2014 year.[17]

As Mayor, Cr Paul Peulich implemented renewal, amenity improvement, greater investment in infrastructure and sporting facilities and better communication with the community.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria. Parliament of Victoria. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Women Australia". Women of Australia. Women of Australia. April 1, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Herald Sun Newspaper". herald Sun. November 14, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria. March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Tally Room - Bentleigh". The Tally Room. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Victorian Electoral Commission". Victorian Electoral Commission. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria. March 31, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Parliament of Victoria - Members Information - Inga Peulich (South-Eastern Metropolitan)". parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  9. ↑ "Herald Sun". Herald Sun. December 17, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jewish Community Council of Victoria". JCCV. March 23, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Oromia Times". Oromia Times. January 1, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  12. ↑ "the Age". The Age. January 19, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  13. ↑ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/race-blogger-advises-liberal-mp/story-e6frf7kx-1111116385850
  14. ↑ "Herald Sun". Herald Sun. May 20, 2008. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Empress of the south-east". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  16. ↑ "Star Community". Star Community. January 24, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  17. ↑ "Chelsea Mordialloc news". ISSUU. November 20, 2013. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Frequency". Frequency. April 14, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2015.

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Victorian Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Ann Barker		 Member for Bentleigh
1992–2002 		Succeeded by
Rob Hudson