Peta Credlin says she believes Labor policies on gender, immigration and franking credits deserved a more transparent debate over the past five weeks of the election campaign. Credlin
Sky News host Peta Credlin says Labor don’t ‘let on’ how much they want and plan to change Australia.
Ms Credlin says she believes Labor policies on gender, immigration and franking credits deserved a more transparent debate over the past five weeks of the election campaign. Ms Credlin says the ‘absence of debate’ during the campaign shows ‘how effectively the Left control much of the media in the country’. Image: News Corp Australia
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