Former chief of staff to Tony Abbott, Peta Credlin, has been revealed to be advising both current and former Victorian Liberal party members, including Ousted MP Moira Deeming and Opposition Leader John Pesutto. This influence raises questions about the blurred lines between politics and media.
Peta Credlin became a joint Walkley winner in 2016 and a TV Week Logie award-winner the year after for her role in Sky News’s 2016 federal election coverage. Peta Credlin became a joint Walkley winner in 2016 and a TV Week Logie award-winner the year after for her role in Sky News’s 2016 federal election coverage.
“On becoming leader, I was reaching out widely to as many in the party as I could … I recognised Mrs Credlin had served in senior roles,” he said. In 2021, she won a Kennedy award for excellence in journalism and an in-house News Corp award. This year she was nominated for a Kennedy award for outstanding current affairs reporting but didn’t win., she is still a Liberal player: “I’ve worked with various party intermediaries to encourage both Pesutto and Deeming to avoid going to court.”
“As a journalist you’re absolutely not supposed to be doing that kind of thing, that is advising politicians and giving them political advice,” Ricketson says.
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