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Peta Credlin
Peta-Louise Mary Credlin (born 23 March 1971) is an Australian former political advisor who served as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister (Australia), Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott for his term from September 2013 to September 2015. Tony Abbott was Prime Minister for exactly 1 year and 362 days. She was previously chief of staff to Abbott as Leader of the Opposition. Since 2016, she has been the host of ''Credlin'' and co-host of ''Jones & Co'' on Sky News Live. Credlin is a controversial figure in Australian media, she is frequently a source of criticism and has been forced to apologise on multiple occasions for making factually incorrect claims. Early life and education Peta Credlin was born to Len and Brenda Credlin in the small Victorian country town of Wycheproof. Her family moved closer to Geelong, and she attended Sacred Heart College, Geelong, Sacred Heart College, where she was a member of the debating team and elected deputy school captain in her sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Loughnane
Brian Gerard Loughnane (born 11 November 1957) is an Australian business and political strategic adviser. He was the federal director of the Liberal Party of Australia from February 2003 until January 2016 and campaign director for the centre-right Liberal-National Coalition in the 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013 federal elections in Australia. Loughnane is Deputy Chairman of the International Democrat Union since April 2019. Early life and education Brian Loughnane was born in , Victoria in November 1957 and was educated in Colac before graduating with an honours degree in political science from La Trobe University in 1981. Career Early career Loughnane commenced his business career with Shell Australia in 1982, and was responsible for industrial relations at the Geelong oil refinery during the introduction of enterprise bargaining. Political career In 1992, he was appointed as Senior Advisor to Vin Heffernan, the Minister for Small Business in the Kennett government. In 1994 h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |