Peta Credlin
| Peta Credlin | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Peta-Louise Mary Credlin 23 March 1971 Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne Australian National University |
| Occupation | Political adviser, political journalist, lawyer |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Loughnane (m. 2002) |
Peta-Louise Mary Credlin (born 23 March 1971) is an Australian political adviser who served as chief of staff to Prime Minister Tony Abbott from September 2013 to September 2015, and previously as chief of staff to Abbott as Leader of the Opposition.
Credlin achieved prominence when the Coalition, of which Abbott was the parliamentary leader, formed government after the Australian federal election, 2013.
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, where she was a member of the debating team and elected Deputy School Captain in her second year. She graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Melbourne with a concentration in constitutional law, politics and history in 1998. At university, Credlin resided at Newman College, won a number of prizes and awards, and was a member and national finalist of the 1995 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition Team. After graduation, she was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in Victoria, and applied for a job as a political staffer with Liberal Senator Kay Patterson in 1999.
She obtained a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction from the Australian National University (ANU) in 2010, where she won the ACT Law Society Prize for the top student of 2009. She is currently completing a Master of Laws degree at the ANU.
After working for several years on Patterson's staff, Credlin moved to become an adviser to Senator Richard Alston, the Minister for Communications in the Howard Government. 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.
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