''Credlin'' is an Australian television news and commentary program broadcast weeknights on Sky News Australia. The program is hosted by Sky News commentator

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 ...

, who was previously former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's

chief of staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

. The program debuted on 20 November 2017 during the final week of the

2017 Queensland state election The 2017 Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017 to elect all 93 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, the unicameral Parliament of Queensland. The first-term incumbent Labor government, led by Premier Annastacia P ...

. The program is the first format Credlin has hosted solo, having previously been a co-host of '' Credlin Keneally'' with

Kristina Keneally Kristina Marie Kerscher Keneally (born 19 December 1968) is an American-born Australian politician who was a Labor Senator for New South Wales from February 2018 until April 2022, when she resigned to unsuccessfully contest the House of Represe ...

and ''

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'' with Alan Jones. ''Credlin'', which replaced ''

The Latest with Laura Jayes ''The Latest with Laura Jayes'' was an Australian television news and commentary program broadcast weeknights on Sky News Australia. The program was hosted by Laura Jayes until she took maternity leave in 2017. The program covers a range of news ...

'' in the timeslot, focuses on political analysis led by Credlin herself. In the first half of 2018, ''Credlin'' improved Sky News' timeslot performance by 166% and was the highest ranking show across all

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channels in its timeslot. In 2020, Peta Credlin presented a Sky News exclusive documentary ''‘Deadly Decisions: Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine Catastrophe’'' which detailed exclusive new revelations into Victoria's hotel quarantine debacle. 'Deadly Decisions' was the number one program on Foxtel. Audiences were up +323% on the four-week timeslot average. Additionally, the program had a timeslot increase of more than +160% on the WIN Network. ''Credlin’s'' average year-on-year audience increased by +41% in 2020.

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Sky News Official site
Sky News Australia Australian non-fiction television series English-language television shows 2017 Australian television series debuts {{Australia-tv-prog-stub