Stephanie Peatling
Stephanie Peatling is a senior writer. She is a former Canberra Political Correspondent for the Sun-Herald.
Costs rise on raising children
Stephanie Peatling Cost of raising children up 50 per cent past five, new modelling shows.
Rudd deserves benefit of doubt on gay marriage backflip
Stephanie Peatling Kevin Rudd has joined the ranks of politicians who have changed their mind on same sex marriage.
Anger subsides as leaders reach NDIS compromise
Stephanie Peatling Imagine if this Parliament finished with national disability insurance scheme signed, sealed and delivered.
PM goes for broke on disability scheme
Stephanie Peatling The Prime Minister is seeking to make the introduction of a national disability insurance scheme one of the hallmarks of her leadership.
The brave and the foolhardy
Stephanie Peatling As fans of Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister would know, a "brave decision" was always arch civil service supremo Sir Humphrey Appleby's way of saying "Do not go there for that way lies almost...
Gay rights can't get numbers
Stephanie Peatling A CONSERVATIVE prime minister has stared down critics in his own party, allowed a conscience vote and is now on the cusp of introducing equal marriage rights for gay couples in England and Wales.
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PM's timely swipe at sexist treatment
Stephanie Peatling Gillard knows the tough reality that confronts women in politics: the treatment is different but don't talk about it because it's not worth the backlash.
Misplaced outrage: abuse and the army
Stephanie Peatling The remarks were stupid and it did not take long for the twittersphere to force an apology from the Channel Ten morning show, The Circle.
Gillard wins fight, but at a cost
Stephanie Peatling PRESS gallery journalists and political observers often comment that the best version of Julia Gillard comes out when she is fighting.
Prime objective: rebuilding the PM
Stephanie Peatling JULY 1 is the date on which Labor's hopes are pinned. On that day, the government is confident the sky will not collapse when the carbon price comes into force and the voting public will start to...
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Why are women hell bent on destroying each other?
Stephanie Peatling Parenting websites and mothers' groups are the next generation of high school where everything people say is judged, discussed and used in evidence against them as factions take shape and shift.
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Single parent families: the pain our politicians don't feel
Stephanie Peatling The budget has confirmed that families headed by a sole parent are seen as the least deserving.
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Light-bulb moments
Stephanie Peatling A straightforward campaign will help people switch on to an emissions trading scheme.
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For the love of children
Stephanie Peatling The true costs of childcare reforms are perhaps not as high as parents believe.
Young and the jobless
Stephanie Peatling While the latest figures show unemployment is falling, youths face a different reality.
