One of Australia's most powerful women is at loggerheads with top Cabinet Ministers over her attempts to micro manage Julie Bishop and steal Joe Hockey's thunder, it has been reported. The disdain felt amongst numerous MPs towards Peta Credlin, the prime minister's right hand woman and the person he credits with securing his party's election, has come to light and exposes the over-reaching responsibilities she has assumed - from picking Tony Abbott's blue ties to taking part in the budget's development. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is understood to have been involved in a feud with Credlin after her extensive attempt to micro manage the government included controlling minister's media appearances, according to John Lyons of The Australian.
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MPs disdain at Tony Abbott's chief of staff and the over-reaching responsibilities she has assumed have been exposed
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Credlin's recent disapproval of an unapproved media appearance by Julie Bishop infuriated the Foreign Minister
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Bishop slammed Credlin, saying as Deputy Leader she didn't require her permission to speak in public
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Abbott's own performance has also come under scrutiny after it was reported he proposed a rejected Australian-led invasion of Iraq
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He denied the claims calling them 'absolutely fanciful' and adding: 'We do not act unilaterally in the Middle East'
At a small celebration following the release of the party's first budget, Credlin undermined the Treasurer by having the first word - leading the toast, and ultimately taking ownership of an accomplishment that should have been Hockey's to savour, The @placeholder reports.
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