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Inga Peulich
MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
for Bentleigh
In office
3 October 1992 – 30 November 2002
Preceded byAnn Barker
Succeeded byRob Hudson
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
25 November 2006
Personal details
Born
Inga Dosen

(1956-10-15) 15 October 1956 (age 68)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Political partyLiberal Party of Australia
SpouseSavo Peulich
Alma materMonash University
OccupationPolitician
PortfolioShadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government
Websitehttp://www.ingapeulich.org

Inga Peulich, (born 15 October 1956) is an Australian politician currently serving in the Legislative Council in the Parliament of Victoria as Member for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region. Inga was appointed the offices of Shadow Minister for Multicultural Affairs and Shadow Minister for Scrutiny of Government following the 2014 State election. [1]

Biography

Peulich has a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters in Education. Before election as the State Liberal Member for Bentleigh in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Peulich taught VCE English and Psychology and was English Faculty Head in a large government school in the South East Region. She also has extensive experience in small business and continues today through her involvement in an engineering business in the region.

Political career

In 1989, Inga Peulich joined the Moorabbin Branch of the Liberal Party and a year later was elected to the Moorabbin City Council. She was a Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1992 to 2002, representing the electorate of Bentleigh. One of many members elected in Jeff Kennett's landslide win at the 1992 election, Peulich lost her seat of Bentleigh at the 2002 election and returned to parliament at the 2006 election, being elected to the Legislative Council as one of the members for South Eastern Metropolitan Region.

In March 2014, Peulich was promoted to Cabinet Secretary in the Napthine Ministry. [2] She lost this responsibility following the defeat of the Liberal-National Government at the Victorian state election, 2014.

Controversy

In 2007, Inga Peulich employed race blogger Gary Anderton, who published material maligning Aboriginals and his Indian doctor on his blog in 2004. He ran as the candidate for Lyndhurst at the 2006 state election.[3]

In 2007 Peulich was accused of being a key supporter of controversial figure Ken Aldred's campaign for the seat of Holt. Aldred lost selection.[4][5]

In 2011, Inga Peulich was embroiled in controversy over her involvement in Business First after The Age newspaper revealed the club had breached federal electoral laws by failing to declare tens of thousands of dollars in donations before last year's state election.[6]

In November 2012, Peulich accused Liberal member Geoff Gledhill and supporter Tamsin Bearsley of party disloyalty for failing to vote for her son in his mayoral bid.[7]

In January 2013, a number of articles were ran in the Age newspaper accusing Peulich of intervening directly on behalf of her son in his mayoral bid. [8]

Personal life

Peulich is married to small business owner Savo Peulich. Inga and Savo have a son named Paul. Peulich's husband Savo, son Paul and mother Nena Dosen all ran as candidates for the 2003 Glen Eira City Council Elections.[9] In 2008 Peulich's son Paul was elected to the Kingston City Council.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Parliament of Victoria". Parliament of Victoria. Parliament of Victoria. 01/04/2015. Retrieved 01/04/2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  2. ^ "Parliament of Victoria - Members Information - Inga Peulich (South-Eastern Metropolitan)". parliament.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  3. ^ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/race-blogger-advises-liberal-mp/story-e6frf7kx-1111116385850
  4. ^ "Stateline Victoria". abc.net.au. 2007-03-23. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  5. ^ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/raking-over-the-ashes/story-e6frg6of-1111113212503
  6. ^ "Business First held fund-raiser at Parliament". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  7. ^ "Meddling MP fuels Liberal row". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  8. ^ "Empress of the south-east". theage.com.au. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
  9. ^ http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/empress-of-the-southeast-20130118-2cyqx.html
  10. ^ "Kingston City Council, Melbourne, Australia - North Ward: Cr Paul Peulich". web.archive.org. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
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