[14] Peulich lost her seat at the 2018 Victorian election when the Liberal Party vote fell to 28% in the South East Metropolitan region.
[15] Peulich raised the ire of some sections of Victorian society for her stance against initiatives such as the Safe Schools Program and certain rights for same-sex couples.
[16] In a 2017 edition of the Quarterly Essay, Peulich was cited as stating that the Safe Schools programme was "frightening", and that it cultivated in children "an isolation from their own families and their own values".
[21] In December 2020 an IBAC hearing into the City of Casey was told Peulich was expected “to “go into bat” on a planning issue in the Frankston LGA during rezoning application, in 2014.
Peulich's husband Savo, son Paul, and mother Nena Dosen, all ran as candidates at the 2003 election for the Glen Eira City Council.
[23] In 2012 and 2013, a number of articles were run in The Age newspaper accusing Peulich of intervening directly on behalf of her son in his mayoral bid.
[9][24][25] Peulich's husband, Savo, unsuccessfully ran for election in Caruana Ward of the City of Kingston in 2020 and again in 2024, gaining 14% and 9% of the primary vote respectively.