Paul Daley
Paul writes about Indigenous history, Australian culture and national identity for Guardian Australia. He has won a number of journalism prizes including two Walkley awards, the Paul Lyneham award for political journalism and two Kennedy awards. He is a novelist and playwright whose books have been shortlisted in major literary prizes and is the author of the political novel Challenge
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In the hospital room I lost it. I stood there awkwardly with wet eyes. And then something incredible happened
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Compromise is a wonderful thing, but undergraduate chic is not for everyone
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The discovery of a rare photo from the Spanish civil war raises questions about why volunteers from Australia are not commemorated
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Is it too soon to be nostalgic for all those soft, gentle Marches? Here’s hoping not
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On the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, Paul Daley maps out the events leading up to Australia’s involvement and the consequent fallout
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From salacious and savage to escapist and evocative, here are the page-turners Guardian Australia writers are whipping through on break
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Paul Daley speaks with the author of Nosey Bob’s biography about his 62 hangings and why Indigenous people and women were disproportionately sentenced to deathPodcast
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Australians emerged from two years of lockdowns seemingly intent on putting the past behind them and embracing a newfound sense of liberty
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Just in time for your Christmas shopping: Guardian Australia’s critics and staff pick out the best of the best
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Some things get easier with age. The intensity of my friendships and the emotionally sharing nature of them has deepened
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Any meaningful shift in policy will need to amount to more than acquiring and hanging new artwork in a dedicated space
Howard and Abbott seek the meaning of life. What if our true purpose is … saving the planet