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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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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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
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The integrity of Australian history demands truth-telling and our shrine to the military should lead the way
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Since rediscovering the calm of a quieter state, I’m learning to reconnect and embrace the sounds of my life
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The folk singer has long been preoccupied with the (white) blind spots of Australian history
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For me, the symptoms were not mild and at times were vaguely frightening. I don’t want to get it again
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Bequeathed from memory to memory, these records remind us how recently central Australian Indigenous people felt the upheaval of colonialism
Can we keep my nautical prints? When couples move in together, they face a tough test