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Paul Daley

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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

May 2026

  • For a Paul Daley story. Olive the dog sitting in Paul Daley's late father's antique armchair.

    double quotation markIn rusted collars and empty chairs, I still live with my beloved ghosts

    Paul Daley
    Mindfully curated possessions evoke the most potent memories of those who have gone. Two specific objects bring me particular comfort – though I never stop too much to ponder why
  • An electric car charger in Sydney

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    The Sunday read: Paul Daley on going the distance in an EV – Full Story podcast

    Guardian Australia columnist Paul Daley takes his first holiday driving an electric vehicle
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  • A dad helping to fill up the boot of a charging electric car

    double quotation markOur first EV holiday gave us ‘range anxiety’. But our fears were soon left in the rearview mirror

    Paul Daley
    In an electric vehicle you quickly learn when you can gun the engine, how to use the many apps – and how to enjoy the time while the car is charging

April 2026

  • People wait for the start of a dawn memorial service at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli peninsula

    double quotation markAnzac Day isn’t what it used to be – 111 years on, what place does it have in modern Australia?

    Paul Daley
  • Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese in October last year

    double quotation markDonald Trump, man-baby leader of the free world, is having an epic tantrum. Anthony Albanese must call it out

    Paul Daley

March 2026

  • A commuter bus drives across Anzac Bridge in Sydney

    double quotation markThree times on one bus ride I was offered a seat. But I refuse to ‘let the old man in’

    Paul Daley
    There’s no better metaphor for ageing than the boiling frog. You’re in it, you can’t escape it – but you don’t always notice it
  • US president Donald Trump

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    The Sunday read: Paul Daley on Australia’s appeasement of Trump and his war on Iran – Full Story podcast

    The Guardian Australia columnist questions whether refusing to challenge the White House at all costs indulges a US-Australia relationship that no longer exists
    Podcast06:49

    • double quotation markAustralia’s blind refusal to question Trump’s bombing of Iran risks ensnaring us in a dangerous folly

      Paul Daley

    • Walk with ...
      Bob Carr: ‘I really thought repeatedly, “Bob, the joke is on you”’

    • Bookmark this
      Bob Carr, ‘a masterpiece’ and a horny queer fantasy: the best Australian books out in March

February 2026

  • The image shows Red Hill, ACT with bits of letters making a silhouette.

    Letter from ...
    double quotation markRed Hill, Canberra: its walking tracks, scar trees and ochre earth underfoot will always transport me

    Paul Daley
  • Movers moving a fridge on to a trolley

    double quotation markIt seemed like a cold day in hell before my fridge would be finally delivered. Then there was a miracle

    Paul Daley

January 2026

  • Donald Trump with Anthony Albanese at the White HouseUnited States President Donald J Trump greets Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, at the West Wing Entrance to the White House in Washington, DC, USA,. Trump Welcomes Albanese of Australia, Washington, District of Columbia, USA - 20 Oct 2025

    double quotation markThis 26 January, we should question Australia’s subservience to a different empire: Trump’s America

    Paul Daley
  • Paul Daley's black labrador Ronda

    double quotation markAs we farewelled Ronda, our soft-hearted labrador, the grief was as painful as any I’ve felt

    Paul Daley

December 2025

  • A woman reading a book in subway on public transport

    From Dr Seuss to All Quiet on the Western Front: 19 books to help you find hope, sense and resistance in difficult times

  • Best of Australian books 2025 - TRAIL

    Summer essentials
    The 25 best Australian books of 2025

  • People walk past a memorial drawn on the wall of a walk bridge as a tribute following last Sunday's shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney

    double quotation markThe immediate shock and terror of the Bondi shooting is giving way to anger and division. We must look for the light

    Paul Daley
  • An engraving depicting explorers Burke, Wills and King returning from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Cooper Creek in 1861

    Burke and Wills died as Victorian heroes, but their expedition was a farce. Now Melbourne is rethinking their statue

November 2025

  • Bruce Haigh, retired author, political commentator and diplomat

    Fifty years after Bruce Haigh resisted apartheid, South Africa honours fearless Australian diplomat

  • Woman’s hand picking up receiver on an old rotary phone

    double quotation markThe landline may be having a renaissance – but it’s to a world in which the art of phone calls has changed

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