Pauline Hanson’s views haven’t changed since her first speech. But now she is resonating with Australia’s bitter and resentful mood | Paul Daley
By Paul Daley

All the One Nation leader had to do to ‘win’ in the eyes of her movement’s base was turn up as the flaming beacon of their discontent

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2026/jun/17/pauline-hanson-press-club-speech-same-views-resonated-with-australia-bitter-resentful-mood-ntwnfb

#PaulineHanson #OneNation #Australianews #Australianpolitics #PaulDaley

Pauline Hanson’s views haven’t changed since her first speech. But now she is resonating with Australia’s bitter and resentful mood

All the One Nation leader had to do to ‘win’ in the eyes of her movement’s base was turn up as the flaming beacon of their discontent

The Guardian

Can we separate the art from the person who made it? Not in the case of a monster like Rolf Harris | Paul Daley
By Paul Daley

I met Harris before his crimes came to light. Even then I sensed his public image was a facade

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/12/rolf-harris-can-we-separate-the-art-from-the-person

#RolfHarris #Celebrity #PaulDaley

Can we separate the art from the person who made it? Not in the case of a monster like Rolf Harris

I met Harris before his crimes came to light. Even then I sensed his public image was a facade

The Guardian
Meet the candidate: Paul Daley

Paul Daley is standing for the Green Party in the Priory Heath ward at the Ipswich Borough Council elections on Thursday, 7 May. We sent every candidate the same five questions — here are Paul's answers, published in full and unedited.

Ipswich.co.uk

I reckon #PatCummins got it about right

“I absolutely love #Australia. It’s the best country in the world by a mile. We should have an Australia Day, but we can probably find a more appropriate day to celebrate it,” Cummins said.

You don’t have to agree. But March 3rd would be better. If you don’t know why, look up the #AustraliaActs
#ChangeTheDate
#AustraliaDay
#AusPol

#PaulDaley gets it about right too.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/25/australia-day-is-on-the-nose-its-becoming-harder-to-defend-celebrating-the-date-of-an-apocalypse

Australia Day is on the nose – it’s becoming harder to defend celebrating the date of an apocalypse

No matter how indignantly the woke-as-a-pejorative crowd screech on their op-ed pages and airwaves, the cultural tide on 26 January is ebbing fast

The Guardian
I quit Facebook and Twitter cold turkey – and I barely know myself

All of that humblebragging and oversharing – and my obsessive checking of it – was driving me insane. Why did I stay so long?

The Guardian