Michael Daley
Minister for Police | |
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In office 14 September 2009 – 28 March 2011 | |
Premier | Nathan Rees Kristina Keneally |
Preceded by | Tony Kelly |
Succeeded by | Mike Gallacher |
Deputy Mayor of Randwick | |
In office September 2000 – 20 April 2004 | |
Mayor | Dominic Sullivan |
Preceded by | Shane Barber |
Succeeded by | Bruce Notley-Smith |
Councillor of the Randwick City Council for South Ward | |
In office 9 September 1995 – 13 September 2008 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Labor | 1 November 1965
Profession | Lawyer |
Website | michaeldaley |
Michael John Daley (born 1 November 1965
Personal life
Daley is of Irish Catholic background.[3] He was educated at Marcellin College, Randwick, finishing in 1983. He spent 13 years as a customs officer with the Australian Customs Service, during which time he studied law at night.
Daley married Christina Ithier in 2005 whom he met "at a photocopier" at his legal firm in 1997. She had two children from a previous marriage whom Daley counts as his own. He and Christina have since had two other children.[4][5]
Early career
In 1998, having completed his legal studies he was admitted to the Supreme Court of New South Wales as a legal practitioner and began to pursue a career as a lawyer, and worked for a year in a law firm in central Sydney before spending five years as a senior in-house lawyer with NRMA Motoring and Services.[1]
Daley was elected as a councillor to Randwick City Council in 1995 and was deputy mayor from 2000 to 2004.[1]
Political career
Daley was elected to represent Maroubra for the Australian Labor Party in 17 Sep 2005, replacing previous Labor member
When
In March 2016 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Gaming and Racing, Shadow Minister for Planning and Infrastructure which he held on to until 27 November 2018. He also served as Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 7 March 2016 before being elected as the Leader of the Opposition on 10 November 2018.[1]
Leader of the Opposition
Following
On 19 March 2019, a few days before the state election, a video from September 2018 surfaced in which Daley made comments about Asian immigration in Sydney. Daley said "Our young children will flee and who are they being replaced with? They are being replaced by young people from typically Asia with PhDs," and "So there's a transformation happening in Sydney now where our kids are moving out and foreigners are moving in and taking their jobs".[9][10] Daley apologised from his comments, stating "What I was referring to was housing affordability in Sydney ... I could've expressed myself better, no offence was meant."[11] The party was unsuccessful in the election a few days later, and Daley subsequently stood aside as leader and withdrew his candidacy for the subsequent leadership ballot after initially stating that he would contest it.[12][13] Jodi McKay became the new permanent as party leader and opposition leader in June 2019 after Daley's resignation.
On 30 May 2021, following the resignation of McKay as party leader, Daley announced he would run again for party leadership.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Mr Michael John DALEY, DipLaw MP". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ Visentin, Lisa (10 November 2018). "Michael Daley elected NSW Labor Party leader, promising to 'press the reset button'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ McGowan, Michael (8 November 2018). "Michael Daley tipped to succeed Luke Foley as NSW Labor leader". Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ Snow, Deborah; Smith, Alexandra (12 January 2019). "A Labor government will 'civilise the place', says leader Michael Daley". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- Parliament of NSW.
- ^ "Daley 'won't contest' NSW Labor leadership". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 30 March 2011.
- ^ "John Robertson elected NSW Labor leader unopposed". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. 30 March 2011.
- ^ "NSW Labor elects paperboy turned lawyer Michael Daley as new leader". ABC News. 10 November 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
- ^ "NSW Labor leader Michael Daley apologises for foreign workers comment". SBS News. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ "Michael Daley claims Asian workers taking young people's jobs in Sydney". Australian Associated Press. 18 March 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "'They've accepted what I've said': Daley forced to explain himself over immigrant comments". Sydney Morning Herald. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ Han, Alexandra Smith, Esther (25 March 2019). "'I don't want to be a distraction': Michael Daley stands aside as NSW Labor leader". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ McKinnell, Jamie (26 March 2019). "Michael Daley abandons NSW Labor leadership race". ABC News. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Michael Daley to make another tilt at NSW Labor leadership". ABC News. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Raper, Ashleigh. "Kogarah MP Chris Minns to be NSW Opposition Leader after Michael Daley pulls out". ABC News. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
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