Not your average potential politician: anarchy tattoos, muscles and a model wife

Michael Parris
April 4 2019 - 10:00am
ONE NATION OR NO NATION: Stuart Bonds' Twitter page. The anarchy tattoo is on his left pectoral.
ONE NATION OR NO NATION: Stuart Bonds' Twitter page. The anarchy tattoo is on his left pectoral.

It's not every would-be federal parliamentarian who has an anarchy symbol tattooed on his chest.

Michael Parris

Michael Parris

Journalist

Michael Parris reports on politics for the Newcastle Herald. He started at the Herald in 1994 after working in the ABC Newcastle newsroom. Michael spent much of his career as a sub-editor before moving into political reporting in 2017. He was a finalist in the Sports Australia national media awards for his stories about a male-only tennis club in Newcastle. He has covered NSW and federal elections, state and federal budgets and local politics. He has also written extensively about the COVID-19 pandemic with a special focus on data analysis and the effects of lockdowns on the Hunter community.

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