HIGHLIGHTS FROM The Guardian Australia

• Pauline Hanson thinks she speaks for the mainstream but her stunt shows she is a bit player with bad instincts | Tom McIlroy READ
• The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ READ
• An uncomfortable truth for our leaders: there’s a limit to how ‘human’ we want you to be | Gaby Hinsliff READ
• The best kids’ Christmas gifts in Australia: 50 great ideas for babies, toddlers, kids and tweens READ
• ‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months READ