Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant is a former BBC correspondent and the author of The Forever War, America’s Unending Conflict With Itself.
- Opinion
- Australian culture
From Kylie to Bluey: Let me tell you about Australia’s secret superpower
I’ve come to know that my adopted country is a global influencer. We have much to cherish – and preserve.
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- Opinion
- UK politics
Australia got addicted to political beheadings. Ten years on, is the UK following suit?
Such is the public revulsion for Keir Starmer, Britain is on the brink of surpassing Australia’s record for ousting PMs.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
We’re pining for the ’90s. Yes, even its politics. Please explain
Cast your mind back to a time when leaders were bolder, braver and less captive to the hurtling news cycles of this online age.
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- Opinion
- Canberra
Sydney or Melbourne? Can I chuck in a vote for this bush metropolis?
It’s too often an either/or debate over Australia’s biggest cities. I have another suggestion, and it’s a capital idea.
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- Opinion
- Bondi shooting
This is no time for partisan rage
Unfortunately, politics has entered the shouting phase when it pays to be listening.
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- Opinion
- Bondi shooting
Don’t let this barbaric assault on my home – my happy place – tear us apart
I’ve covered the aftermath of mass shootings and terrorist massacres, but never before in a setting cherished by so many as a happy place: Bondi.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Our underachiever nation’s lost 25 years
As we pass the quarter-century mark, Australia has rested too much on the laurels of the Hawke/Keating/Howard reform era.
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- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Liberals’ zero-sum game reaches terminal velocity
Since John Howard, no leader has fashioned a Liberal brand that could win the party consecutive election victories.
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- Opinion
- Populism
Australia’s resisting the global populist tide. But now’s no time for smugness
Far-right populism is succeeding in the US, Britain, France and Germany. Australia won’t inexorably travel the same path.
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- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Albanese’s meeting with Trump won’t define Australia’s place in the world. Nor should it
The fixation with the US alliance detracts from how Australia’s influence has grown over the course of the 21st century. The Oval Office meeting will not change that.
- Nick Bryant