Nick Bryant
Nick Bryant is a former BBC correspondent and the author of The Forever War, America’s Unending Conflict With Itself.
- 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.
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- Opinion
- Republic debate
Why it will take a battle royal to revive the Australian republic
Three crucial referendums – the Voice, the republic and four-year parliamentary terms – have all been defeated, stymying the government’s appetite for reform.
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- Opinion
- Trump's America
How Dolly Parton can save Trump’s America
The US is a nation crippled by mutual loathing. But no-one can find a bad word to say about the celebrated country singer.
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