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The Sydney Morning Herald

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Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Maybe a Beattie, Berejiklian or Bracks could have been an Australian Andy Burnham. We’ll never know.

10.07.2026 20

WA Today

Nick Bryant

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Maybe a Beattie, Berejiklian or Bracks could have been an Australian Andy Burnham. We’ll never know.

10.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Maybe a Beattie, Berejiklian or Bracks could have been an Australian Andy Burnham. We’ll never know.

10.07.2026 20

The Age

Nick Bryant

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Some of Australia’s great leaders never made it to Canberra. Oh, what might have been

Maybe a Beattie, Berejiklian or Bracks could have been an Australian Andy Burnham. We’ll never know.

10.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

Trump’s America is in a state of cold civil war. But on the nation’s 250th birthday, that’s entirely fitting

Throughout its epic history, the United States have been anything but. The republic’s semiquincentennial will be marked not by unity, but by...

03.07.2026 10

WA Today

Nick Bryant

Trump’s America is in a state of cold civil war. But on the nation’s 250th birthday, that’s entirely fitting

Throughout its epic history, the United States have been anything but. The republic’s semiquincentennial will be marked not by unity, but by...

03.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

Trump’s America is in a state of cold civil war. But on the nation’s 250th birthday, that’s entirely fitting

Throughout its epic history, the United States have been anything but. The republic’s semiquincentennial will be marked not by unity, but by...

03.07.2026 10

The Age

Nick Bryant

Trump’s America is in a state of cold civil war. But on the nation’s 250th birthday, that’s entirely fitting

Throughout its epic history, the United States have been anything but. The republic’s semiquincentennial will be marked not by unity, but by...

03.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

30.05.2026 30

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

30.05.2026 20

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

30.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

30.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

15.05.2026 30

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

15.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

15.05.2026 30

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

15.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

10.04.2026 40

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

10.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

10.04.2026 40

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

10.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

Sydney or Melbourne? Let me 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.

28.03.2026 60

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

Sydney or Melbourne? Let me 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.

28.03.2026 40

WA Today

Nick Bryant

Sydney or Melbourne? Let me 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.

28.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

Sydney or Melbourne? Let me 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.

28.03.2026 40

The Age

Nick Bryant

This is no time for partisan rage

Unfortunately, politics has entered the shouting phase when it pays to be listening. 

26.12.2025 40

WA Today

Nick Bryant

This is no time for partisan rage

Unfortunately, politics has entered the shouting phase when it pays to be listening. 

26.12.2025 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

This is no time for partisan rage

Unfortunately, politics has entered the shouting phase when it pays to be listening. 

26.12.2025 60

The Age

Nick Bryant

This is no time for partisan rage

Unfortunately, politics has entered the shouting phase when it pays to be listening. 

26.12.2025 50

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

19.12.2025 40

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

19.12.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

19.12.2025 60

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

19.12.2025 40

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

12.12.2025 30

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

12.12.2025 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

12.12.2025 40

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

12.12.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

07.11.2025 30

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

07.11.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

07.11.2025 30

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

07.11.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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.

31.10.2025 40

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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.

31.10.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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.

31.10.2025 30

The Age

Nick Bryant

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.

31.10.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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...

19.10.2025 20

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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...

19.10.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant

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...

19.10.2025 30

The Age

Nick Bryant

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...

19.10.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Nick Bryant

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...

05.10.2025 30

WA Today

Nick Bryant

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...

05.10.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nick Bryant