New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb says police do not believe the 40-year-old attacker responsible for the Bondi Junction shopping centre killings held terrorist motivations or ideology. He was known to the police.

Heart goes out to those killed and those injured. This was close to home. I was going to head to Bondi Junction Westfield with my kids to shop this afternoon. Thankfully, we decided to head there tomorrow instead.

Awful and genuinely shocking news out of Sydney smh.com.au/national/nsw/b…

Looking forward to this session at the Sydney Writers' Festival talking about my forthcoming book The Forever War: America's Unending Conflict With Itself. In conversation with the legend that is ⁦Geraldine Doogue⁩ #swf swf.org.au/program/season…

How OJ Simpson paved the way for Donald Trump - a throwback from me, which still feels relevant bbc.com/news/world-us-…

Wednesday’s ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ cartoon thetimes.co.uk/article/morten…

In the 1970s, after Roe, Catholic Democrats were more fiercely opposed to abortion than evangelical Republicans - including Biden and Ted Kennedy. Now the overturning of Roe might save Biden’s presidency.

Lessons learnt from covering Trump - and mistakes we should avoid repeating - is the theme of my Brian Johns memorial lecture on Thursday night in Sydney. Open to all and a few seats still left. Details below…..(I promise not to wear a white silk tie again)

It’s my honor to deliver the 2024 Brian Johns Lecture this coming Thursday on the subject of Donald Trump, American authoritarianism and how the media should cover it. ⁦There are still a few tickets left. event.mq.edu.au/2024-brian-joh…

It was a treat to interview Diane Foley Diane Foley on her extraordinary new book, American Mother, written with the novelist Colum McCann - a remarkable testament of forgiveness ABC Radio National #Americanmother abc.net.au/listen/program…

HEADS-UP #journalism #history #USA

Should be a must-read. Nick Bryant is a seasoned, astute and elegant observer of the American condition.

Thrilled to announce the publication in early June of my new book, The Forever War: America’s Unending Conflict with Itself. It’s a 250 year history of the deeply polarized present. @penguinbooksaus
@bloomsburybooks

A classic…..

Happy 30th birthday BBC Radio Five Live. I was there almost at the start. It was my nursery. I’ve never worked in a newsroom that was bursting with so much energy, talent and creativity, and had such determination to do things differently.

My evergreen St Patrick’s Day tweet….

More so than other countries, Australia expects its figureheads not just to inspire the nation but to embody it. Representing the country meets only half the job description. Ideally, they should be representative as well. My latest column.

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From the morning of January 6th onwards, Pence has been one of the few senior Republicans who did not bow to Trump and did not take the path of abject cowardice. If only others in the GOP had followed his lead.

Painful even from afar to see how the Manhattan skyline continues to be disfigured and vandalized. This is another planned mega-tower in midtown. Look how the beautiful Chrysler Building is being dwarfed and eclipsed.

Super Saturday at Bondi.