Jonathan Bryan 🎙

Seven years ago, I moved to Australia after twenty years on air in the UK. During that time, I found myself broadcasting through terrorist attacks that shook cities and lives. The London bombings. Manchester. Moments that stay with you. I never imagined I’d be doing that again here. Australians are relentlessly kind-hearted people. After seven years in Melbourne, our show is now expanding — and this morning was my very first broadcast to Sydney. It should have been a joyful beginning to a new relationship with this incredible city. Instead, Sydney woke up to the worst possible news. It was confronting for them to imagine such terror when Bondi is a place of families and gatherings that’s in the country’s DNA. But it was also an honour and a privilege to be here with them This week, I hope our show can be a small place of support. Of hope and light This morning, I gave away a billboard and asked Sydney a simple question: What do you want to say to the people of Sydney today? There were many beautiful suggestions. But the most perfect one came from a listener called Shane. He said, “Christian, don’t make it complicated. Just put this on the billboard — Good on you, Ahmed.” They are now billboards around Sydney with this incredible mans name on. They should erect a statue in Bondi on this legend Ahmed is a hero. A dad with kids A man who ran towards danger. He disarmed an active shooter And in the briefest moment — when he could have chosen hate — he didn’t. He chose restraint. He chose humanity. Ahmed is his name. And that message now stands above the city. One last thing. Good on you, Shane.