The Spencer Street End

The Deaths of the Schoolgirls of Minab

What modern war does to language, and to accountability.

Mar 2 • Daniel James

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February 2026

The Grammar of Comfort

Thirty years on, the mainstream John Howard defined continues to frame the nation’s limits.

Feb 27 • Daniel James

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I've checked out, well…kind of

Why I removed myself from the national conversation.

Feb 24 • Najma Sambul

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It’s not you, it’s me.

Alternative title: It’s not you, it’s not actually me either. No, it’s some terrible neoliberal, tech intervention that has broken our human hearts.

Feb 20 • Jacinta Parsons

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The Narrowing of Who Counts

How culture war politics is reshaping immigration, belonging, and multicultural Australia

Feb 13 • Daniel James

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When victory as an adult, has no audience

I ask you to bear witness

Feb 6 • Jacinta Parsons

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January 2026

Dispatch from an Australian Summer

Feeling the heat on several fronts

Jan 23 • Daniel James

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December 2025

A Message of Gratitude to End a Tumultuous Year

Jacinta and Daniel share their final thoughts for 2025.

Dec 26, 2025 • Daniel James and Jacinta Parsons

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To be lost

When words are not enough

Dec 19, 2025 • Jacinta Parsons

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After the Apology

The real test is about to commence

Dec 13, 2025 • Daniel James

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Meet me in the middle

I began my committed partner-life on the left.

Dec 6, 2025 • Jacinta Parsons

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November 2025

Returning to the Page

On language, memory and the measured work of honouring what a story asks

Nov 28, 2025 • Daniel James

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