The Spencer Street End

The Spencer Street End

The Narrowing of Who Counts

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

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Daniel James
Feb 13, 2026
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Angus Taylor and Jane Hume

Over the past decade, the Australian political landscape has shifted in tone and temperament. Debates that once felt settled have reopened. The language of politics has hardened, more insistent about identity and allegiance, more comfortable drawing lines than building bridges real or metaphorical. Themes that once flickered at…

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