Flat White

In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

How Hollywood lost the plot

21 February 2026 3:27 am

There was a time when one could identify a film’s author within minutes. Not from the credits, but from the…

Australia’s political orphans feed populist rise

21 February 2026 2:29 am

When I was a young union official, angry, often obnoxious, and knee-deep in the Robe River dispute at the ripe…

Hard energy lessons from Europe point to our future

21 February 2026 2:04 am

In Australia, all the way down at the bottom of the world, it sometimes takes time for certain messages to…

Andrew’s arrest – no silver bullet for republicans

20 February 2026 10:54 pm

Politicians’ republic? No thanks...

Allegedly distorting an alleged allegation

20 February 2026 10:40 pm

Have you observed that media outlets frequently use the adjectival term ‘alleged’ when referring to individuals who, although charged with…

The message of Munich

20 February 2026 4:41 pm

Iran is not just a Middle East issue

Patriotism has returned to young Australians

20 February 2026 4:18 pm

And now it must be channelled...

Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? | Joel Gilbert S3 Ep 17

20 February 2026 3:00 am

Did Donald Trump conquer the world with witty insults? I’m joined by Joel Gilbert to discuss the genius of humour…

What can we learn from Milei’s Argentina?

19 February 2026 3:59 pm

Recent economic reforms in Argentina have been a smashing success

The art of joy and despair

19 February 2026 2:01 pm

My nation was depicted on the walls, but I was a foreigner

Trumpian dreams

19 February 2026 12:16 am

Angus Taylor has some hard choices to make. Immediately...

I’ll have what he’s doing

18 February 2026 5:17 pm

Angus Taylor needs to steal from Trump

Managerialist legacy parties are dying while the populists rise

18 February 2026 1:45 pm

Last November I wrote that, despite the electoral system in Australia and a few other significant differences with the UK,…

Give peace a chance

18 February 2026 11:27 am

‘Give peace a chance’ was the theme of one of John and Yoko’s bed-ins in 1969. Apparently, they were reacting…

The great Australian shake-down

18 February 2026 9:48 am

Daylight robbery with a tax assessment

Safe search off…

17 February 2026 10:43 pm

There is no housing crisis for the rich

There goes the neighbourhood!

17 February 2026 9:34 pm

State government-sponsored development rush creating community tensions

Angus Taylor should propose a Fairness Doctrine for Australia

17 February 2026 4:16 pm

Now it’s the conservatives turn to invoke a Fairness Doctrine

When was Western culture stolen?

17 February 2026 12:47 pm

What has happened to Western Civilisation? At what point did its moral and intellectual foundations begin to erode? How did…

Make Zionism a protected attribute

17 February 2026 10:47 am

By the rivers of Babylon… There we sat down Yeah, we wept When we remembered Zion. Increase of demonisation of…

Leaked immigration policy debacle a boon for Angus Taylor

17 February 2026 10:28 am

Every now and then, a complete balls-up can work in one’s favour. Yesterday’s leaked Shadow Cabinet document marked ‘Shadow Cabinet-In-Confidence’…

Don’t let Australia become the Argentina of the Pacific

17 February 2026 3:49 am

Follow Menzies and use your first preference votes to discipline Liberal drifters

Why every child should stand and sing the national anthem – weekly

16 February 2026 12:55 pm

There are few rituals more powerful in the life of a nation than the singing of its national anthem. In…

Digital tyranny or ‘child safety’? 😵 & the bitcoin revolution | Efrat Fenigson S3 Ep 16

16 February 2026 3:00 am

When Australia’s Under 16 social media ban started locking adult political writers out of #Substack – it was just the…

The exorcism of Malcolm Turnbull

16 February 2026 1:38 am

It’s been almost a decade since Malcolm Turnbull held power over the nation, yet his presence managed to haunt the…