Flat White

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

Labor’s spending left the RBA with no option

5 May 2026 4:43 pm

Australia’s inflation problem is back, and the RBA has responded with three interest-rate hikes in 2026 alone, lifting the cash…

An interim assessment of an interim report

5 May 2026 2:25 pm

Are you satisfied with the findings so far?

The quiet redefinition of ‘vaccine’

5 May 2026 10:04 am

A lonely band of five senators sat on the ‘Noes’ side of the Senate chamber during the government’s pre-Easter legislative…

Two little girls are dead

4 May 2026 2:02 pm

Our lazy, reckless, miserable, disgusting government has failed them

Stupid, really stupid – evidence is in

4 May 2026 1:04 pm

The mother of all unchallenged false premises, that fossil fuel emissions drive global warming, has delivered a bastard of policy…

The torch of jazz has been relit by its prodigies

4 May 2026 11:47 am

Growing up in Toronto, I was fortunate to live in a city that loved jazz. I knew, even as a…

Toxic compassion: a warning from healthcare

4 May 2026 11:28 am

Compassion is one of the most cherished virtues in medicine. It is the impulse that draws many of us into…

The firm hand of government could do with a smack

4 May 2026 10:45 am

Australia is a country built by ordinary people and common sense, not elite preoccupations

Tony Burke’s troubling interview on our migration future

4 May 2026 12:46 am

Immigration Minister Tony Burke’s interview with Pawan Luthra on The Pawan Luthra Podcast has been doing the rounds on social media…

If Barnaby Joyce stays in the Lower House…

3 May 2026 7:23 pm

The Liberals and Nationals are in really big trouble!

The return of the trades

3 May 2026 6:42 pm

A nation that does not build will not endure

The Liberals win Nepean, but have they lost the civil war?

3 May 2026 3:08 pm

Those who follow mainstream media might agree the result in Nepean is a glowing endorsement of Liberal Leader Jess Wilson,…

What did I miss?

3 May 2026 11:43 am

Australia’s political week in fast forward

The report that won’t name the problem

2 May 2026 9:08 pm

Security can mitigate risk. It cannot address cause...

What is a woman? What is the NDIS…

2 May 2026 5:48 pm

If a group of leaders cannot define a man or a woman, how confident are we in their ability to…

Data centres are eating the economy

2 May 2026 9:27 am

The AI spending boom has all the hallmarks of a bubble

Don’t miss the jazz renaissance happening all around you

1 May 2026 9:53 pm

Something miraculous is happening in jazz, and almost nobody seems aware of it. I came to jazz on my own.…

The path to change in Iran: pressure, patience, and the people

1 May 2026 8:47 pm

Sun Tzu, the Chinese strategist of the 6th Century BC, teaches that the highest form of victory is achieved without…

Anzac Day and the cost of silence

1 May 2026 7:49 pm

Anzac Day is observed every year on April 25 in Australia, a day that begins in silence and respect. It commemorates…

The men we have forgotten

1 May 2026 12:29 pm

Australia’s silence on male mental health and family-law marginalisation is an election issue that should cross the aisle

The country is fed up with the old political order

30 April 2026 11:57 pm

One Nation and Pauline Hanson are on the rise

The other bracket creeps

30 April 2026 8:21 pm

Everyone knows about income tax bracket creep. Wages drift up with inflation, taxpayers slide into higher brackets, and the Commonwealth…

About to vomit out the Left

30 April 2026 8:06 pm

Australia is worse off under Labor. Always was, always will be...

What if Snowy 2.0 was never a good idea?

30 April 2026 4:59 pm

In 2017, I wrote an article printed in The Australian on the March 28, titled: Snowy Two: Turnbull’s pipe is…

How a sexy plane upset the left

30 April 2026 2:35 pm

Leftwing politics, globally, is full of sexy planes. If you want to see a parade of private jets, attend a…