Flat White

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

‘That’s the way these things work…’ Bob Carr and China

16 February 2022 9:00 am

One of the most ironic and poignant moments of the Beijing Olympics was when an Uyghur lit the flame. It…

To my critics I say, J’Avoue…!

16 February 2022 4:00 am

J’Avoue…! Not to compare myself to Emile Zola or the impact of my writings to his famous open letter J’Accuse…! in 1898 on…

Our fairdinkum crisis

15 February 2022 2:00 pm

The Long March has reached its destination. Our world is governed by mass hysteria and Australia’s a world leader. There’s…

ATT: Service NSW – you do not ‘own’ our children

15 February 2022 12:00 pm

Last weekend I received a notice from Service NSW, which commenced as follows: Hello – Being together in a classroom…

The destruction of Australia’s grasslands

15 February 2022 10:49 am

It’s the season for green-money showers in Australia – the Coral Community just got one billion dollars of green bribes…

McGowan: living in a state of denial and disgust

15 February 2022 9:00 am

The intrusion of a police officer for a mask inspection into St Bernadette’s Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of…

We said nothing, and then they came for us

15 February 2022 4:00 am

First they came for the freaks – Milo Yiannopoulos and Alex Jones – and we did nothing because, you know,…

China and Russia’s hypocritical foreign policy

14 February 2022 2:00 pm

The Beijing Winter Olympics feature placative themes of international unity. ‘Together for a shared future!’ is President Xi’s chosen slogan…

The chilling effect of net zero dreams

14 February 2022 12:00 pm

The push towards a Net Zero climate policy for Australia jeopardises investment of $200 billion in coal, gas and oil…

Love is in the air?

14 February 2022 9:00 am

The love between a man and a woman is one of life’s great consolations, and one of the universe’s great…

Welcome to a ‘Brave New Australia’

14 February 2022 4:00 am

Aldous Huxley, in a 1946 preface to Brave New World (1932), wrote of a people of slaves who would love…

Homeward bound (eventually)

13 February 2022 1:00 pm

After over four months in exile in Melbourne, I’m pleased to be back in Perth. My experience over the last…

Whoopi Goldberg, Disney’s hypocrisy, and how ‘Critical Race Theory’ makes you stupid

13 February 2022 11:00 am

Whoopi Goldberg broke the internet last week by making painfully ignorant claims on The View about the Holocaust – and then being…

Politicians are talking a lot of ship!

13 February 2022 7:30 am

Who would believe that Australia, with 60,000 kms of coastline ranking in the top seven in the world for coastline…

Canberra Freedom Convoy demands, ‘Sack them all!’

12 February 2022 9:33 pm

The Canberra Freedom Convoy is an awful lot bigger than the mainstream press would like you to believe. Although they…

Transgender school policies are a safeguarding nightmare

12 February 2022 3:00 pm

With the Morrison government’s Religious Discrimination Bill and the recent controversy over Citipointe Christian College in the spotlight, it’s worth taking the…

The winning formula: BLM vs Grid Girls

12 February 2022 1:00 pm

Formula One drivers have finally realised that taking the knee before races is a hollow, meaningless, unproductive piece of pretentious…

The presumption of innocence? Bah! says ScoMo

12 February 2022 11:00 am

The presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings, often expressed in the phrase ‘innocent until proven guilty’, is an ancient tenet…

The Liberal Party’s mission to end liberalism

12 February 2022 7:00 am

Come the next election, I will be voting the Liberal Party last. My reasoning is very simple. If I am…

Why would the West want to invade Russia?

11 February 2022 4:00 pm

A June 2016 Levada poll found that 68 per cent of Russians think NATO troops in the Baltic States and…

The hypocrisy of ‘Environmental, Social, and Governance’

11 February 2022 2:00 pm

After I started my business more than 30 years ago, I joined a group of fellow owners and CEOs who…

Which bread are you…?

11 February 2022 12:00 pm

There’s been a lot of talk in recent days about what type of bread each of us identifies with. According…

‘Fair trial’ derailed by the Prime Minister

11 February 2022 9:00 am

This week’s parliamentary apology to Brittany Higgins was greeted by lawyers everywhere with a gasp of incredulity that our Prime…

The false propaganda of racism

11 February 2022 4:00 am

As a boy growing up in Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, I was used to seeing violence and cruelty.…

Never again: a manifesto on freedom

10 February 2022 2:00 pm

I can clearly remember walking around Sydney harbour on Australia Day in 2020. My partner and I meandered through The…