Flat White

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

Bring back blackbirding

13 November 2023 1:49 pm

Tuvalu was first settled by Samoans, Tongans, and other Pacific islanders about 700 years ago. The Spanish were the first…

Metohija: why Serbia will not recognise Kosovo

13 November 2023 5:30 am

The recent armed conflicts in Northern Kosovo and the reluctance of Serbia to recognise the existence of Kosovo as an…

Women pay the price for the Prime Minister’s productivity problems

13 November 2023 5:00 am

Despite a rapidly declining birth rate across the Western world, new research out of the United States shows many people…

The Democrats have no choice

13 November 2023 4:30 am

What do Presidents Joe Biden and Lyndon B. Johnson have in common? It isn’t a trick question, and no, the…

Douglas Murray and John Anderson: Islamic immigration

13 November 2023 4:00 am

Douglas Murray is fired up about the impact Islam is having on the West and he’s not backing down. In…

Higher interest rates on the cards

12 November 2023 4:46 pm

The IMF recently warned the Australian federal government and Reserve Bank of Australia that they needed to take a more…

Whither journalism for the common people?

12 November 2023 3:16 am

Who knew that news media services would become so partisan that they would support government agendas that conflict with the common people?…

Queensland’s parents deeply concerned over four day week

12 November 2023 2:03 am

The obsession with a ‘four-day-week’ is underpinned by one unworkable fact: if you work fewer hours you must be paid…

London diary: Reflections for Remembrance Day

11 November 2023 4:00 am

The famous English writer and critic, Samuel Johnson, once said: ‘If you are tired of London, you are tired of…

Tough crowd

11 November 2023 3:46 am

Take a quick look at the reviews of Graham Linehan’s new book Tough Crowd and you will gather that he is what…

Judges shouldn’t be legislators

11 November 2023 3:00 am

The Federal Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights is conducting an Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, including whether a…

The war against the West stirs on the eve of November 11

10 November 2023 1:48 pm

As we remember those who sacrificed their lives for our freedom in two world wars, little did we realise that…

Cash beats electronic money

10 November 2023 1:31 am

The Optus crash in Australia showed the value of cash

Hamas in its own words

10 November 2023 12:46 am

I am heartily sick of the misrepresentation of Hamas by the mass media. Every individual and organisation should be heard…

Our app is better than ever

10 November 2023 12:19 am

The new Spectator Australia app has a fresh look and plenty of features to help you make the most of…

Polls say Americans long for a Trump return

10 November 2023 12:11 am

Polling puts Donald Trump as the preferred President in a race against Joe Biden, despite Trump being the victim of…

Human shields to useful corpses?

9 November 2023 4:30 am

‘I read the news today…oh boy,’ John Lennon’s lyrics begin (A Day in the Life). The news said: ‘The Ministry…

Anti-family Albo?

9 November 2023 2:01 am

The Prime Minister has shown his true colours, again… As reported in The Australian, Anthony Albanese agrees with an economist…

Gaza conflict could derail Biden

9 November 2023 12:36 am

How are American voters making sense of Israel’s war against Hamas and what should they know about the Jewish State’s…

The day the delusions died

8 November 2023 5:30 am

Konstantin Kisin continues to seriously impress. At last week’s ARC conference in London, Kisin gave one of the most powerful…

Looking for the Net Zero exit sign

8 November 2023 5:00 am

Let’s get serious about planning an orderly exit from Net Zero. We need a plan ready to go before a…

Companions-in-arms

8 November 2023 4:30 am

Last Friday night, the ‘specials’ on the menu at Burwood’s RSL sold out fast. Not just because they were great…

Truth and Pronouns in the Australian Judicial System

7 November 2023 11:15 pm

The task of the common law system is not the pursuit of truth, but the arbitration of the adversarial disputation…

Demography is destiny

7 November 2023 5:00 am

That the West is in decline is hardly news. Plummeting educational attainment decreases in life expectancy, and strains in the social fabric are just a few…

Islamic Republic of Iran and Hamas

7 November 2023 4:30 am

As the Islamic Republic of Iran and its terror networks cause death and destruction in Israel and Gaza and threaten…