Flat White

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

Tax cuts are sexist!

17 September 2020 2:38 pm

The Morrison government’s planned tax cuts will benefit high-income earners and most high-income earners are men. You know where this…

Unemployment? Nice one, Dan

17 September 2020 12:38 pm

Read it and weep. If #YouStandWithDan, there’s a good chance you’re standing in a queue at Centrelink (more likely it’s…

This week’s big energy announcements? Just another nail in the coffin of low-cost power

17 September 2020 11:17 am

The government’s energy policy announced this week is another milestone in the demise of what was once the world’s lowest-cost…

Covid totalitarianism

17 September 2020 5:00 am

The actions of Victoria Police in the egregious arrest of Ballarat mother Zoe Buhler for posting about an anti-lockdown protest…

Playing politics with the Jordan Valley

16 September 2020 8:15 pm

I first came across Andra Jackson back in 2009 when she wrote an article about a protest over a play…

GetUp!, get lost

16 September 2020 5:29 pm

GetUp! is a Trojan horse; we all know that. Hiding inside is an oozing mess of rancidity. So, we all…

Our schools already let too many children down before this year of disruption. Where to from here?

16 September 2020 3:35 pm

Could there be a more depressing statement about parents’ confidence in Australian schooling than a recent proposal that people invest…

Their ABC, their salaries – and your right to know

16 September 2020 1:04 pm

It’s been a big 24 hours or so for British media watchers with the release of the BBC’s annual report…

Can democracy survive an increasingly biased media?

16 September 2020 5:00 am

The ACCC is seeking to force Google and Facebook to pay for the media content they redistribute which has led…

‘If you don’t want to be kicked in the head, don’t put your head under a jackboot. It’s not only selfish, it’s stupid.’  

15 September 2020 7:30 pm

Drongo alert: what follows is satire. Victorian strongman Daniel Andrews yesterday dismissed anger over the state’s harsh lockdown as a…

How shinybum corona craziness has just widened the city-country divide

15 September 2020 7:00 pm

Little has illustrated the divide between urban and regional Australia quite like the events of 2020. I feel reasonably qualified…

China’s Commiebrige Analytica

15 September 2020 1:35 pm

China’s Overseas Key Individual Database leak. Call this the Commiebridge Analytica: Tens of thousands of Australians — including celebrities, politicians…

Anna and The Fly – a parable

15 September 2020 11:36 am

Once upon a time there was a girl called Anna who lived in a lovely sunny house with a view…

Luvvies, be careful what you wish for

15 September 2020 5:00 am

The saying goes, “be careful what you wish for”.  Most people want a fairer, non–judgemental world for the future, but in reality when…

Victorians are wising up: Dictator Dan is a Dictator Dud

14 September 2020 6:19 pm

Anyone familiar with George Orwell’s 1984 and the strategies used by the dictator Big Brother to subjugate citizens and enforce control will…

Why we should be worried by China’s Overseas Key Individual Database

14 September 2020 2:56 pm

Until recently, Australians and their governments have believed that it doesn’t matter what values are held by the nations and…

Is this man a COVID criminal?

14 September 2020 1:31 pm

The Melbourne Age has a cute little piece of “keep calm and carry on” COVID semi-whimsy today: Every weekday, about…

The CFMMEU’s dirty little secret

14 September 2020 11:18 am

There’s a rather clever ad kicking around featuring a naked miner, holding his work hat over his genitals, accusing the…

Danandrewstan and the death of Melbourne, explained

14 September 2020 5:00 am

What's really going on in Victoria? Gideon Rozner wrote this primer for an American audience, but it deserves to be read across Australia - and the world.

Why do our governments favour sharks over swimmers and surfers?

13 September 2020 6:14 pm

There was a tragic story last week of the surfer killed by a 3.5-metre great white shark at Greenmount Beach,…

All rise for the National Anthem of Danandrewstan (or else)

13 September 2020 3:52 pm

Big black suits In their jackboots Are coming down the aisles. Big black suits In their jackboots Are spinning off…

Biden-Harris, Harris-Biden: the epitome of post-truth politics

13 September 2020 1:00 pm

The endgame isn’t Donald Trump. With the Democratic Convention coronation complete and campaigning underway, It’s Biden-Harris; America’s Seinfeld ticket, a…

Labor ideology is killing Victorian businesses, jobs – and hope

13 September 2020 5:00 am

The Victorian Labor Government’s entrenched anti-business ideology is costing tens of thousands of jobs and killing hope.  This ramshackle group…

Do you want to know what’s truly “disgusting and demeaning”, Ms Palaszczuk

12 September 2020 4:32 pm

Few people could know what it’s like to be bullied by the Prime Minister of Australia. But I imagine it’s…

The ethical collapse of Victoria’s government

12 September 2020 1:45 pm

On Wednesday I said on the IPA’s Looking Forward Podcast that in Victoria the key democratic institutions are being destroyed by the…