Flat White

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

Victoria’s latest gender legislation risks a future litigation tidal wave

6 December 2020 3:59 pm

In 1869, a “well-meaning” Victorian government passed the Aborigines Protection Act under which Aboriginal children could be taken from their…

Real Climate Science

6 December 2020 1:50 pm

According to Tim Flannery’s Climate Council, Aborigines ate the megafauna, so highly flammable scrub grew up and they had to…

The reef is fine but academic freedom remains in peril

5 December 2020 4:14 pm

The first images I saw of the Great Barrier Reef were in 1980s television news reports warning that the crown-of-thorns…

The Greens: we’re washed up

5 December 2020 1:25 pm

Can I interest anyone in a festive tea-towel?  The Australian Greens are flogging a new range optimistically titled ‘legends’ featuring…

The Greens: we want to change the world, so let’s first get stoned

4 December 2020 4:56 pm

I hate to admit it, but there seems little point trying to hide the obvious. We’re losing the war on…

Andrew Bolt drives the Mad F–king Witches madder still

4 December 2020 2:37 pm

Only a small handful of people can trigger the Mad F***ing Witches. Rupert Murdoch, is up there, obviously. Ditto most ‘conservative white…

Annastacia Palaszczuk’s arrogant Twits

4 December 2020 5:00 am

A Twitter incident from Wednesday last week reveals a few interesting things about the Queensland state government and modern politics…

Their ABC presents: Jimmy Barnes, the China expert of the Largs Piers Hotel

3 December 2020 7:30 pm

Jimmy Barnes is better known for his screaming than for his expertise on foreign affairs which, of course, makes him…

The compelling case for replacing stamp duty

3 December 2020 5:07 pm

Grey-haired Australians can sit on their porches and yell at lawn-trespassers to their heart’s content. But they need to stop…

What’s the magic word, Lidia? Justice?

3 December 2020 2:30 pm

As any toddler will tell you, there’s usually a way to get what you want. There’s a magic word to…

The Andrews government pre hotel quarantine report manoeuvrings defy reality

3 December 2020 5:00 am

With only weeks to go before the final Coate Inquiry report into Victoria’s shameful hotel quarantine fiasco is released, things…

Daniel Andrews abortion doublethink

2 December 2020 8:05 pm

Cognitive dissonance, thy name is Victoria. How else to explain a state in which the miscarriage of a wanted baby…

Talk is cheap – just like we want our electricity to be

2 December 2020 6:10 pm

Guardian Australia staff have been doing cartwheels around the office after the latest Essential Research findings. “Three-quarters of Australians back…

Hello, Kevin. Want some good news on media diversity?

2 December 2020 1:51 pm

As Kevin Rudd continues on his strange search for affection and respect through Twitter tantrums demanding media diversity by attacking…

Why is the Coalition planning to give more money to the ABC?

2 December 2020 4:00 am

Given the spite and the scorn with which many at the national broadcaster view the Coalition and mainstream Australians, one…

Parents targeted in Daniel Andrews’ latest gender theory folly

1 December 2020 7:14 pm

While 98% of Australians are happy being women or men and the overwhelming majority of children and teenagers are happy…

Questions raised about the Oxford AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

1 December 2020 5:31 pm

As discussed in this publication by Professor Jennifer Rogers last week, there have been discrepancies in the data reported by…

Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight…

1 December 2020 2:03 pm

Ok, Twitter. Let’s just get this straight… You take down a New York Post article on Hunter Biden — effectively…

China is deliberately singling out Australia to intimidate the region

1 December 2020 11:26 am

Yesterday’s ugly, viciously confrontational Chinese tweet insulting Australia has been instructive to onlookers. Flat White asked a seasoned Asian diplomat…

This is why you don’t toss the keys to the bureaucracy

1 December 2020 5:00 am

In April, the South Australian Parliament passed the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, an Act designed to “make various temporary modifications of the law…

Australia’s premiers: the fear mongrels

30 November 2020 7:29 pm

Anything can be characterised as a threat to national security under China’s recently introduced laws in Hong Kong. It’s a…

Deconstructing Trump hatred ahead of 2024

30 November 2020 3:29 pm

Why is Donald Trump the most loved and hated president since Abraham Lincoln? At face value, the left’s hatred for…

The Greens: the seasons are now Autumn, Winter, Spring and Climate Change

30 November 2020 12:06 pm

The Greens are blaming their political opponents for summer. Of course, summer happens around this time in Australia every year.…

Why we should close down Canberra

30 November 2020 5:00 am

The go-to quote for the illiberal intelligentsia to justify their suppression of speech comes from US Supreme Court Justice Oliver…

Victoria offers all the help in the world to enter LGBT life, but wants to ban receiving help to leave it

29 November 2020 6:16 pm

Last week Victoria introduced ‘must stay gay and trans’ legislation to parliament. While the bill  outlaws already illegal monstrosities such…