Flat White

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

The economic statement: the real issues

13 May 2020 10:39 am

The Treasurer’s ministerial statement to parliament yesterday – in place of the usual budget speech scheduled for that day — could…

Seven words to Clementine Ford

13 May 2020 5:00 am

Last week Flat White broke the news that the City of Melbourne has handed over a hefty chunk of ratepayer’s…

Why are we all so sick of the MSM?

12 May 2020 7:15 pm

Why do the public dislike journalists so much; treating them as they would the sanitation workmen in the days before…

Josh just doesn’t get it

12 May 2020 4:54 pm

Josh Frydenberg still doesn’t get it  The Treasurer delivered a grim economic outlook today, giving figures that have not been…

Thank you, Alan Jones

12 May 2020 1:20 pm

Alan Jones’ career has been remarkable. As a broadcaster, his dedication has been outstanding; he continually used his talents in…

Five key grabs from the Treasurer’s statement

12 May 2020 1:18 pm

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has forecast the economy will grow by close to $10 billion a month once all three stages…

Computer modelled scaremongering ain’t going to cut it any more

12 May 2020 5:00 am

Number four in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…

Round, round get around, don’t get around

11 May 2020 7:14 pm

Travel restrictions in Queensland have been recently relaxed. We are allowed to drive 50 kilometres from our homes, and there’s…

Danandrewstan: the education state?

11 May 2020 2:43 pm

Victoria bills itself as “The education state”. We all know what that means — dodgy, dumbed-down degree and diploma factories…

How the(ir) ABC put the “I” into Mother’s Day

11 May 2020 11:37 am

Remember the days when Mother’s Day was actually about mothers? A homemade card, poorly buttered toast in bed and an…

Whatever happened to economic leadership from business?

11 May 2020 5:00 am

Having reached the pinnacles of their profession, business leaders have earned the right to speak with authority and have become…

Should churches be among the first to reopen?

10 May 2020 5:36 pm

Last week the Prime Minister launched his Three-Step plan to ease COVID restrictions with Stage 1 allowing up to 30 people…

I see dead people

10 May 2020 3:18 pm

Beaming Boris attends the birth of his son showing the political power of looking healthy.   Juxtapose COVID Boris in intensive care,…

Matt Canavan treats the trolls to a special Mother’s Day lunch

10 May 2020 12:07 pm

Senator and former resources minister Matt Canavan is on track to have a wonderful Mother’s Day.   Not only did…

Post-pandemic self-reliance: an answer to globalist nostalgia

8 May 2020 5:12 pm

Australia is beginning to emerge from the depths of COVID quarantine, but we can’t celebrate just yet! We will shortly…

Pink and blue? That’s far too simple for some

8 May 2020 3:06 pm

Last time I checked the number of genders available to identify as or with is currently 112.  That’s up from…

If we’re on the road back, are interstate travel bans even legal?

8 May 2020 1:04 pm

There is an old saying about experts and politics: experts are better on tap than on top. In a democracy,…

The left want to keep us lockdowned to serve the grand green agenda

8 May 2020 10:33 am

Leftists have turned to alchemy to try to transform the Covid-19 pandemic into their fabled climate emergency. Former ABC journalist…

A question for the(ir) ABC and Scott Morrison

8 May 2020 5:00 am

Please take a seat; we need to discuss something incredibly important. It has been reported over recent weeks that calls…

Extinction Rebellion: prepare for “mass civil disobedience”

7 May 2020 6:01 pm

Extremist, hard-left activists haven’t been wasting their lockdown. Instead, they’ve been celebrating the destruction of hundreds of thousands of jobs,…

The biggest issue with COVIDSafe: incompetence

7 May 2020 4:10 pm

The COVID-19 tracing application may look like a targeted and temporary solution, but history shows that privacy incursions are typically…

Revealed: the true cost of our stimulus spending

7 May 2020 1:34 pm

Relative to GDP Australian government spending to address COVID-19 has been among the highest in the world.   The Morrison…

Flattening the curve of the suicide pandemic

7 May 2020 4:00 am

With much of the world in semi or complete lockdown due to coronavirus, the effects on mental health and suicide…

The end of common sense

6 May 2020 7:37 pm

Let’s talk about common sense. Better still, let’s not. Instead, let’s delete the phrase from our vocabulary.   Common sense in the…

The Eden-Monaro mess throws Labor a lifeline

6 May 2020 5:30 pm

Less than 24 hours ago it looked increasingly likely that the Coalition might pull off a historic victory in Eden-Monaro,…