Flat White

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

Arresting women for their crimes isn’t sexist – it’s justice

12 September 2018 10:59 am

The discrimination industry seems to dwell in a fantasy world we could simply refer to as “Alt Reality”. In this…

Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives

12 September 2018 7:50 am

Bogans and the bourgeoise must unite to fight rich inner-city progressives Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has made it clear that…

Yes, we are all very racist indeed

11 September 2018 5:56 pm

Another week, another supposedly racist Herald Sun cartoon penned by the irrepressible Mark Knight. Didn’t he learn his lesson after…

Morrison and Ming

11 September 2018 3:52 pm

Returning to hallowed ground of Liberal folklore, Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week chose Albury as the place to reinvoke…

Be an advocate, Prime Minister – not an evangelist

11 September 2018 1:38 pm

Scott Morrison has made a good start to his prime ministership. He has gone some way to rallying his divided…

Liberals want quality, not quotas

11 September 2018 11:20 am

Sorry lefties, but the Liberal Party ain’t ever going to have targets or quotas for transgenders or albinos. If the…

King should succeed the republican in Wentworth

11 September 2018 7:32 am

Are the powerbrokers and lobbyists who run the NSW Liberal Party like the Bourbons? Have they learned nothing, and forgotten…

Socrates, the poets and the deplorables

10 September 2018 6:42 pm

Everyone who has ever read or even started to read Plato’s Republic, the philosophical text by that dead white male…

Scorning our wealth

10 September 2018 5:19 pm

Back in the chaotic dying days of the Whitlam-Cairns-Connor government, Canberra was buzzing with Rex Connor’s grand plans for a…

Newspoll, schmoozepoll

10 September 2018 12:20 pm

Australian voters need to ignore the mainstream media’s obsession with political polls. They’re desperate for something to write about, and…

At least the au pairs don’t want subsidised housing

10 September 2018 10:52 am

A pretty young woman asking a favour, a deputy prime minister pleased to grant it – we’re looking back in…

Multiculturalism works; multivaluism doesn’t

10 September 2018 7:49 am

Every sentient being on the surface of the earth is now presumably familiar with the perennial need for more and…

The Honey Badger, The Block — and Ronald Reagan

9 September 2018 6:02 pm

On the Other Channel, The Block contestants have what is called their ‘hero piece’. This is when you furnish your…

Twenty ideas for a Morrison government

8 September 2018 11:21 am

When Bill Shorten lost the last election he did a victory lap around Australia. He knew that if he could…

Sinking funds, not sinking islands

7 September 2018 9:27 pm

It’s good to see that Marise Payne has stepped into Julie Bishop’s shoes so deftly and is now humouring the…

Great to see Fairfax journos exploring new careers

7 September 2018 6:23 pm

Great to see Fairfax journalists exploring new career options. It’s even better — given Fairfax’s predilection for indulging whingers —…

The week in the world of MISANDRY

7 September 2018 4:12 pm

A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – because it’s all about women. Sarah Hanson…

Only in Victoria does government rationalise victim-blaming like this.

7 September 2018 1:12 pm

I highly respect the police. I believe in the law. But when the laws are unjust, and naturally the laws…

Our army did not fight “frontier wars”

7 September 2018 7:30 am

The Australian Army commemorates March 1, 1901, as its official foundation date. This day had particular military significance in South…

Are sexy selfies a sign of oppression?

6 September 2018 8:15 pm

With all those bedroom eyes, duckfaces and cleavages splattered all over Instagram, Facebook and other social media — not to…

Trump Derangement Syndrome and the end of the West

6 September 2018 4:32 pm

If we assume for the moment that the zenith of Western Civilisation since at least the fourth century BC has…

ScoMo, scrap Snowy 2.0

6 September 2018 2:07 pm

Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in…

So what will you do about “gender whisperers”, Prime Minister?

6 September 2018 11:14 am

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier this week that the reason why he has chosen to send his daughters to…

It’s easier to buy votes than sell policies

6 September 2018 7:29 am

What do Scott Morrison and Vladimir Putin have in common? For one thing, they’ve both backed down from proposals to…

Dr Gillard shares gender gems

5 September 2018 4:43 pm

It’s been a busy few weeks for Julia Gillard. Fresh from scoring her Honorary Doctorate from Curtin University for her…