Flat White

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

Gun lore

10 July 2018 5:57 pm

I took the bullet in the chest and fell over dramatically, in what I hoped was slow motion, rolling down…

The big British babies bawling about Trump – and tantrum tyranny

10 July 2018 1:25 pm

It seems that one of the things which people on the left fear most is being taken over by some…

Who defends our defenders?

10 July 2018 7:57 am

Last week Defence admitted former Lt Colonel Karel Dubsky was an innocent victim of the Jedi Council witchhunt that terminated…

The Australia Institute snubs the coal, hard facts

9 July 2018 5:58 pm

Advocacy is core business for think tanks, but when does advocacy become propaganda? When the think tank is the grandly…

How the ABC’s facile feminists boost the baser instincts

9 July 2018 2:01 pm

One of Australia’s least funny comedians, Tom Ballard, is at it again. No, not of being accused of sexual assault—a…

Gatecrashing the funeral for selfies

9 July 2018 7:50 am

On June 18, Clementine Ford drip-fed some more man-hating nonsense to her brainwashed minions in an article for Fairfax Media. Done and…

Excuse me, but this consent strategy is bonkers

8 July 2018 7:18 pm

Drum roll… NSW’s new Sexual Assault Strategy has been released. Prevention of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Minister Pru Goward…

Fake news and appointing judges

8 July 2018 4:59 pm

I have made a point of reading dozens and dozens of different mainstream media accounts of the recent retirement of…

What’s Paris still worth?

8 July 2018 12:18 pm

In 1593 Henry of Navarre, a Protestant prince turned Catholic to win the French crown, supposedly remarked, “Paris is well…

Beware of Hamas hubba-hubba

7 July 2018 6:19 pm

Would you like to do some internet dating with Hamas? Associated Press has the story: The Israeli military said Tuesday it…

Their ABC “the most trusted news source”? Here’s a theory

6 July 2018 4:12 pm

It was Abraham Lincoln who said, ‘You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of…

Leave the high life of Canberra? Decentralisation push exposes bureaucratic hypocrisy

6 July 2018 12:25 pm

For just over a century, the public service has been building capital city monoliths to centralise power, decision-making and policy…

Hey, dudes, back off: a defence of millennials

6 July 2018 9:48 am

I fully appreciate that millennials – “cossetted, pampered and spoiled” – deserve a good touch up. After all, I am…

WTO plain pack verdict a victory for criminals and nanny

5 July 2018 6:02 pm

Five years have passed since a coalition of tobacco-producing nations including Indonesia and Honduras challenged Australia’s world-first laws that prevent…

Lucky there’s no section 44 for the NSW parliament

5 July 2018 5:29 pm

This is very disturbing. Very disturbing indeed. Bob Carr has a hell of a lot to answer for, as today’s…

Is the string bag really a tool of repression?

5 July 2018 3:25 pm

Proponents of Utopian progress have devoted endless time to pursuits intent on discarding tradition, reality and practicality. Legacies of their…

Scarlett Johansson slammed because of, you know, diversity

5 July 2018 1:30 pm

If Hollywood had stuck to what it’s all about (making movies) rather than playing politics, Scarlett Johansson might have just…

Whatever happened to that same-sex marriage boom?

5 July 2018 9:55 am

Now that all the glitter has settled after last year’s non-binding voluntary postal survey—remember, we couldn’t be trusted to have…

Rock and roll realpolitik

4 July 2018 6:21 pm

Welcome to world politics where, as the old song used to go, ‘It’s a little bit tyranny, a little bit…

The sprig of 4 July at the heart of our constitution

4 July 2018 2:44 pm

Most Australians would know that today, July 4, is the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of…

By the prophet’s beard, it’s the hoejabi!

4 July 2018 1:06 pm

“The New York Times”, the venerable newspaper of record, the blushing Grey Old Lady, has discovered a new phenomenon –…

No way, Huawei!

4 July 2018 7:47 am

John Lord, Huawei’s Australian Chairman recently told the National Press Club that he’d refuse any instruction from Beijing “to hand…

Never mind the cow farts, watch that muesli

3 July 2018 7:39 pm

It was only going to be a matter of time before the early, nationwide record-breaking chill of June had the…

Australia: bagged by the court of international opinion

3 July 2018 2:59 pm

Oh, no! We’re a global pariah! Again! It’s on news.com.au, so it has to be true: The whole world is…

Abandoning liberalism is going viral

3 July 2018 11:01 am

A movement of people ditching liberalism is taking off. We’re not talking a handful of people, but millions. It all…