Flat White

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

Excess mortality and Covid vaccination: is there a correlation?

23 November 2023 1:21 am

Since the introduction of Covid vaccines, the official narrative in Australia (and other parts of the world) is that these…

From the ski lodge to the sea: our kids will never be free

22 November 2023 11:50 am

As to why so many students wagged school last week protesting about the supposed man-made climate catastrophe and why so…

Superglue not needed

22 November 2023 5:30 am

‘It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t…

Pesutto’s road to nowhere

22 November 2023 5:00 am

Who would have thought the Liberal Party would become the main bearer of cancel culture’s toxic torch? It is the…

Making hay while Xi shines?

22 November 2023 4:30 am

Riding on a roll of improved relations with China, which are more to do with President Xi’s concern about the…

Undoing our culture

22 November 2023 4:00 am

Tolerance and merit. These abstract concepts have been two of the great legacies of Western culture. They drive freedom, competition,…

All roads lead to Microsoft: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and Albanese’s Digital ID

22 November 2023 1:42 am

The world of AI experienced a frantic meltdown and sudden rebirth after the surprise sacking of OpenAI co-founder and CEO…

Revelation of ignorance

21 November 2023 5:00 am

During a call-in show with the late Christopher Hitchens, many years ago, a lady asked a simple but discerning question.…

World-leader: Australia allows its people to shape the nation

21 November 2023 4:00 am

Even critics of the defeated Indigenous Voice to Parliament are split on the question of whether the referendum should have…

Raising healthy and resilient children in a Fragile Age

21 November 2023 12:48 am

The inaugural ARC conference – by Jordan Peterson and John Anderson – is proving to be the conservative answer to…

Disney take note: Blue Eye Samurai

21 November 2023 12:31 am

‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge,’ Confucius said, ‘Dig two graves.’ Well, he didn’t live in the age…

Moira Deeming’s fight to clear her name continues

20 November 2023 11:00 pm

Moira Deeming’s announcement that she intends to engage in legal action and lodge a defamation case against John Pesutto, Leader…

Gaslight the Jews!

20 November 2023 1:17 pm

How many ways do you gaslight me? Let me count the ways: When you chant, ‘From the river to the…

Another epidemic of irrationality

20 November 2023 10:00 am

I must stop smacking my forehead in disbelief. With that undertaking in mind, I referred back to an article of…

Is Albanese’s outburst the beginning of the end?

20 November 2023 4:30 am

Contrast Anthony Albanese’s response to Peter Dutton, with that of Richard Marles’ the next day. The first was emotional righteous…

Thank you, Sir Paul McCartney

20 November 2023 4:00 am

We were all delighted to see our old friend Bill. After 27 years of globetrotting, this happy soul joined a…

In defence of offensive humour: four key reasons

20 November 2023 1:46 am

What would you rather… An environment in which you feel free to speak your mind and engage in light-hearted banter,…

The tyranny of consensus killed science

19 November 2023 1:16 pm

We live in an Age where science is governed by a tyrannical consensus rather than truth

Mental health and the Christian man

19 November 2023 11:49 am

November 19, International Men’s Day (IMD), highlights worldwide the positive value men bring to the world, their families, and communities.…

Parable of the apple and the hand grenade

19 November 2023 11:34 am

It came to pass one day, an apple and a hand grenade came face to face. I am an apple,…

Last of the Covid midwits

17 November 2023 4:00 am

The ‘midwit’ really came into their own during Covid and what a curse on the world they all were, these…

Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s conversion to Christianity

17 November 2023 12:54 am

One of the most remarkable stories of the year is Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s public profession of Christian faith. Her article in UnHerd is not only…

Labor cannot escape blame for economic woes

17 November 2023 12:36 am

The Australian Financial Review’s Michael Read demonstrated how Australia experienced a sharp reduction in living standards during the third quarter of 2023,…

‘I spoke the truth’

16 November 2023 5:00 am

First, they came for our spaces, then our sports, our language, our opportunities and our children. Now, they’re coming for…

Suella Braverman for PM

16 November 2023 2:58 am

There’s a boil on the backside of the British Parliament, and it isn’t Suella Braverman. The UK Home Secretary was…