Flat White

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

Navigating disastrous DEI

14 October 2024 11:40 am

So impressed with the Samoans’ numerous canoes and their great skills in handling them, French Admiral Louis de Bougainville named…

Australian politics is no longer fit for human consumption

13 October 2024 11:57 pm

Dysfunctional, insulting, thuddingly tedious – rarely have our national politics been as bland, stage-managed, or inconsequential as they are today.…

Vic Libs: four years of power in 25 since Kennett lost

13 October 2024 11:04 pm

Recent polls show that the Liberals are more popular in Victoria (or less unpopular) than Labor for the first time…

Did Queensland Labor nick the Greens’ school lunches policy?

13 October 2024 4:03 pm

The Greens are demanding credit for Queensland Labor’s last minute ‘promise’ to spend $1.4 billion providing ‘free’ lunches to primary…

Hate crime investigation opened into shooting at Jewish school in Toronto

13 October 2024 3:07 pm

Poilievre: ‘I will ban the terrorists!’

What happened to conviction politics for Queensland’s pro-life candidates?

13 October 2024 1:11 pm

In 2019, before she was pre-selected to represent the Liberal National Party in the seat of Rockhampton, Donna Kirkland posted…

100 days of chaos

13 October 2024 11:19 am

Just before the election, Rishi Sunak warned that Labour would cause irreversible damage to the UK within their first 100…

Keir Starmer: Labour’s Cordyceps Fungus

12 October 2024 11:24 pm

In the once vibrant landscape of British politics, the Labour Party stood as a defiant force of opposition – loud,…

Solar farms ‘good’ for desert environments?

12 October 2024 8:41 pm

Solar farms are good for desert environments… That is what we are being asked to believe in a new study…

Thousands of insects sacrificed by trans activists

12 October 2024 4:20 pm

This is a bizarre story. Apparently – allegedly – or perhaps we should say, ‘as far as the internet is…

Past and present in Prague

12 October 2024 1:15 pm

The American author William Faulkner said, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ A recent visit to Prague…

A call to expel the students involved in the trespassing at The University of Melbourne

12 October 2024 1:12 am

The students involved in the trespassing of Professor Steven Prawer’s office should be expelled from the University and charged with…

Parliament does not represent you

11 October 2024 7:25 pm

...perhaps one day it will

Albanese, Wong and the hollow statements of blancmange support

11 October 2024 3:25 pm

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement for the Jewish people. As opposed to common thought, it is not a…

Worth the hype

11 October 2024 2:00 am

On Monday, Canada’s current and next Prime Ministers, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, gave consecutive speeches at a Jewish community…

First, do no harm: the unstoppable machine of gender affirmation

10 October 2024 5:01 pm

From an extremely rare condition to a suspected social contagion – there are fears growing for the wellbeing of thousands…

Albo the Appeaser talks out of both sides of his mouth

10 October 2024 11:54 am

Reflecting on the Conservative Political Action Conference 2024 in Brisbane last weekend, I realised something the left can never comprehend.…

Israel must prevail against Iran and its proxies

10 October 2024 1:10 am

The escalating conflict between Israel, Iran, and Iranian-backed militant groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis is not just another…

Common ground for the common good

10 October 2024 12:53 am

Uniting Labor and the Coalition against the dangerous Greens

Deep inside the Sydney protest

9 October 2024 11:12 pm

I’m not sure why I felt an obligation – perhaps because I’m now residing within easy walking distance of Hyde…

Airline fake rape crisis

9 October 2024 10:34 pm

Imagine what will happen if the government’s Misinformation and Disinformation Bill is passed. It will put the onus on social…

Reflections one year on

9 October 2024 9:35 pm

Today, on the first day of Term 4, my children will take part in the commemoration of the October 7…

The new Dreyfus

9 October 2024 7:25 am

The antisemitism unleashed after October 7 can be linked to previous eruptions against Jews and Jewish communities throughout the world,…

Throw the term ‘gender’ in the dustbin of history

9 October 2024 1:00 am

It’s just a synonym for bullying

Bali’s tough deportation rules could be a lesson for Australia

8 October 2024 11:39 pm

If Bali can have a robust immigration policy, why can’t Australia? Having scoured the internet following the announcement, the digital…