And the Julia Gillard Award for Hyperbole (pronounced hyperbowl) goes to Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud. He believes the Melbourne…

New South Wales model of decriminalisation and deregulation of prostitution has failed to protect workers in the sex industry while empowering…

Three questions in today’s quiz: Who couldn’t care less about party or national loyalties once the prime ministerial pension kicks…

First The Age called the Melbourne protests correctly. Now, even the Trotskyites have made points worth noting. Red Flag, their…

The Covid-19 Directions adopted by Australia’s governments have the effect of violating the rule of law when they excessively interfere…

The ongoing conflation of vaping and tobacco industry e-cigarettes is an intentional misdirection and a dangerous one.  The strongest observation…

Whatever your views on the Melbourne protests, here’s something you should be concerned about: the attack on media freedom –and transparency…

Your correspondent is a retired lawyer who these days prefers gardening to litigating. Spring in the Victorian High Country is…

In the era of Covid-19, change is everywhere. I have spent the past 18 months adapting to the Covid-19 university experience.…

Around the time of the April 2016 submarine announcement – a contest between Germany, Japan and France – there was…

You read that right. We salute The Age. Bravo! Three cheers for The Age! We could not have bettered their…

Our Morning Double Shot editor takes a different view than I on the relationship between law and morality when it…

Victoria, but perhaps more specifically Melbourne, is in serious trouble. Law and order is not just breaking down, it’s already cracked.  When a supporter of…

Let’s be frank.  If a vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission, there is no scientific basis for a vaccine…

There’s a whiff of les gllets jaunes in the Melbourne air today. That and the smell of flares. For more…

Almost daily, supposedly pro-business outlets publish material calling for net zero emissions, carbon taxes and the abandonment of coal in…

Witnessing the melodramatic outpouring of Gallic histrionics at Australia’s surprise but masterstroke decision to ditch the overblown, over-budget and already…

When it comes to recognising and calling out oppression and tyranny CS Lewis hits the nail on the head.  His…

A major study from the National Bureau of Economic Research in June, based on all-causes mortality data from 44 countries and all US…

Flat White understands that the New South Wales Working with Children Check may soon be linked to an individual’s current…

When you hear that 85 human rights experts have co-signed a public letter to the federal attorney-general one could only assume that…

The Australian federal government has made two good decisions on our submarine future. Continuing the ridiculous contract with the French…

Yesterday, embattled Christian Porter resigned from the Morrison cabinet, as he could not prove there is no conflict of interest…

According to the latest International Monetary Fund data, Australia’s budget deficit and level of public debt are set to reach…