Flat White
Covid: governments have ditched data for glamorous models
On Saturday, The Guardian reported that ‘The final decision about 19 July [Britain’s “Freedom Day”] will be taken on Monday morning, based…
Towards a non-discriminatory Covid-19 risk assessment policy
In Australia, a Covid zero infection rate is still fervently pursued by the Commonwealth and states and territories. But the…
What have the Romans ever done for us?
The “Little Italy” Roman Legions in Lygon Street Carlton had their sweet revenge over the John Cleese/Boris Johnson Popular Front…
Pfizer: 100 per cent effective against the Tinfoil Twins
That paragon of journalistic impartiality Laura Tingle had a long and detailed report yesterday on how Kevin Rudd heroically intervened…
We’ve already got Danandrewstan. The nation can’t afford Gladystopia
These are testing times for New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian. This latest Covid outbreak is the biggest since the…
Why can’t the Margaret Court haters be a little more Ash Barty?
Ash Barty’s historic Wimbledon win was a wonderful moment for the whole nation to come together … and to hate…
The Oldest Culture? Aboriginal astronomy
The first in a series of articles examining Dark Emu-style claims. Just a few days ago, Bella d’Abrera from the…
Our ABC, Aborigines, bushfires, climate change, koalas and rainforest
After CSIRO published my Ecological History of the Koala in Wildlife Research, the ABC made a rare mistake. Fran Kelly interviewed…
No campaign to arm ourselves against the government?*
The luvvies on Twitter are going wild because the government is unveiling a vaccination campaign that has a military officer…
Our Afghanistan shame
There are multiple historic examples why the nation known variously as Afghanistan has been termed “the graveyard of empires”. This…
Do the bleeding hearts prefer Daniel Andrews’ Covid containment solution?
The usual suspects have found a way to play the race card as Sydney’s coronavirus lockdown tightens. The Weekend Australian…
Is Australia racist?
Yes, I am writing another article making the claim that Australia is not a racist country. While some might think I have an obsession with the topic, I…
The SpecOz: afflicting the comfortable, comforting the afflicted. Or something similar
I appear to have hurt the feelings of a very powerful union. About three weeks ago, I wrote a piece…
Now more than ever small business needs to be paid on time
My heart was gladdened recently by the spectacular collapse of Greensill Capital, once a darling of the financial and (some) political elites in Australia and Britain. I…
The invisible man
Here’s a screenshot of the Flat White email inbox from earlier this morning. Might the PM’s minders have finally realised…
Why should we rely on mRNA vaccines?
Last month the federal government announced that the AstraZeneca vaccine would be phased out, with it being available only ‘on…
How to cope with Covid? Let’s try to be more Swiss
Singapore and Switzerland seem to be the greatest realists in the world today. They’re getting on with living – not…
Hydrogen hype and hurdles
Green Hydrogen is the latest “energy” fad from the global warming warriors. It is mainly hot air. Hydrogen will never…
Dominic Perrottet stakes his leadership claim
Cabinet solidarity stops him from saying so publicly, but owlish-looking New South Wales Treasurer, Dominic Perrottet, has set his stall…
Western civilisation. Now an optional extra
Under the current proposed Humanities and Social Sciences national curriculum review produced by the Australian Curriculum Assessment and Reporting Authority,…
Why should women tolerate the big swinging dicks of the transgender movement?
Another week, another viral video in the gender wars. This week we have a Black American woman in a Californian spa, horrified at the sight…
Covidphobia: a fear for our age
If you were asked, “What is your phobia?”, how would you answer? Traditionally, people have spoken of a fear of…
Hell no, she can’t go
Annastacia Palaszczuk should absolutely be denied an exemption to leave Australia. Queenslanders are just picking up the pieces after another foolish lockdown, families separated…
The Laura Tingle-Julia Banks ‘interview’ further undermines the ABC
On Monday night I saw another nail in the coffin of quality journalism on the ABC. It was what could…
The problem with Covid sticks and carrots? Citizens aren’t horses
It is one thing to protest your innocence to a crime that you did not commit, but quite another to…
