Flat White

Are protesters now essential workers?

4 June 2020 1:06 pm

One minute the media are telling us coronavirus is so lethal that we dare not leave our homes. The next…

Welcome to recession – with a ticking personal debt bomb

4 June 2020 5:00 am

My family migrated to Australia in the 1950s with barely enough cash to bless themselves. Such is the story of…

America or Australia: #AllLivesMatter

3 June 2020 7:15 pm

To anyone who thinks that the recent race riots in the US is about racial justice and not police brutality…

Anti-police protesters don’t have a clue

3 June 2020 3:57 pm

Recently I returned to the coast after spending almost a year reporting the news in Mount Isa. The Aboriginal and…

ScoMo’s renovation rescue needs a rethink

3 June 2020 1:57 pm

When the Morrison Government’s home renovation cash grants were announced on Monday, one couldn’t help but think about the wealthy…

This is not America, so don’t play at riots here

3 June 2020 11:00 am

Australian eyes are turned across the Pacific, gazing in dismay as the United States once again engages in destructive domestic…

It’s not just Canberra. The states face a corona budget belting too

3 June 2020 5:00 am

The coronavirus pandemic has drawn state government policies into the response to a national crisis like rarely before — a…

Drew Pavlou: “We know what we are doing. We learned from Tiananmen.”

2 June 2020 7:40 pm

The suspension of University of Queensland student, Drew Pavlou, was announced late last week following the decision of a disciplinary tribunal set up by the University’s…

He don’t need no education

2 June 2020 4:33 pm

The Greens are not known for their originality. When the Coalition accepts Labor amendments to any measure that they approve…

The new National Cabinet: great for big government, not so good for liberty

2 June 2020 2:16 pm

Last week Prime Minister announced “a completely new system” of intergovernmental relations institutions, processes and agendas that will replace the…

Coronavirus: cover for a fresh attack on free speech in Victoria

2 June 2020 12:03 pm

Victorians have experienced an unprecedented trashing of their rights and liberties in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but now the…

End the Antifa terror now

2 June 2020 10:06 am

President Trump’s decision to designate Antifa as a terrorist organisation is long overdue. Whether you call them a terrorist organisation…

If we want to rebuild manufacturing post coronavirus, we need to cut the cost of energy

2 June 2020 5:00 am

In one of the most challenging commentaries by a senior politician, former resources minister Matt Canavan, advocates leaving the Paris…

Free childcare: it sounds great, but your kids will pay for it from their taxes later

1 June 2020 6:11 pm

There is not one Australian industry sector that wouldn’t want a $60 billion handout. Not one.  But the “free childcare for all kids” plea…

This is the IR reform we need now, Prime Minister

1 June 2020 3:29 pm

The Federal Court’s decision to order Workpac to pay a casual employee leave and public holiday entitlements despite the employee…

The Paris Accord now looks like a suicide note from Western democracies

1 June 2020 10:28 am

Number nine in Craig Kelly’s series 20 reasons why the Wuhan Flu is the final nail in the climate alarmists’…

Memo #MeToo media: ‘Believe all victims’ doesn’t work when claims are lies

1 June 2020 5:00 am

Not only is the left-wing narrative falling apart, but it’s damaging the next generation of children. Last week, The Australian…

The upside to my lockdown

31 May 2020 6:40 pm

We have a lot to be thankful for.  Not only has the global pandemic given us Coronavirus Porn but dick…

Double standards over opening churches have revealed the religious illiteracy of our leaders

31 May 2020 4:33 pm

Last week the New South Wales state government announced the easing of restrictions for pubs, clubs, restaurants, museums and libraries…

Sorry Speersy, but it’s your audience that needs watching, not the show

31 May 2020 11:22 am

Scott Morrison is popular.   And yet, attempts to say those words out loud constantly end up in ridicule. What this…

There is no Trump World

31 May 2020 5:00 am

There is no Trump World. Nations are not the sum of their political parts.  The personal is political is not…

Let’s create Hong Kong II in Australia

30 May 2020 6:21 pm

We could have done it 31 years ago, after the People’s Liberation Army’s tanks liberated thousands of protesters from their…

Alex Turnbull, revolutionary

30 May 2020 2:37 pm

Move over Rik from The Young Ones. We now have Alex Turnbull marching through the streets of Point Piper in…

The ‘Palace letters’ should remind republicans: be careful what you wish for

30 May 2020 12:40 pm

Australian Republicans are excited by the High Court’s ruling to release the so-called ‘Palace letters’. The 200 or so letters, which contain…

And in news just in from the People’s Republic of Victoria…

29 May 2020 5:36 pm

Dissidents in the PRV have released advance drafts of a letter, written by Chairman Andrews to President Xi, to celebrate…