Flat White

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

Sophistries from the Liar in the Lodge

24 May 2026 11:39 pm

Imagine this. Before getting married, a groom promises to be faithful to his would-be bride. He promises it unequivocally. Still,…

The Iranian tradition of kingship and its legacy in the world

24 May 2026 11:13 pm

The deep civilisation of Iran was built on ethical traditions and the ancient concept of kingship. It was never limited…

Alex Antic doesn’t like Paris either

24 May 2026 9:55 pm

Net Zero split the Coalition, now it could split Conservatives

Our big, bureaucratic government holds us back from prosperity

24 May 2026 11:22 am

Australia will be strenuously challenged and tested in coming decades thanks to flagging economic performance and new geopolitical threats. No…

Policy corner – voluntary tax, honours, land transfers

24 May 2026 10:44 am

I am tired of hearing from the wealth boulevardiers that Australia’s taxes should be increased and that wealthy people should…

Angus Taylor did the right thing defending Jacinta Price

23 May 2026 9:32 pm

The ‘how dare’ outrage is getting pretty tired and desperate

The children under fire who rarely enter the record

23 May 2026 6:49 pm

International law turns a blind eye to these children

Reviving Revive

23 May 2026 5:19 pm

Is the notion of an independent artist an outdated concept?

The Israel obsession is distracting Australia

23 May 2026 2:33 pm

Labor is happy to keep headlines looking anywhere except at their failures

America’s vehicle kill-switch mandate threatens privacy

22 May 2026 4:58 pm

Where drivers become subjects of automated suspicion

Australia needs a CGT rule for the start-up age

22 May 2026 2:56 pm

Our small business CGT concessions belong to an older economic world

I just changed my position, Your Honour

22 May 2026 2:00 pm

While Labor’s Federal Budget has copped a lot of flak from investors and potential property buyers – including the young…

The monstrous reach of the Paris Agreement

22 May 2026 10:59 am

No, Angus Taylor & Matt Canavan, it is not just ‘a piece of paper’

Why more than 18,000 Australians want Labor gone

21 May 2026 9:44 pm

Anthony Albanese and Labor are rapidly burning through the one thing every government desperately needs to survive: public trust. And…

Catastrophic bias: if it bleeds, it leads

21 May 2026 9:15 pm

Sometimes it takes a while for rigorous data-based statistical research to catch up to what anyone with eyes to see…

The ABC and SBS have a problem

20 May 2026 2:41 pm

On the reluctance of Australia’s public broadcasters to adopt the (IHRA) definition of antisemitism

Albo’s big, fat pork pie

20 May 2026 2:10 pm

The Budget has signalled the return of ‘Albonocchio’

Standing on the shoulders of leftists

20 May 2026 12:42 pm

The unoriginality of the Albanese government

Bitcoin will be the death of Chalmers

20 May 2026 10:29 am

Young investors have had enough of excessive taxes

Of trust and trusts

19 May 2026 3:22 pm

Chalmers has set up a war against capital

Pure, bloody-minded politics

19 May 2026 1:42 pm

Pauline Hanson clashes with the PM over staff cuts

The aspiration deficit

19 May 2026 11:37 am

Five signs this Budget will neither galvanise growth nor rescue the young

What did I miss?

19 May 2026 8:38 am

Australia’s political week in fast-forward

We need to talk about Stafford

19 May 2026 8:03 am

...and how the working-class is shifting to the right

No wonder men are opting out

18 May 2026 7:49 pm

Dropping out of work and marriage because the women aren’t worth it