Flat White

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

The tragedy of multiculturalism

24 October 2025 6:41 pm

This policy is not our strength

Jerusalem: always was, always will be Israel’s capital

24 October 2025 4:29 pm

The capital of Israel is Jerusalem, and no amount of diplomatic re-framing can change that fundamental fact. Yet in 2022,…

Is it time for the Australian political right to convene another Albury conference?

24 October 2025 1:58 pm

Over the years, Pauline Hanson has proven to be one of the most effective politicians in Australia. Like her or…

Merit in the eSafety Commissioner?

23 October 2025 7:44 am

The Online Safety Act – an important tool when utilised correctly

Debunking conspiracy theories and the American shutdown

23 October 2025 7:25 am

No Kings and the debunked Podesta Plan

The potential MAGA-Teal alliance

23 October 2025 6:56 am

Conservatives need to rebrand and rethink

A tale of two countries

22 October 2025 3:19 pm

Jews are safer in Budapest than England

The LNP needs a clear policy direction

22 October 2025 2:39 pm

Instead of being caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Australia bars Candace Owens

22 October 2025 1:22 pm

The High Court’s blow to democratic confidence

Trump saves Albo from diplomatic disaster, but Rudd must go

22 October 2025 11:12 am

In international diplomacy, it is common for egos to clash and alliances to teeter on the edge of rhetoric. Australian…

Kevin Rudd’s inevitable White House humiliation

21 October 2025 4:27 pm

Monday’s press conference in the Oval Office, when Donald Trump brutally humiliated Australia’s 26th Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, was no accidental…

Will capping Vice Chancellor pay backfire?

21 October 2025 2:25 pm

Academic talent is difficult to find and harder to keep

Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese sign critical minerals deal

21 October 2025 5:11 am

And yes, they address the Ambassador Rudd question

Victoria’s crime issues

21 October 2025 12:18 am

Lessons from the Chávez School of Public Safety

Australia’s violent left-wing flank

20 October 2025 11:46 pm

Melbourne has a serious problem with thuggery

China is afraid of Donald Trump striking a deal with Albanese

20 October 2025 11:22 pm

As Anthony Albanese touches down in America in preparation for his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White…

Race at the top and the bottom

20 October 2025 6:34 pm

Which gap are we closing in the education system?

Albanese: stop wasting Australia’s potential

20 October 2025 3:39 pm

We’re broke when we should be rich

Is China saving the planet?

20 October 2025 1:48 pm

Plants like the idea of global warming

Barnaby Joyce mocks the over-reaching media circus

20 October 2025 12:00 pm

No, he is not Pauline Hanson’s heir

Craig Kelly to Andrew Hastie, ‘Don’t become Leader of the Liberal Party!’

19 October 2025 8:28 pm

‘If I was advising Andrew Hastie, I’d say, when the decision comes down and [the Liberals] bed-wet on Net Zero,…

Albanese faces the White House inquisition

19 October 2025 10:10 am

It won’t be long before Anthony Albanese sits down with Donald Trump in the White House and prays to God…

Don’t take your family to the broad church

19 October 2025 8:42 am

It’s time to call out the broad church. Of course, I revere former Prime Minister John Howard who coined the…

Global Anglicans ex-communicate Canterbury

18 October 2025 6:09 pm

Anglicanism has split in half

Climate education-by-feeling an assault on science

18 October 2025 5:46 pm

Knowledge evolves because it can be questioned