Flat White

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

Politicians ignore warnings from detransitioners

15 July 2022 12:00 pm

‘I do not have my breasts,’ said a former trans teenager, 17. They added the warning, ‘Do not transition.’ Anthony…

Freedom Flyers: the fight against vaccine mandates

15 July 2022 11:30 am

Qantas has announced it will be dropping vaccine requirements for international travel starting July 19, (finally) bringing it in line with many…

Incoherence is destroying the Liberals

15 July 2022 8:00 am

If you’re reading this, it’s highly likely you’re conservatively inclined. Indeed, skimming The Spectator Australia or spying the Sky After Dark set are…

No more mask mandates, please

15 July 2022 7:00 am

New Zealand epidemiologist Michael Baker has just called for the government to reintroduce widespread mask mandates as Covid cases rise in an…

UK: the tide turns in favour of women

15 July 2022 4:00 am

Things are looking up for women in the UK. In a landmark tribunal ruling last week, Maya Forstater won her…

Oxymoron of the day: the ‘Green’ defence

14 July 2022 3:39 pm

Every now and then I make a mistake and go and do something stupid, like read the policy detail of…

Europeans punished by expensive renewables backed by Russian gas

14 July 2022 1:03 pm

Europeans are now paying heavily for their shift in abandoning coal and nuclear and adopting renewable energy supported by Russian…

Climate Science for Dummies – the TV show

14 July 2022 12:00 pm

Given the ever-escalating hysteria about this catastrophic, urgent, the-end-is-nigh ‘climate emergency’ that has been turbo-charged by world leaders who have…

Republic referendum a reckless economic waste

14 July 2022 10:00 am

Since June 1, Matt Thistlethwaite has served as Assistant Minister for ‘the’ Republic. (What republic?) One month since his appointment,…

The Voice: a hollow gesture?

14 July 2022 6:00 am

Australia’s new Prime Minister is sending out what he believes is a clarion call to move on and support a…

WA playing politics at the border?

14 July 2022 4:00 am

In Western Australia, a state government minister has been accused of allegedly preferencing political donors for border entry during the…

Adding race to politics is not a good idea

13 July 2022 1:16 pm

It seems it is not only Indigenous Australians, but also some resident Kiwis, that may be given an extra voice…

Woke churches erased women

13 July 2022 12:00 pm

It was the African American social commentator Candace Owens who once quipped: ‘Telling children they can pick their gender is…

Henan: China allegedly restricts protesters with Covid app

13 July 2022 10:00 am

Got something to add? Join the discussion and comment below.

The closing of the Australian mind

13 July 2022 9:00 am

The quietly resurrected Alan Tudge, now Shadow Education Minister in the freshly minted Opposition, probably hopes the Albanese government won’t…

Sri Lanka: aftermath of a political tsunami

13 July 2022 7:00 am

Members of the Sri Lankan diaspora, people like my family, have been noticeably quiet about the upheavals in their former…

The Governor-General is Australia's Head of State

13 July 2022 4:00 am

Some journalists, politicians, academic lawyers, and supporters of an Australian republic continue to claim that it is obvious from reading…

Quotas for - uh - merit?

12 July 2022 12:30 pm

It’s back. The discussion of gender quotas in parliament is back in a conversation being led by those who would…

Australia’s power paradox

12 July 2022 11:00 am

Energy, energy everywhere, And all the lights did dim; Energy, energy everywhere, Nor any watts to glim.   Or so…

‘Chuckmate’ – Elon Musk corners Twitter

12 July 2022 9:00 am

Chuckmate? No, it’s not a typo – it’s a meme war. It was tweeted by Elon Musk beneath an image…

Albanese: putting Australia last?

12 July 2022 7:00 am

In the lead-up to the federal election that resulted in him becoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese made a speech in…

Evolution is preferable to revolution

12 July 2022 4:00 am

Grace Baldwin, in Monday’s Herald Sun, joins a long list of commentators arguing in favour of rising Wokeness saying, ‘If…

NSW cancels itself over flag wars

11 July 2022 5:28 pm

The good news first: New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet isn’t going to throw $25 million at a flag pole…

#MaskUp or 'mask-off'?

11 July 2022 1:00 pm

Before Covid hit, we could barely imagine a reality where the world went into shutdown to safeguard ourselves from a…

Alberta’s anonymous silent killer

11 July 2022 10:00 am

The province of Alberta in Canada puts outs annual statistics on causes of death. This data for 2021 was released on June…