Flat White

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

Climate education-by-feeling an assault on science

18 October 2025 5:46 pm

Knowledge evolves because it can be questioned

Albo the ‘Man of Lead’ while Chalmers has no clue

18 October 2025 9:27 am

Anthony Albanese, a Johnny-come-lately in the extreme, declared his idiotic support for a Palestinian state just moments before Trump’s negotiations…

Pauline Hanson is right about paper bags

17 October 2025 1:13 pm

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson said the ‘quiet part’ out loud last week when she accused supermarkets of ‘overcharging for…

Demography Manifest

17 October 2025 7:15 am

Australians of European descent are projected to become a minority

Confessions of a ‘Pack Rat’

17 October 2025 6:33 am

My daughter calls me ‘Pack Rat’ because I find it difficult to throw anything away. My parents lived through the…

Israel’s Golden Age or the beginning of uncertainty?

16 October 2025 3:37 pm

History is replete with examples of strong and successful leaders who made celebratory statements following a protracted period of uncertainty…

Tony Abbott’s ‘Australia: A History’

16 October 2025 11:17 am

Australia’s best days are ahead of us

Statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price on the Voice

16 October 2025 1:08 am

It has been two years since Australia said ‘No’ to racial division

Australians all let us regret, for we were weak and blind

15 October 2025 8:45 pm

James Paterson’s speech is a good start, but the Liberals need contemporary solutions, not old habits.

Labor’s selective moral outrage over Candace Owens’ visa

15 October 2025 7:18 pm

The High Court of Australia has ruled unanimously to uphold the Labor government’s decision to deny US commentator Candace Owens…

Pauline Hanson calls on Albanese to return Palestinian refugees

15 October 2025 5:23 pm

Labor remains silent on the question

Remembering the Iron Lady

14 October 2025 11:22 pm

This week (on 13 October) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Thatcher. Arguably, no Prime Minister since…

Two years since Victorians rejected the Voice – now we have a treaty

14 October 2025 9:20 pm

The end of equality for Victorians

Public health or political decisions?

14 October 2025 9:10 pm

Brett Sutton’s recent comments that some measures implemented during the pandemic were ‘probably never necessary’ is the kind of nuance…

Sussan Ley reshuffles the shadow cabinet deck chairs

14 October 2025 8:43 am

The moderates will never be modern

Trump triumphs as hostages freed while peace-haters howl

13 October 2025 8:20 pm

In a stunning diplomatic coup, the remaining living Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza have finally been released, marking…

ISIS Brides and the ghosts of Raqqa

13 October 2025 3:34 pm

Safety demands vigilance

Chris Bowen is in denial about renewable energy

13 October 2025 1:57 pm

Australia will lose critical industries as coal-fired plants shut down

Why are they still protesting for Gaza?

13 October 2025 10:19 am

Trump brought peace, and the activists are furious

Think before you post

12 October 2025 11:26 pm

Keir Starmer’s digital state of silence

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price: Australia has not ‘moved left’

12 October 2025 9:32 am

Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has responded to Paul Kelly’s recent article in The Australian where he asserts that Australia has moved to…

No, Albanese and Wong did not bring peace

11 October 2025 7:06 pm

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is copping flak today for what some of her peers are calling an attempt to ‘claim…

Time for a rethink of car manufacturing in Australia

11 October 2025 2:51 pm

Andrew Hastie is right, we should build things again

The Labor Party are genius campaigners

11 October 2025 1:01 pm

And the Liberal Party must learn from them

The net zero myth

11 October 2025 12:46 pm

The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker are all talking about Net Zero. This condition exists when all the…