Flat White

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

Conservatism wins elections

14 June 2022 9:00 am

In the recent election, I saw – as a member and branch officeholder of the Liberal Party – the effect…

‘Toxic fandom’ or backlash against Woke?

14 June 2022 6:00 am

Hollywood and major streaming services have done nothing but complain about the so-called ‘toxic fandom’ killing new releases and tearing…

Sudden Adult Death Syndrome baffles doctors

14 June 2022 4:00 am

A strange new medical anomaly has doctors baffled as it sweeps across the country. Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) is…

Facebook: hate speech or idiom?

13 June 2022 2:00 pm

In the annals of political skulduggery, there have been fewer brutal acts than the assassination of Julius Caesar on the…

Depp wins the #MeToo gender wars

13 June 2022 12:00 pm

After seven weeks of chaos, a verdict was finally delivered in the defamation trial brought by Johnny Depp against ex-wife…

Politicians have sabotaged the energy market

13 June 2022 9:00 am

‘After a decade of denial and delay, Australia deserves a better future – one with cheaper power, more jobs, and…

Pride, prisons, and women's rights

13 June 2022 4:00 am

For Pride Month I’m fasting mainstream media and praying that pride leaders will stop allowing men to rape the most…

Ardern’s cow tax set to destroy NZ farming

12 June 2022 4:30 pm

After Friday’s joint press conference between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, it is painfully…

Forward to the future – or have the majors 'had it'?

12 June 2022 1:21 pm

The Liberal Party found itself thoroughly thrashed during the last election, a situation which they brought upon themselves. They had…

Responsible government and the monarchy

12 June 2022 8:00 am

Given the speed with which Anthony Albanese attacked both the Australian Constitution and the Monarchy after the Australian election, you…

HSBC banker suspended for calling climate catastrophisers ‘nut jobs’

12 June 2022 4:00 am

HSBC has suspended its head of responsible investment, Stuart Kirk, following a blunt address where he called Climate Change catastrophisers,…

China: robots cloning pigs – what could go wrong?

11 June 2022 6:19 pm

China is teaching robots to clone pigs, according to the South China Morning Post. Seven cloned pigs are reported to have…

You have to accept my identity as a tree

11 June 2022 9:00 am

[Calm down, it’s satire.] There’s no denying the fact I’m a tree. For years I was a victim of gaslighting…

Planned chaos in Australia's power generation

11 June 2022 7:00 am

Politicians are inviting electricity chaos in Australia by promoting the closure of coal-fired power stations, but also by promoting more…

Albanese snubs CHOGM summit

11 June 2022 4:00 am

Prime Minister Anthony ‘My Government’ Albanese’s enthusiasm to strut the world diplomatic stage has already begun waning.  He’s announced that…

#Auspol: rinse and repeat

10 June 2022 2:00 pm

Here’s my free election analysis that won’t get me on a panel show where people shout about their feelings or…

Albo and Ardern love-in

10 June 2022 1:06 pm

It was all smiles for the pair of socialist hard-left leaders at their first (and nauseating) press conference today. Within…

The potential danger of assisted dying

10 June 2022 1:00 pm

[A plausible scenario under the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2022 that is worth considering.] John was 85. Two years ago,…

The moral monopoly of Net Zero

10 June 2022 11:00 am

Two recent books are timely and relevant – Alex Epstein’s Fossil Futures and Douglas Murray’s The War on the West. They crystallise…

Yet more ‘vaccine success’

10 June 2022 8:00 am

I recently received a communication from my GP’s surgery: ‘Influenza is spiking early. Our GPs report that those with 2022…

Australia’s perfect economic storm

10 June 2022 4:00 am

Successive Australian governments are directing our economy into the eye of a perfect storm. It should be avoidable, but due…

Mask-up for MonkeyPox

9 June 2022 2:00 pm

America’s Centre for Disease Control this week recommended travellers mask up to protect themselves from the MonkeyPox – a disease…

Hospitals: a medical and political crisis

9 June 2022 1:00 pm

Sensational headlines about ambulance ramping have become a regular event, with the usual finger-pointing of state versus federal responsibility made…

The lettuce apocalypse - will someone think of the Vegans!

9 June 2022 11:11 am

It is becoming increasingly difficult to imagine a future of electric vehicles and high-tech homes when Australia is staggering into…

Where are the visionary politicians?

9 June 2022 11:00 am

As I watch my Australia transition from a Liberal government that only managed around 36 per cent of the primary…