Flat White

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

‘M’ is for Marxism: schools get an ‘F’ for fail

14 August 2023 4:00 am

Australian schools are failing our children. Instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, schools have become centres for brainwashing. From…

The onset of bankruptcy: from green to red

13 August 2023 5:00 am

Like the onset of bankruptcy, great awakenings come slowly at first then rapidly. So it is with the global warming…

Sad times for the larrikin

13 August 2023 4:00 am

When Bob Hawke died, I received a phone call from an old family friend who jokingly reminded me to put…

Hilariously failed gender re-education caught in the wild

12 August 2023 2:51 pm

I was sitting in a cafe last week when I overheard the pair sitting beside me. It was one of…

The expensive illness in Australia’s elite schools

12 August 2023 6:00 am

A decadent managerial culture has sunk its unwelcome claws into Australian private schooling

From unsettled to unhinged

12 August 2023 5:00 am

Judith Sloan has decided to name our Minister for Climate Change and Energy, ‘B1’. I prefer to think of Chris…

Relinquishing Australia’s energy security

12 August 2023 4:00 am

The desire to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 has become the all-encompassing, quasi-religious quest for countless governments, NGOs, and…

Why Australian migrants are voting ‘no’ to the Voice

11 August 2023 4:30 am

In 1924 the US Congress passed the Immigration Act banning Asian – particularly Chinese – immigrants to America. Faster than the Yanks,…

Local councils are becoming fiefdoms obsessed with identity politics

11 August 2023 4:00 am

One great thing about Australia’s Federation is its system of checks and balances. In addition to a Westminster-style separation of…

Elon Musk scorns ABC for ‘preferring censorship-friendly’ platforms

10 August 2023 12:19 pm

Usually when people delete their social media accounts, it’s because they’ve become the target of media scrutiny and they really really…

Reconciliation: what the heck is it?

10 August 2023 5:30 am

There are a number of opaque memes that now corrupt the debate surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We just…

Biometric harvesting and digital currency: Kenya Suspends OpenAI’s Worldcoin

10 August 2023 5:00 am

Concerned Kenyan authorities have suspended the cryptocurrency Worldcoin, citing digital identity concerns. The organisation, officially launched by project owner and…

Truth-telling: the dark side of Queensland’s gender clinics and affirmation care

10 August 2023 4:30 am

Last month in Cairns the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) held a Queensland Branch Conference at…

Shackled to the demons of history?!

10 August 2023 4:00 am

Let’s talk about Captain James Cook. One of the greatest mariners and scientists of all time, Cook arrived on Silver…

Meg 2 The Trench lacks bite

9 August 2023 3:43 pm

If history teaches us anything, it’s really not a good idea to go on an underwater adventure in a billion-dollar…

GenCost and the renewables info wars

9 August 2023 4:30 am

Energy policy is one of the great dilemmas facing Australian politics, and the cold war between renewables and voters is…

The lithium delusion: a big problem with big batteries

9 August 2023 4:15 am

The development of lithium-ion batteries has changed the concept of energy storage. As their use expands, a potential downside is…

Just one look

9 August 2023 4:00 am

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy is well out of his depth, yet he’s ankle-deep at the shallow end…

Putting maths back on the curriculum

9 August 2023 3:00 am

The past 10 years, as every generation states, have taken a drastic turn with regard to the literacy and numeracy…

Disease X, Covid, and medical greed: this has been happening for years

8 August 2023 1:31 pm

Years ago, I wrote an article for this publication called, Digital darkness: the third apocalypse. In it, I included a discussion…

They came not to praise Churchill, but to bury him

8 August 2023 5:30 am

It is strange how the unelected see themselves as the elect… Recently the Board of Winston Churchill Memorial Trust waded into politics making a…

Pacifying the Voice: what happened to the dream of Federation?

8 August 2023 5:00 am

‘When historical truth is involved, the more anyone claims to possess it the more he lies.’ – Albert Camus The optimistic intent…

Why I secretly loved the Barbie movie

8 August 2023 4:30 am

It’s not okay for men to criticise the Barbie movie, apparently. In modern Australia, we’re supposed to permit two hours…

A respectful debate? Hardly…

8 August 2023 4:00 am

A reply to Chris Kenny's comments on the Voice to Parliament and the 'no' campaign

Everybody hurts, but some people turn pain into a competition

7 August 2023 5:30 am

Have you ever known someone who can trump whatever pain you’re having? You have a cold; they had a really…