Flat White

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

The death of decarbonisation

10 May 2026 12:42 am

Headlining the latest climate talkfest taking place this month, The Guardian gushed, ‘Historic breakthrough: Colombia climate talks end with hopes…

Is Labor allergic to fuel security?

9 May 2026 10:24 pm

Albanese has been on an extended begging tour of Asia, promising who-knows-what in exchange for the odd shipment of fuel.…

The real story of the UK Council Elections

9 May 2026 6:26 pm

Reform’s win distracts from the real dark horse of British politics

Between hope and heartbreak

9 May 2026 2:39 pm

A view from the Iranian diaspora

The Left’s never-ending search for victims

9 May 2026 1:50 pm

Bankrupting the free world with the Cloward-Piven Strategy

Was the Biden Administration anti-Christian?

9 May 2026 1:16 pm

The US government recently released a report that alleges the previous Biden Administration may be guilty of religious discrimination in…

Our fossil-fuelled world

8 May 2026 7:19 pm

Queensland’s David [Crisafulli] is going to have to slay some federal and environmental Goliaths

Big government plans to bailout big media

8 May 2026 11:31 am

Massive new media subsidies to be funded by new digital media tax

Experience matters

8 May 2026 9:25 am

We don’t have a cent to spare

The intergenerational equity smokescreen

8 May 2026 7:03 am

The current government has shown a preparedness to promote division in the pursuit of policy outcomes. The latest iteration of…

Four years of genius and somehow everything is on fire

7 May 2026 3:23 am

In two weeks, the Albanese government will have been in office for four full years. Four years. A presidential term…

Nuclear energy and uranium mining for NSW?

7 May 2026 2:56 am

Uranium prohibition repeal bill passes NSW Upper House

Reform engages ‘God mode’ campaigning against Green Party

7 May 2026 2:05 am

Vote Green, get illegals...

Convergence: the new shape of antisemitism

6 May 2026 2:23 pm

Political Islamism and neo-Marxism bond over antisemitic tropes

Here’s what Albo can do with his Medicare card

6 May 2026 10:49 am

Have you ever had to sit through a Press Club address where the Prime Minister gets a rock star reception…

The crisis of the legacy parties

6 May 2026 10:23 am

Why voters are turning away from legacy institutions and toward populist leaders

Tony Abbott speaks in support of Liberal Party reform

5 May 2026 7:19 pm

What if we put the membership back in charge?

Labor’s spending left the RBA with no option

5 May 2026 4:43 pm

Australia’s inflation problem is back, and the RBA has responded with three interest-rate hikes in 2026 alone, lifting the cash…

An interim assessment of an interim report

5 May 2026 2:25 pm

Are you satisfied with the findings so far?

The quiet redefinition of ‘vaccine’

5 May 2026 10:04 am

A lonely band of five senators sat on the ‘Noes’ side of the Senate chamber during the government’s pre-Easter legislative…

Two little girls are dead

4 May 2026 2:02 pm

Our lazy, reckless, miserable, disgusting government has failed them

Stupid, really stupid – evidence is in

4 May 2026 1:04 pm

The mother of all unchallenged false premises, that fossil fuel emissions drive global warming, has delivered a bastard of policy…

The torch of jazz has been relit by its prodigies

4 May 2026 11:47 am

Growing up in Toronto, I was fortunate to live in a city that loved jazz. I knew, even as a…

Toxic compassion: a warning from healthcare

4 May 2026 11:28 am

Compassion is one of the most cherished virtues in medicine. It is the impulse that draws many of us into…

The firm hand of government could do with a smack

4 May 2026 10:45 am

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