Flat White

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

Albo’s secret plot to destroy the Aussie tradie

3 July 2023 6:00 am

If you thought that housing was expensive, wait until the feral construction unions get their hands on the domestic housing…

NSW politicians snub parental rights in education forum

3 July 2023 5:30 am

14 New South Wales politicians snubbed a parents’ rights and education forum held in Sydney last weekend. Of the 16…

Australia Breaks Apart: essential reading for dissidents

3 July 2023 5:00 am

Even before 2020, I didn’t have that many friends. It’s something I regret, not having made more effort to stay…

Give the reef a break!

2 July 2023 9:34 pm

The nonsense intensifies this week with warnings that Fiji’s beaches and reefs are facing an ‘uncertain future’ under the seemingly…

Close polls puzzle pundits as NZ election looms

2 July 2023 6:00 am

Centre-right voters are increasingly wondering how many more disasters it will take to seriously dent the government’s poll numbers. Whether…

Confessions of a Young Liberal

2 July 2023 4:30 am

One of the very first pieces that ran in The Monthly magazine was about the activities of the Young Liberals. It was…

Finding truth in the shadows of social media

2 July 2023 4:00 am

As more time is being spent scrolling through social media than reading books, our ability to identify fiction and differentiate…

Spectator TV Australia: the vibe and water justice

1 July 2023 10:00 pm

Ramesh Thakur talks about the strange political relationship between Covid and US politics. Will the next Presidential race be a…

Being nasty to Nigel

1 July 2023 3:35 pm

The UK’s born-to-rule class of hedge fund managers, politicians, bureaucrats, CEOs, and old-money have never forgiven the former Member of…

The failure of forced transition despite public lust for green energy

1 July 2023 8:21 am

Throughout history, interactions of supply and demand have driven ‘transitions’ – think horses to cars and trains; whale oil to…

Big government, jobs, and productivity

1 July 2023 8:08 am

My mum arrived in Australia with the first boatload of second world war refugees at the end of 1947. She…

Extraction 2: action goes old school

1 July 2023 7:59 am

One of the biggest surprises in recent years is Extraction. A no-nonsense, adrenaline-fuelled action movie about a tough soldier ploughing his…

Affirmative action is dead in US universities

1 July 2023 7:44 am

Universities in the US, by law, will no longer be allowed to discriminate to allow access to college education based…

The governing orthodoxy or the truth?

30 June 2023 5:30 am

No, look, seriously, what do you say to a Labor government that plans to fine companies billions of dollars for…

Make Australian politics great again

30 June 2023 5:00 am

Spectator Australia writer, and now-elected Member of the NSW Legislative Council, the Hon. John Ruddick, has given his maiden speech. Mr…

Children and dementia patients next for ACT euthanasia laws

30 June 2023 4:00 am

It is no wonder the ACT government wants to take over the Catholic-run Calvary Hospital. Faithful Catholics are one of…

Labor’s Censorship Bill a threat to democracy

29 June 2023 2:00 pm

Who do you trust to determine what is true and what is false? To determine which news and opinion is…

Palaszczuk denies claim Brisbane will be renamed

29 June 2023 1:23 pm

Social media went crazy yesterday afternoon when 4BC host Peter Gleeson casually mentioned that there were plots afoot to change…

Meet the Australian women making a stand for free speech

29 June 2023 6:00 am

Some of Australia’s best emerging female leaders gathered in New South Wales last Thursday to formally protest the trans takeover…

Progressives target progress in their unholy war

29 June 2023 5:00 am

A grassroots movement was once a significant thing. It fought to right injustices that had gone unchallenged for too long.…

The new ‘er guizi’

29 June 2023 4:00 am

During the dark years of Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, when Stanley Village was an internment camp for British nationals…

Character, not category

28 June 2023 5:30 am

We have lost ground on what good character means. It is because it has become harder and harder to know…

The abuse of a puppet President

28 June 2023 5:00 am

Elder abuse is any act within a relationship of trust which results in harm to an older person. It can be…

Predators and parasites prowl the Bowen Basin 

28 June 2023 4:30 am

After our great adventure helping Utah Development Co locate and measure their magnificent coal resources along the western edge of…

Fatal attraction: the trans trend and ESG cage

28 June 2023 4:00 am

If you had recently awoken from a decade-long coma and jumped online you’d think you were still in a dreamscape.…