Flat White

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

Scotty from Marketing plays into the left’s lines about “problems with women”

10 May 2021 4:49 pm

It’s now a badge of honour to be seen as blatantly promoting women ahead of men. The papers of the past few…

The SMAge descends into imbecilism

10 May 2021 3:30 pm

And to think that we were under the impression that The SMAge’s target demographic was neurotic single women aged 18-45.…

“He’s a turd. He’s easy to loathe…”

10 May 2021 1:53 pm

“[He has] fallen into the classic trap of the egomaniac…This childish business of putting his leadership on the line every…

Coronavirus, borders and liberty

10 May 2021 11:55 am

After happily voting for Scott Morrison, I had to do a double-take at his statements over the weekend about keeping…

Budget 2021: the dregs of the Labor party

10 May 2021 4:00 am

At the start of the seventies, Kim Beazley Senior told an ALP conference “When I joined the Labor Party, it…

But it’s for your own protection…

9 May 2021 4:08 pm

Let’s face it. Our federation is a mess. Premiers are running their own shows, all to varied receptions, the Prime…

Spectator Australia TV: How can we get woke theories out of schools?

9 May 2021 12:00 pm

From nappies to mini Greta Thunbergs, the leftist lunacies of Australian schools must cease. The most vulnerable must be protected…

Covid and borders: Pharaoh or Moses?

9 May 2021 8:43 am

When I first told my grandmother Audrey)that I was going to emigrate to Australia from England she told me that,…

Why ‘doing God’ is good for democracy

9 May 2021 4:00 am

“We don’t do God” So said Alistair Campbell, communications director to the former British prime minister Tony Blair, to end…

Bill Shoten, stopped clock

8 May 2021 2:34 pm

“I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who…

When is a pandemic not a pandemic

7 May 2021 3:24 pm

From 1914 to 1918 the world was immersed in a conflict without parallel. Whereas all previous wars had involved no…

Go jump in the lake, Clover – and Twitter, too

7 May 2021 1:21 pm

There is something deeply disturbing about the connection between Silicon Valley censorship and the protection of our left-wing political class. …

The India travel ban and the double standards of the chattering Left

7 May 2021 11:32 am

Last week former Labor leader Bill Shorten slammed the Morrison government for not tightly closing the border to travellers from…

The revised national curriculum is cancel culture on steroids

7 May 2021 4:00 am

The release of the revised national curriculum, once again, has sparked a debate about the study of Judeo-Christianity and Western…

Woke insurgency and its weapons of mass destruction

6 May 2021 8:00 pm

There is a sense that everyday life has become a visit to the cinema.  We suspend our disbelief as the…

What’s woke this week?

6 May 2021 5:15 pm

I’m increasingly reminded of Moby Dick’s Captain Ahab in the unhinged, pinpointed monomania of the woke.  Melville describes Ahab thus:  [H]is special…

Snow White and the intellectual dwarves

6 May 2021 2:56 pm

Snow White and her handsome prince are the most recent victims of the humourless woke scolds on the Left and…

Scott Morrison: a show about nothing 

6 May 2021 1:18 pm

Speculation that the government would like to go to the polls by the end of this year has been swirling…

It’s time to give our military the medicine they need

6 May 2021 11:30 am

Following the America decision to bring their troops home from Afghanistan after some 20 years in that troublesome country, Australia…

Why we need conservative counter culture

6 May 2021 4:00 am

Children are the future. But what future will it be when the children of today are indoctrinated up to their…

What keeps President Xi awake at night? 

5 May 2021 5:15 pm

Australia has earned the international community’s respect — and got China’s attention — with our highly visible resistance to Beijing’s…

Budget week is looming - as are electric shocks over power prices and reliability

5 May 2021 3:11 pm

Last month energy minister Angus Taylor cited analysis by the Australian Energy Market Operator showing falls in wholesale electricity to…

Locusts this lunchtime? The CSIRO recommends them

5 May 2021 1:11 pm

Australia’s peak science body says we should eat insects to save the planet. “Follow the science,” they say.  Like hell.…

Is a royal commission the best way to tackle veterans’ suicides?

5 May 2021 11:41 am

The announcement by the Morrison Government to appoint a royal commission into the suicides of Australian war veterans will come…

Xinjiang: the road to terror

5 May 2021 4:00 am

Xinjiang is where Communism sits naked, spread over the deserts and mountains, exposing its vicious desire to exploit people in…