Flat White

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

#MaskUp or ‘mask-off’?

11 July 2022 1:00 pm

Before Covid hit, we could barely imagine a reality where the world went into shutdown to safeguard ourselves from a…

Alberta’s anonymous silent killer

11 July 2022 10:00 am

The province of Alberta in Canada puts outs annual statistics on causes of death. This data for 2021 was released on June…

Damaging women in the workplace with ‘quotas’

11 July 2022 7:00 am

Identity politics is driving terrible division in our society. Immutable identity is a feeble, hopeless way of judging the ability…

Prince Charles’ ‘Great Reset’

11 July 2022 6:00 am

It’s a conspiracy, until it isn’t. There are those that claim to be ‘serious’ journalists who continue to insist that…

The power of cancel culture reduces women to ‘a vibe’

11 July 2022 4:00 am

How powerful is cancel culture? Ask singer Macy Gray. Just 72 hours after telling Sky News that a woman is ‘a human…

Regions vs. Cities: an insurmountable electoral divide

10 July 2022 10:00 am

With the election result now established, it has been interesting to see how many commentators, politicians, and other experts have…

Salvation in theology for Australia’s declining churches?

10 July 2022 8:00 am

The lunatic left will rejoice at the results of a recent American Gallup Poll which revealed that belief in God…

Sri Lanka: PM resigns amid unfolding catastrophe

10 July 2022 12:42 am

BREAKING: Global politics is in free-fall, but no government is falling faster than that of Sri Lanka. Breaking news this…

The world women and children deserve

9 July 2022 11:00 am

The magnitude of what has just happened in America is still setting in, and while there are those of us…

Can you feel the empathy?

9 July 2022 7:00 am

This week the newly minted Teal Member for Kooyong Monique Ryan gushed on social media about meeting New Zealand Prime…

Japan mourns Shinzo Abe

9 July 2022 5:30 am

Cruelly gunned down at a political rally, Japan’s longest serving Prime Minister lost his life in a senseless act of…

The (expensive) brave new world of ‘clean energy’

9 July 2022 4:00 am

The market was working pretty well 20 years ago and is not expected to be much larger by 2030. It…

The attempted murder of Shinzo Abe

8 July 2022 5:43 pm

BREAKING: [ Edit: it has been released by Japanese media that Shinzo Abe has tragically died of his injuries.] At…

Labor: your kids belong to us

8 July 2022 1:40 pm

The Australian Labor Party believes that children belong to the State. Parents are mere babysitters. Think I’m exaggerating?  The Victorian…

We must fix this politician-induced cost of living crisis

8 July 2022 10:00 am

With interest rates rising again this week, inflation pushing up the cost of everything, and housing unaffordable for young people, families are…

The Pacific wants cash, not ‘gifts’

8 July 2022 8:00 am

My favourite grandson, Asher, outspokenly declared to me at the age of 8 what he didn’t want for his Christmas…

BoJo – the schizophrenic conservative

8 July 2022 5:00 am

Boris Johnson has resigned as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Boris was a great friend of Australia who even spent…

Listen to Reagan: governments don’t solve problems

8 July 2022 4:00 am

It was the astute Ronald Reagan who gave us the quote: ‘Government does not solve problems; it subsidises them.’ I…

Challenge to WA vaccine mandate set for July 13

7 July 2022 12:00 pm

After six months and some delays, Senior Constable Ben Falconer’s challenge to the WA mandatory vaccine directions is due to…

Australia’s true ‘voiceless’

7 July 2022 10:00 am

The Aboriginal bureaucracy, and possibly some Indigenous people themselves, have been agitating for a ‘Voice’. Surprisingly, these advocates think that…

RIP medical privacy

7 July 2022 8:00 am

While the rest of the world moves on and ditches Covid for its new fling ‘Monkey Pox’ – Australia is…

Water: it’s always too much, or not enough

7 July 2022 6:00 am

Australia has, throughout its history, been a land of drought, floods, and fire. It is recognised as the driest inhabited…

Munchausen’s by proxy: the UN & WEF made the world ‘sick’ for profit

7 July 2022 4:00 am

Abusive parents have been known to make their children appear sick in order to gain attention, fame, and fortune. Sometimes…

The forgotten story behind Roe

6 July 2022 10:00 am

After 50 years of federally legalised abortion across the United States, the Supreme Court has struck down the ruling that…

Hate speech laws silent on Christian attacks

6 July 2022 8:00 am

The Left are always banging on about ‘not offending’ this group, and ‘not upsetting’ that group – words are literal violence. Don’t…