Flat White

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

‘Blessed’ or a bigot?

21 April 2022 11:03 am

Like the Prime Minister, I’m blessed to have healthy children. And if you believe senior Labor politicians, that makes me…

Albanese is riding solo

21 April 2022 9:00 am

With around a month left before the federal election, Anthony Albanese finds himself in a similar position that Prime Minister…

Why I stand shoulder to shoulder with Deves

21 April 2022 4:00 am

The death threats that Katherine Deves is now receiving are a direct result of the corrupted journalism that is performed in this…

So, you want a federal corruption watchdog?

20 April 2022 2:00 pm

What constitutes corruption for a watchdog? Merriam-Webster Definition of corruption 1a: dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as…

The fertility paradox – poverty vs prosperity

20 April 2022 12:00 pm

The world population had risen from 2.5 billion in 1950, to 6 billion in 2000, and now sits at over…

Protecting women is not a ‘dead cat strategy’

20 April 2022 10:17 am

It was a mistake for Zali Steggall to refer to the protection of women, girls, and children as a ‘dead…

Unexplained pregnancies at the women-only Edna Mahan Correctional Facility

20 April 2022 9:00 am

[Calm down, it’s satire.] Two inmates at a women-only prison are reportedly pregnant after getting a little too friendly with…

How the left silence women – starting with Deves

20 April 2022 4:00 am

The vicious demonisation of Warringah Liberal candidate Katherine Deves is the latest attempt to silence women who speak out about…

China’s pact with the Solomons is a direct threat to Australia

19 April 2022 11:29 pm

Tulagi, a 1.5 square mile island in the South Pacific’s Solomon Islands, is perhaps the most remote place on the…

‘Experts’ get it wrong

19 April 2022 2:00 pm

Expertise in a topic requires applying common sense, reason, and logic to background knowledge. Knowledge can be learned. Common sense…

All the wrong reasons for a federal integrity commission

19 April 2022 12:00 pm

Criticism of the Morrison government for not introducing a national anti-corruption Commission is not about Morrison refusing to have a…

Whither the real conservatives on May 21?

19 April 2022 9:00 am

Taking to the skies seems rather popular on May 21. On that day in 1927, the American aviator Charles Lindbergh…

Shanghai screaming: China has gone Covid-crazy

19 April 2022 4:00 am

In Shanghai, the night air is full of screams. Locked in skyscrapers since March by Covid health orders, residents have taken…

Climate cowards and apocalypse peddlers

18 April 2022 2:00 pm

Have you ever questioned the links between bushfires and atmospheric CO2? Discussions about the changing climate and the level of…

Flawed fuel taxes cost us a fortune

18 April 2022 12:00 pm

The federal government’s halving of fuel taxes seems like a great win for struggling Aussies, but it may actually turn out to…

Money well spent? Australia’s aid in the Solomons

18 April 2022 9:00 am

The Solomon Islands’ deepening involvement with China has focused attention on the Pacific and Australia’s role in the area. In…

Kneeling to the rainbow

18 April 2022 4:00 am

Scott Morrison put his head above the parapet for girls, women, and children in week one of the election campaign,…

Race-baiters reveal huge weaknesses in left-wing orthodoxy

17 April 2022 10:30 am

I may sound naïve for saying this, but the Left always astound me. After Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at…

Ukraine was conned

17 April 2022 4:00 am

Volodymyr Zelenskyy was brought up in the grunt town of Kryvyi Rih, a Soviet-looking industrial city in the southeast of…

The Moskva sinking is significant

16 April 2022 1:30 pm

It’s early days yet, but the sinking of the Russian cruiser Moskva in the Black Sea, apparently by Ukrainian missiles,…

Is Deves right about children being harmed?

16 April 2022 9:00 am

I agree with Liberal candidate for Warringah, Katherine Deves. We are sterilising and surgically mutilating children. I’ve watched countless videos…

Humanity’s limitless potential for evil

16 April 2022 4:00 am

In last Saturday’s Weekend Australian, Geoffrey Robertson argued that sanctions against Putin and his supporters must be tightened, (What responsibility do…

Love is love – unless you disagree

15 April 2022 3:05 pm

When it comes to transgender issues, our Prime Minister is a weathervane trapped in a man’s body. His pronouns are…

Spotting cracks in the first home deposit scheme

15 April 2022 2:00 pm

Canberra’s extension of the First Home Deposit Scheme, Regional Home and Family Home Guarantees is set to put another 50,000 Australians…

Dr Murphy, Cultural Marxism, and the desecration of truth

15 April 2022 12:00 pm

Who would you trust the most? A person who has dedicated their life to helping others but is a Christian?…