Flat White

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

Does the Liberal Party have a woman problem?

7 June 2026 10:08 am

Labor set an identity trap for conservatives and they’re stuck in it

Barnaby Joyce did the right thing

6 June 2026 5:54 pm

We need politicians who answer questions and correct their mistakes

Is Aukus in disarray?

6 June 2026 2:36 pm

The communiqués say no. The fleet says otherwise

Labor is budgeting more migration

6 June 2026 1:23 pm

1.22 million new net migrants before the end of the decade

What did I miss?

6 June 2026 11:09 am

Australia’s political week in fast-forward

Australia’s universities don’t have a funding problem

6 June 2026 2:28 am

They have an efficiency problem...

The beginning of the end – for Labor

5 June 2026 11:26 pm

Their tax policy is not merely inequitable. It is incoherent.

The electorate is in revolt: here is why

5 June 2026 5:44 pm

Following voter revolts in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and other European countries, Australians are now punishing the parties that…

Albanese’s regional Australia is being subsidised by $5 coffees

5 June 2026 1:14 pm

You don’t have to tell me that most politicians and policymakers are out of touch with small businesses in regional…

To save the Liberal Party, the delegates must go

5 June 2026 11:02 am

Returning power to the membership is the only way forward

When risk becomes the enemy

5 June 2026 9:25 am

A society built by risk-takers is increasingly being governed by risk managers

An unclear endgame

4 June 2026 12:27 am

The limits of US strategy toward Iran

The failure of Jim Chalmers

4 June 2026 12:09 am

And his tax reformation no one asked for or wants

The trickle-down AI revolution?

3 June 2026 11:42 pm

Will Australia need a robot tax to replace payroll tax for the AI workforce...

Why won’t you take a knee for Nowak?

3 June 2026 8:14 pm

‘I can’t breathe’ – three words that highlight a glaring double standard throughout the entire political class.

Gilding the Lily

3 June 2026 8:00 pm

Australia is stuck with a big taxing government

Gold rush on black market tobacco

3 June 2026 2:35 pm

How government greed turned citizens into criminals...

Hyper candidate forensics

3 June 2026 2:04 pm

Cancel culture strikes the lives of ordinary people who try to enter politics

The horrifying demise of Australian small businesses

3 June 2026 11:13 am

Socialism has not yet been culturally defeated

The political pendulum is moving to the centre-right

2 June 2026 9:14 pm

Angus Taylor and Tony Abbott know what must be done

The Architecture Cult

2 June 2026 2:33 pm

Elitism, exploitation, and insularity in a profession society cannot live without

The ‘tradwife’ question

2 June 2026 1:21 pm

Why do we value paid work more than care work?

Australia’s greatest weakness

2 June 2026 11:29 am

It isn’t a lack of resources. It’s complacency...

What did I miss?

1 June 2026 8:14 pm

Australia’s political week in fast-forward

Tony Abbott, the ‘masochist’ conservative warlord

1 June 2026 9:10 am

Liberal Party members are asking if this is the return of the King