Flat White

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

What’s Rugby Australia got to say on the Qur’an?

10 July 2019 5:00 am

When Israel Folau is asked to swear on the Bible before he gives evidence in the High Court, will someone…

A tale of lingerie and liberation

9 July 2019 7:52 pm

A case of persecution, followed by a period of down-and-out, but now with a happy ending: Negzzia, 29, has been…

We need to do better with teacher training

9 July 2019 3:19 pm

Australian teachers are underprepared for the classroom compared to those in other countries, according to a recent global survey. The…

Bookburning, then and now

9 July 2019 5:00 am

It was the nineteenth century German poet Heinrich Heine who once said, “Wherever they burn books they will also, in…

Malcolm Turnbull’s a more effective opposition than the GULAG gang

8 July 2019 5:09 pm

Brother Number One of the Canberra Cadre writes: The first week of Parliament has been an unmitigated disaster. Bob Hawke,…

Wh-t the f-ck is going on with c-nsorship for sn-wflakes?

8 July 2019 2:16 pm

I’m not a fan of censored swear words in writing, particularly in books and columns.  If you’re unable to swear with…

Who’s winning? Follow the (crowd-funding) money

8 July 2019 5:00 am

Crowdfunding sites are a barometer of public opinion. Divisive political events might make for great media headlines and social media…

How Malcolm Turnbull sunk his beloved republic for a generation

7 July 2019 2:07 pm

Personality in politics is like salt to a dish – a pinch here or there is not a bad thing.…

We have too many university students

5 July 2019 1:04 pm

Universities have been admitting too many students, a greater proportion are now struggling, their debts have soared, and the payoff…

Meet the Christian lawyers and leaders fighting forty years of PC bigotry

5 July 2019 5:00 am

How many arm-chair commentators consider the magnitude of religious freedom cases that have actually graced our courtrooms in the past…

Britain’s Israel Folau wins his case

4 July 2019 7:55 pm

Like Australia’s Israel Folau, British student Felix Ngole, is a litmus test regarding freedom of religion, as well as freedom…

How Australians are in the front line of the global war to save the university

4 July 2019 5:42 pm

The free speech code drawn up by former chief justice of the High Court of Australia, Robert French, is a…

How the gender benders are coming for your favourite sport

4 July 2019 12:52 pm

The Australian Human Rights Commission has just released its Guidelines for the inclusion of transgender and gender diverse people in…

Prime ministers past and the new parliament

4 July 2019 5:00 am

Yesterday the larger than life contribution of Robert J. Hawke to Australian political life was recognised for the return of…

Pass the tax cuts now – or has Labor forgotten May 18?

3 July 2019 8:44 pm

Along with President Trump, readers of Spectator’s Flat White should not have been at all surprised by the victory of…

Would you trust Wayne Swan to speak sense on anything?

3 July 2019 5:26 pm

Wayne Swan is the former federal treasurer who promised a budget surplus over and over and over again, but never…

Quiet (young) Australians

3 July 2019 1:17 pm

While many young Australians are partial to a whinge about how expensive three bedroom terraces in Surry Hill and Collingwood…

We need a Restoration of Freedoms Bill, not religious freedom legislation

3 July 2019 5:00 am

The Morrison government is promising to introduce a religious discrimination bill. And yet, these reforms are unsatisfactory. They pose a…

From Israel to Poland, the corporate social responsibility folaut continues

2 July 2019 6:48 pm

The Israel Folau case is big because Israel Folau is big – literally, but more importantly, metaphorically speaking. Folau, however,…

Who says a woman can’t win with a sugar daddy arrangement?

2 July 2019 1:27 pm

Recently, 60 minutes, aired a segment titled: The Secret World of Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddies.  As one would expect…

GULAG, rejoice: ministers will still do what we public servants tell them to

2 July 2019 11:00 am

Our peeved yet perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The humiliation of Election19 will reach its zenith as the 46th Parliament…

Instead of squabbling over tax cuts, let’s talk about real reform

2 July 2019 5:00 am

The left’s calls for the Coalition to abandon its tax cut agenda and open the government purse strings for more…

From woke to choke

1 July 2019 6:06 pm

Sometimes you discover to your utmost horror and disgust that you have placed too much trust and faith in a…

What makes the Israel Folau lynching that different to doxing?

1 July 2019 3:12 pm

It’s been interesting to watch Australia’s commentariat largely misread Israel Folau’s recent travails. Folau’s ordeal isn’t, in substance, a sterile…

Head of State under PM’s guillotine

1 July 2019 12:26 pm

In 1999 Australians wisely rejected the elite’s attempts to persuade them to adopt Malcolm Turnbull’s republic. Turnbull is now insisting…