Flat White

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

It’s the stupid, economy

13 April 2019 6:36 pm

Trust Labor to get it arse about. Bill Clinton famously used the mantra, “It’s the economy, stupid.” to win the…

CBD: Electric car lobby runs out of charge

13 April 2019 9:42 am

Our perspicacious political insider writes exclusively: The effected consternation about the electric car vision is a dazzling insight into SM…

She’s got it, oh baby she’s got it!

12 April 2019 4:19 pm

We’re not exactly sure as to precisely when advertising agencies started to view their marketing services as political advocacy, but…

Rugby Australia has values – but Israel Folau has principles

12 April 2019 11:33 am

‘Doing your own thing’ seemed like such a simple, straightforward idea. It captured the whole idea of freedom in a…

CBD: It’s all about fairness (for public servants)

12 April 2019 7:28 am

Our perspicacious political insider exclusively writes: That wonderfully emotive and substance devoid slogan of fairness will play a big role…

Twice lucky – but for how long?

11 April 2019 1:17 pm

The other day having a coffee with an old friend we pondered, among more cheerful topics, the state of politics…

And they’re off…

11 April 2019 9:10 am

Our exclusive campaign insider writes: In the morning mist of the world’s epicentre, the balloon has gone up. Election 19…

Who can feel an election coming on, Flat White contributors?

11 April 2019 7:26 am

Well, we’re on. That means we want contributions. Pithy, punchy, provocative pieces on Australian politics and the campaign. All you…

What’s woke this week?

10 April 2019 4:37 pm

Wokeworld this week offered up an embarrassment of riches as work continues apace on dismantling reason in favour of dumbing…

It’s time to end the seal of the confessional: the religious case

10 April 2019 12:14 pm

There have been recent calls in California and Australian jurisdictions for the mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by clergy…

How Labor is holding your tax cut hostage

10 April 2019 7:27 am

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg claimed in his budget speech last week that the government had repaired the budget “without increasing taxes.”…

Why is Facebook censoring a conference on Christianity and religious freedom?

9 April 2019 12:32 pm

Every day millions of Christians around the world are persecuted for their faith. They are often intimidated, abused and in…

Why can’t Australian politics produce a Cicciolina?

9 April 2019 7:51 am

The lead-up to the election? A third-rate circus. I mean, what would Italian politician and porn star Ilona Staller (aka…

Backwards & Forwards: Billy boy’s electric cars and a Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow budget

8 April 2019 3:18 pm

Looking back Josh Frydenberg and Bill Shorten had their budgetary pissing contest. My surpluses will be bigger than yours, my…

The cult of the vegan vigilantes

8 April 2019 12:39 pm

When I checked my news feed this morning it was filled with story after story about radical vegans causing mischief…

EXCLUSIVE: The men who really saved Australia from the GFC

8 April 2019 7:03 am

Often in Australian political life, individuals that make profound contributions to public policy go unnoticed while those more conspicuous have…

The unmentionable problem with Labor’s electric car plan

7 April 2019 1:01 pm

With the federal election campaign underway in all but name, the stars have been aligning for a move to the…

Now we know how the SMH and Age will define “mainstream” in the election

6 April 2019 2:41 pm

Boy. Boy oh boy oh boy. Channel Nine’s left wing tabloids have really jumped the shark. “Reparations for black Americans:…

The Coalition needs a bazooka to stop Shorten. Try this one…

5 April 2019 12:19 pm

In my Backwards and Forwards column on Monday, I said that if Bill Shorten gave a barnstorming, grievance-pandering, promise-laden speech…

Play on Labor’s ground, surrender the advantage

5 April 2019 7:50 am

The 2019 Budget has been a budget that satisfies everyone but pleases no-one. It has proved to be a Labor-lite…

Ten reasons why we’re being denied the truth about Planned Parenthood

4 April 2019 6:21 pm

Do you know what is one of the most revealing films that won’t be shown in Australian cinemas this year?…

What about immigration, Scott, Josh?

4 April 2019 7:55 am

When Australia goes to the polls sometime and the Coalition is likely defeated, as the 50 straight Newspoll losses would…

More an epitaph than a budget

3 April 2019 5:29 pm

Looking at the reaction to Josh Frydenberg’s first budget, its beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has…

What’s woke this week?

3 April 2019 12:26 pm

Wokeworld this week invoked cheese in the fight against Trump, introduced therapeutic cuddle parties for men to fight toxic masculinity,…

Numptynomics

3 April 2019 8:02 am

Looks like a slightly startling Sloane Ranger mummy (or Simon Le Bon) from 1981, sounds like a student trot mixed…