Flat White

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

One person, one vote: Australia must say NO to race-based political privilege

13 October 2023 1:01 pm

Unlike totalitarian regimes, liberal Western democracies like Australia are based on the fundamental principle of one person, one vote. To…

What does Australia look like after reconciliation?

13 October 2023 12:50 pm

The referendum to amend the Australian Constitution to include an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament is fast…

Arrivalism: the new Woke ideology

13 October 2023 4:49 am

Arrivalism is a new woke ideology being developed in Western countries. Currently, it is found in Australia with the campaign…

What could come next in Israel’s war against Hamas?

13 October 2023 4:20 am

While there have been several wars between Israel and its enemies over the years, the latest Hamas attack on Israel…

Albanese‘s betrayal: power by inheritance

13 October 2023 2:30 am

Flying (in a plane) over the vast Australian continent on my return from ‘bitsy’ Europe this week, I felt I…

Progressive elites won’t back down, they’ll double down

13 October 2023 12:52 am

Pyrrhic Victory is a victory that ‘inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is basically the same…

Albanese everywhere – but nowhere: the Voice has been overshadowed

13 October 2023 12:02 am

Politics happens in a context. This means that national leaders must operate in the knowledge that their plans will be…

‘Voices’ are stacked against remote Indigenous communities

12 October 2023 2:06 pm

‘We need to listen to people’ so that ‘governments actually respond to people on the ground’. These were the words…

Despatch from the front lines

12 October 2023 5:00 am

For the past week I have been handing out referendum ‘No’ case information to the public as they present themselves…

Australia’s worker shortage is a Canberra policy shortage

12 October 2023 4:30 am

Australia’s persistent worker shortage crisis is a major roadblock to the growth of our economy and our nation’s prosperity. There…

Reflection on the quest for a two-state solution

12 October 2023 4:00 am

In December 1987, an uprising that became known as the Palestinian intifada began in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.…

Australia’s night of infamy

12 October 2023 3:00 am

Awakening to news on my X feed of 40 babies being beheaded by Hamas animals at a kibbutz in southern…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr ditches the Democrats

12 October 2023 1:34 am

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has cut ‘Camelot’s’ century-long political ties with the Democrats. Using a euphemism for draining the swamp,…

Aboriginal Elder: ‘White fellas saved us’

11 October 2023 3:03 am

‘I would say to everybody in Australia, for the health and welfare of people like myself, out in the bush…

The predictable dive of Australian universities in global rankings

11 October 2023 2:23 am

In August this year, Institute of Public Affairs’ research once again highlighted the free speech crisis on Australian university campuses.…

Hamas is in Australia

11 October 2023 1:26 am

The pro-Palestinian celebration in Sydney showed clearly that Hamas is alive and well in Australia. This was a celebration of…

How powerful is the proposed Indigenous Voice body?

11 October 2023 12:41 am

There is significant confusion about how powerful the Voice will be. There are conflicting messages and disagreements between experts acting…

Police farce: NSW Premier Chris Minns must resign

10 October 2023 6:12 pm

Yesterday, NSW Premier Chris Minns made the decision to light up the Opera House sails as a symbol of condolence…

The sad story of failed ‘Voices’

10 October 2023 1:03 pm

The Hawke-Labor government established ATSIC in 1990 ‘so that aboriginals could be involved in the processes of government affecting their…

Australians for science and freedom

10 October 2023 10:28 am

I was recently given the privilege of being asked to present on education at the Australians for Science & Freedom…

The girl from Sderot

10 October 2023 4:00 am

Israel is at war. In 2014 I visited Israel, thanks to the NSW Board of Deputies and the Australia/Israel and…

The Voice, International Human Rights Law, and the UNHRC

10 October 2023 12:32 am

The implications of a ‘No’ vote for Australia’s standing on the world stage has unremittingly stalked the referendum debate. This…

Our ‘culture of conformity’ makes it difficult to defeat the Voice

9 October 2023 11:55 pm

On Saturday, October 14, 2023, Australians will vote in a historic referendum on the proposal to entrench ‘The Voice’ in…

From the referendum booths this morning

9 October 2023 12:52 pm

An amusing and TRUE anecdote from a Spectator Australia ‘No’ volunteer at a Voice referendum booth this morning… Volunteer: ‘Vote NO…

Reflections of an old ‘No’ voter

9 October 2023 11:15 am

Initially, I would like to acknowledge the contributions, however unwitting, to the ‘No’ campaign of Pearson, Burney, Davis, and Langton.…