Flat White

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

Judicial tyranny and the death of free speech in Brazil

19 August 2025 3:11 pm

The Trump Administration has recently imposed tough sanctions under the Magnitsky Act against Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes…

A tale of two tipping points

19 August 2025 1:40 pm

Renewable energy is displacing coal without replacing it...

Vale Terence Stamp

19 August 2025 1:14 pm

Terence Stamp, the renowned British actor known for his roles in Superman and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the…

Have ‘left-acting’ students betrayed themselves?

18 August 2025 7:21 pm

Recent research suggests nearly nine in ten university students pretend to hold more progressive beliefs than they actually do. While…

Albanese’s dangerous dance with Palestine

18 August 2025 6:38 pm

It’s identity politics at the expense of national integrity

Who really pays for taxes?

18 August 2025 1:45 pm

It’s always you, the consumer

Down the rabbit hole

18 August 2025 10:11 am

I think therefore I am, has been replaced by, I feel therefore I’m right

Donald Trump’s nuclear strike on Iran saves the world | Michael de Percy. S3 Ep 2

18 August 2025 4:00 am

Spectator Australia’s Canberra Correspondent Michael de Percy on why US President Donald Trump has made the world safer by showing…

One Nation – The de facto opposition? | Malcolm Roberts. S3 Ep 1

18 August 2025 3:00 am

While the Sussan Ley Opposition ‘listens’, Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts says One Nation are prepared to take Albanese’s government on…

The evil genius of hostage taking

16 August 2025 10:48 pm

A life insurance policy for terrorists

Covidphobia’s replacement

16 August 2025 10:39 pm

Covidphobia’s replacement is – Sexophobia! I have been considering the successor of Covidphobia for a while and almost settled on…

Trump corridor and the geopolitical shift in the South Caucasus

15 August 2025 8:30 pm

On August 8, 2025, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a historic peace agreement brokered by US President Donald Trump. At the…

Albanese’s longtime dream becomes reality: at what cost?

15 August 2025 12:01 pm

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has realised a long-held ambition. From his early days in politics speaking at pro-Palestine rallies,…

Albo breaches social contract with Palestinian recognition

15 August 2025 11:33 am

In a move that reeks of ideological posturing over prudent statecraft to ensure our national security, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese…

Victoria rejects clarity around self-defence

15 August 2025 12:37 am

The insane reasons given by Labor, the Greens, and Animal Justice

Housing: a government-manufactured crisis

14 August 2025 6:53 pm

Government fees and taxes almost double the cost of housing

The Minns AI disaster

14 August 2025 4:46 pm

A reckless ploy for union control over business

What would Tocqueville say about the NDIS?

14 August 2025 11:16 am

Compassion must not give way to dependency

The two-state delusion

14 August 2025 11:01 am

Albanese’s immoral and unlawful gift to terror

Bridge party

13 August 2025 11:29 am

The protest sector is booming

William Wentworth’s submission to the productivity roundtable

13 August 2025 10:54 am

The US often draws on the American Revolution in its public debates. Australia has the unparalleled achievement of our 1850s…

Polls, power, and the Pacific

13 August 2025 10:31 am

What Trump’s numbers mean for the US and Asia

Australians (should) have a right to defend their homes

13 August 2025 12:49 am

‘At the moment, in Victoria, there’s some exemptions for self-defence in your home, but we want them to look at…

Controlled by confidence: the unchecked power of AHPRA and the state

12 August 2025 2:14 pm

Professional regulation is supposed to exist to protect patients. But in Australia today, that purpose has morphed in something far…

Time for PNG to wake up to Canberra’s woke agenda!

12 August 2025 11:10 am

The term ‘Kokoda’ has been hijacked to support Canberra’s Woke agenda for our Pacific neighbours. Their campaign of stealth began…