Flat White

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

Hipkins’ government is a lame duck

15 August 2023 5:00 am

It has been a little over six months since Jacinda Ardern handed the Prime Ministerial reins to her friend ‘Chippy’,…

The new Dark Ages: millions of animals die in the fires of environmentalism

15 August 2023 4:30 am

It was only 235 years ago when our European elders introduced modern civilization and technology to an ancient culture. There…

Barbie-‘ism’: feminism’s unhelpful verbal warfare

15 August 2023 4:00 am

When asked whether Barbie is a feminist movie, the film’s star Margot Robbie replied, ‘Anyone who thinks men and women…

BREAKING NEWS: Mark Latham removed as NSW One Nation leader

14 August 2023 2:31 pm

NSW Leader Mark Latham has released a statement on his Facebook account regarding an extraordinary intervention to remove him as…

Why didn’t the West condemn Trudeau for debanking his citizens?

14 August 2023 9:37 am

The outrage at the Coutts/NatWest debanking scandal in the United Kingdom does not align with the complete disinterest in Canadian…

Are work from home jobs a crisis or a revolution?

14 August 2023 6:00 am

The Work From Home (WFH) movement has created a ‘crisis’ in commercial office real estate. But it’s also doing the…

Nuclear panic and radiation risk: reality or ideology?

14 August 2023 5:30 am

We were recently reminded of the horrors of war by the anniversary of the 200,000 lives lost in August, 78…

Elites around the world are wilfully blind about Trump

14 August 2023 4:30 am

Loads of commentators on the left of the political spectrum seem completely unhinged when it comes to former President Trump.…

‘M’ is for Marxism: schools get an ‘F’ for fail

14 August 2023 4:00 am

Australian schools are failing our children. Instead of teaching reading, writing, and arithmetic, schools have become centres for brainwashing. From…

The onset of bankruptcy: from green to red

13 August 2023 5:00 am

Like the onset of bankruptcy, great awakenings come slowly at first then rapidly. So it is with the global warming…

Sad times for the larrikin

13 August 2023 4:00 am

When Bob Hawke died, I received a phone call from an old family friend who jokingly reminded me to put…

Hilariously failed gender re-education caught in the wild

12 August 2023 2:51 pm

I was sitting in a cafe last week when I overheard the pair sitting beside me. It was one of…

The expensive illness in Australia’s elite schools

12 August 2023 6:00 am

A decadent managerial culture has sunk its unwelcome claws into Australian private schooling

From unsettled to unhinged

12 August 2023 5:00 am

Judith Sloan has decided to name our Minister for Climate Change and Energy, ‘B1’. I prefer to think of Chris…

Relinquishing Australia’s energy security

12 August 2023 4:00 am

The desire to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050 has become the all-encompassing, quasi-religious quest for countless governments, NGOs, and…

Why Australian migrants are voting ‘no’ to the Voice

11 August 2023 4:30 am

In 1924 the US Congress passed the Immigration Act banning Asian – particularly Chinese – immigrants to America. Faster than the Yanks,…

Local councils are becoming fiefdoms obsessed with identity politics

11 August 2023 4:00 am

One great thing about Australia’s Federation is its system of checks and balances. In addition to a Westminster-style separation of…

Elon Musk scorns ABC for ‘preferring censorship-friendly’ platforms

10 August 2023 12:19 pm

Usually when people delete their social media accounts, it’s because they’ve become the target of media scrutiny and they really really…

Reconciliation: what the heck is it?

10 August 2023 5:30 am

There are a number of opaque memes that now corrupt the debate surrounding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. We just…

Biometric harvesting and digital currency: Kenya Suspends OpenAI’s Worldcoin

10 August 2023 5:00 am

Concerned Kenyan authorities have suspended the cryptocurrency Worldcoin, citing digital identity concerns. The organisation, officially launched by project owner and…

Truth-telling: the dark side of Queensland’s gender clinics and affirmation care

10 August 2023 4:30 am

Last month in Cairns the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP) held a Queensland Branch Conference at…

Shackled to the demons of history?!

10 August 2023 4:00 am

Let’s talk about Captain James Cook. One of the greatest mariners and scientists of all time, Cook arrived on Silver…

Meg 2 The Trench lacks bite

9 August 2023 3:43 pm

If history teaches us anything, it’s really not a good idea to go on an underwater adventure in a billion-dollar…

GenCost and the renewables info wars

9 August 2023 4:30 am

Energy policy is one of the great dilemmas facing Australian politics, and the cold war between renewables and voters is…

The lithium delusion: a big problem with big batteries

9 August 2023 4:15 am

The development of lithium-ion batteries has changed the concept of energy storage. As their use expands, a potential downside is…