Flat White

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

At least the au pairs don’t want subsidised housing

10 September 2018 10:52 am

A pretty young woman asking a favour, a deputy prime minister pleased to grant it – we’re looking back in…

Multiculturalism works; multivaluism doesn’t

10 September 2018 7:49 am

Every sentient being on the surface of the earth is now presumably familiar with the perennial need for more and…

The Honey Badger, The Block — and Ronald Reagan

9 September 2018 6:02 pm

On the Other Channel, The Block contestants have what is called their ‘hero piece’. This is when you furnish your…

Twenty ideas for a Morrison government

8 September 2018 11:21 am

When Bill Shorten lost the last election he did a victory lap around Australia. He knew that if he could…

Sinking funds, not sinking islands

7 September 2018 9:27 pm

It’s good to see that Marise Payne has stepped into Julie Bishop’s shoes so deftly and is now humouring the…

Great to see Fairfax journos exploring new careers

7 September 2018 6:23 pm

Great to see Fairfax journalists exploring new career options. It’s even better — given Fairfax’s predilection for indulging whingers —…

The week in the world of MISANDRY

7 September 2018 4:12 pm

A quick peek at what’s going on the flip side of feminism – because it’s all about women. Sarah Hanson…

Only in Victoria does government rationalise victim-blaming like this.

7 September 2018 1:12 pm

I highly respect the police. I believe in the law. But when the laws are unjust, and naturally the laws…

Our army did not fight “frontier wars”

7 September 2018 7:30 am

The Australian Army commemorates March 1, 1901, as its official foundation date. This day had particular military significance in South…

Are sexy selfies a sign of oppression?

6 September 2018 8:15 pm

With all those bedroom eyes, duckfaces and cleavages splattered all over Instagram, Facebook and other social media — not to…

Trump Derangement Syndrome and the end of the West

6 September 2018 4:32 pm

If we assume for the moment that the zenith of Western Civilisation since at least the fourth century BC has…

ScoMo, scrap Snowy 2.0

6 September 2018 2:07 pm

Only politicians could think it’s a good idea to spend billions of dollars pumping water uphill to generate electricity in…

So what will you do about “gender whisperers”, Prime Minister?

6 September 2018 11:14 am

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said earlier this week that the reason why he has chosen to send his daughters to…

It’s easier to buy votes than sell policies

6 September 2018 7:29 am

What do Scott Morrison and Vladimir Putin have in common? For one thing, they’ve both backed down from proposals to…

Dr Gillard shares gender gems

5 September 2018 4:43 pm

It’s been a busy few weeks for Julia Gillard. Fresh from scoring her Honorary Doctorate from Curtin University for her…

Down in the polls — but still up for it?

5 September 2018 1:56 pm

In February this year Malcolm Turnbull banned ‘the bonk’ between ministers and their staff in a desperate bid to distance…

Immigration: practice please, not theory

5 September 2018 11:26 am

When Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former strategist, described Australia on Your ABC as the “canary in the mineshaft”; that it…

Dutton falls foul of the fembots

5 September 2018 7:48 am

For a mob obsessed with complaining they don’t want to do all the housework feminists are strangely fixated on packing.…

Never Mind the Bollocks

4 September 2018 9:20 pm

A regular feature on nonsense in the media masquerading as news. You all recall how, after the very first complaints about…

Sexuality quotas? Really?

4 September 2018 5:29 pm

Remember when Lisa Wilkinson—the highly-paid host of Channel Ten’s, The Project—claimed that ‘absolutely nothing’ would change with the redefinition of…

Conservatives and immigration

4 September 2018 12:55 pm

Conservatives today tend to fall into two camps when discussing the immigration issue. The first camp are neo or classical…

The push for compulsory corporate virtue signalling

4 September 2018 8:00 am

A current school of thought urges a legal approach to stop public companies becoming involved in politically-contentious social debates via…

Letting the Islamists win by default

3 September 2018 6:06 pm

Radical feminism and radical Islam both agree that men have no self-control and women should be kept cloistered and separated…

Why make a traitor a martyr, Mr Morrison?

3 September 2018 2:36 pm

Chelsea Manning is a no freedom fighter. ‘She’ is a traitor who betrayed her country and the cause of freedom…

China makes the ABC wear the free speech shoe on another foot

3 September 2018 11:24 am

One of the best tests for objectivity when criticising or commenting on ideas or more seriously, laws, is how we…