Flat White

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

The growing advocacy of a fraudulent two state solution

4 February 2025 8:25 pm

In response to Israel adopting defensive measures in the wake of an unprovoked massacre undertaken by Hamas, a notion is…

Conservatives applaud Queensland’s pause on puberty blockers

4 February 2025 5:45 pm

The Queensland government has suspended puberty blockers for those under 18 due to concerns raised about state-wide paediatric gender therapies.…

Beer and spirits are too expensive, Mr Dutton!

4 February 2025 4:26 pm

It’s no secret that Labor and the Greens want you to ‘eat ze bugs’. The way our economy is going,…

Our disordered world

4 February 2025 3:21 pm

Australians are a vastly successful people, but what will our children inherit from us? There are a lot of things…

Trump is not a slaver

3 February 2025 9:52 pm

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s accusation that Donald Trump is a ‘white slaver’ might be one of the most idiotic things…

Australia’s founders understood MAGA better than today’s centre-right

3 February 2025 5:50 pm

The Australia Day debating season has now finally, mercifully, come to an end for another year. It is clear the…

Australia: a land divided into tribes

3 February 2025 5:11 pm

One knows that an election is looming when the Prime Minister criss-crosses the country and promises to dole out money…

Living in an age of digital sedation

3 February 2025 1:14 pm

Indoctrination is simply hypnosis stripped of its mystique. In our society, we experience a form of ‘mass hypnosis’ that does…

Ten ‘wins’ in ten days since Trump took office

3 February 2025 11:22 am

Even before the inauguration of Donald Trump occurred, it was evident that the zeitgeist of the Western world had shifted.…

The WHO is finished: step away, Mr Dutton!

2 February 2025 7:19 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a horse that’s been flogged to death. Then it’s been turned over and flogged…

Pronouns out, professionalism in

1 February 2025 7:26 pm

‘Pronouns in the bio’ are one of those fashion statements destined for the cringe of history, like Gothic piercings, leotards…

Albo’s ridiculously insulting gender law

1 February 2025 12:25 pm

Ten years ago, I attempted to hire a male secretary and accounts department aid. It is rarely talked about in…

The era of GeoEconomics is upon us

1 February 2025 11:09 am

The think tank Chatham House describes ‘GeoEconomics’ as ‘the interplay of international economics, geopolitics and strategy’. The central question in…

Is peace possible?

1 February 2025 10:40 am

As Israeli hostages are being released, many are hoping for an end to the conflict. Such hope is naïve because…

Finally, a president that does more than sit on a beach in Delaware!

1 February 2025 9:52 am

America finally has a President capable of doing more than lying on a beach in Delaware. Donald Trump has done…

Why do they fear RFK?

31 January 2025 11:32 pm

The forces of darkness, also known as rusted-on Democrats, are doing everything in their power to stop Robert F Kennedy…

Authoritarian bans on AI won’t work

31 January 2025 8:23 pm

Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace, raising urgent questions about its impact on society. One of the latest…

Freedom of speech vs freedom of flags

31 January 2025 5:44 pm

One unintended consequence of the distant conflict in Gaza and Lebanon has been a sharper examination in Australia of the…

Trump’s Australian revolution

31 January 2025 3:27 pm

The new US President, Donald J. Trump, has begun his term with a bang not a whimper, issuing a record…

Yes, Elon Musk deserves the Nobel Peace Prize

30 January 2025 7:45 pm

Celebrity nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize usually sit somewhere between embarrassing and insulting, but this year’s nomination of billionaire…

Muddying the waters on interest rates

30 January 2025 3:20 pm

‘Muddying the waters’ is a common strategy in politics. It entails finding a key fact or piece of information that…

Today’s pain is Israel’s, tomorrow it belongs to us

30 January 2025 1:45 pm

As Israel begins to receive hostages in the fragile Israel-Hamas truce, there is both relief and agony. The October 7…

Abandon net zero, rescue the economy

30 January 2025 10:07 am

‘To rescue our economy,’ Trump signed day-one orders ‘to end all Biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric…

Curtains for UNRWA, and they deserve it

29 January 2025 7:57 pm

Israel has had enough of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, otherwise known as UNRWA. Israel…

Why all the secrecy?

29 January 2025 2:36 pm

Donald Trump: drone wrangler?