Flat White

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

Political and corporate defeatism

26 May 2023 4:00 am

Charles Mackay’s 1841, titled Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds has enduringly served to refute claims of collective…

Spectator TV Australia: James Allan says Bud Light has been turned into a referendum on trans

26 May 2023 12:50 am

Episode 4: Is the Great Barrier Reef dying? Maurice Newman tears apart the narrative. Click below to watch the full…

Are you as bored with AI as I am?

25 May 2023 6:00 am

By now we’ve all seen the impressive images created with Midjourney, and perhaps had a play around with ChatGPT. I…

Change the narrative, change the game

25 May 2023 5:00 am

Michael de Percy challenged Chris Bowen in person at the Sydney Institute regarding whether or not the government had a…

The next phase of Chalmers’ ‘better capitalism’ is scary

25 May 2023 4:00 am

In January 2023, Treasurer Jim Chalmers released a major policy ‘think piece’ where he detailed his and (presumably Labor’s) vision…

ChatGPT hires human to pass ‘are you human’ test

24 May 2023 2:32 pm

AI life can lie to humans. Computer programs are perfectly happy to manipulate us in order to fulfil their programmed…

Labor’s coal-fired green dream

24 May 2023 1:40 pm

With cost-of-living pressures really starting to hurt Australians, Labor’s green dream would be a complete nightmare if it wasn’t for coal.…

Aseem Malhotra: truth seeker and a truth teller

24 May 2023 6:00 am

It’s been said that in a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. Are you free…

There’s something off about the Voice

24 May 2023 5:00 am

Now, here’s a curious thing… In 1999, the republic referendum cost $66 million. In real terms today, that’s $133 million. Since 1999,…

Upshots from politicians delivering more free stuff and regulations

24 May 2023 4:00 am

The forerunner of democracy – a post-medieval one-man-one-vote – was propelled by radicals seeking greater freedom of trade, speech, and…

Double Shot Ep2: is Western Civilisation failing our kids?

23 May 2023 4:14 pm

It’s hard not to look around at the youngest two generations and wonder, what happened? They are depressed, scared, confused,…

Autism rises as the NDIS expands

23 May 2023 7:00 am

An article in the Weekend Australian on April, 2023, titled, Autism to cost budget $8.25bn: will the safety net break? was…

California is bleeding actors

23 May 2023 5:00 am

California is bleeding actors, and the number of those fleeing the quasi-socialist state is trending. Mark Wahlberg was the latest to follow SpyKids,…

The Voice and the law

23 May 2023 4:00 am

Many Australian legal groups such as the NSW Bar Association and possibly the Victorian Bar Association, as well as most…

Net Zero politicians: liars, scoundrels, and morons

22 May 2023 9:13 pm

The lies told by politicians usually have no consequences. Their intellectual dishonesty, as a species, is such that citizens go…

The ABCs of NFPs: decoding the economics behind grassroot organisations

22 May 2023 8:00 am

It’s not often that we acknowledge the not-for-profits that run within our local communities, providing volunteer services day-in and day-out.…

Pesutto will regret expelling Deeming

22 May 2023 6:00 am

On Friday May 11, the Victorian Liberal Party voted to expel MP Moira Deeming over her alleged threat to sue…

Despite criticism, RBA outperforms most central banks

22 May 2023 5:00 am

A small war has broken out amongst some economics on the topic of whether Australia’s central bank has performed well…

It’s time for doctors to join a public debate on Covid policies and treatments

22 May 2023 4:00 am

‘If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the…

Indiana Jones and the Cesspit of Woke

21 May 2023 4:00 pm

The adventuring, treasure-hunting, ultra-manly Indiana Jones franchise has defined large portions of story-telling history in Hollywood. Not only did it inspire…

The Bowen Basin adventures

21 May 2023 5:00 am

I am one of the few survivors of a team of Bowen Basin pioneers who started the systematic exploration of…

Liberal heads in the sand 

21 May 2023 5:00 am

There is one thing you can always be sure of, the ‘thinkers’ in and behind the Liberal Party never ever consider…

Cash is King, Bitcoin is God

21 May 2023 4:00 am

While most people rage over the Voice to Parliament or men competing in women’s sports, there is a real battle…

Elon Musk’s confusing ‘green logic’

20 May 2023 6:29 pm

A video featuring Elon Musk from 2017 has been resurrected showing his disbelief after seeing (what now feels like blissfully…

Alan Jones: treaties

20 May 2023 5:00 am

I can’t be the only person who wonders whether, on matters critical to our future and, most importantly, the future…