Flat White

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

Cory Bernardi: Poor Angus…

23 June 2026 9:48 am

The last hope of the Liberal Party might not make it to the election

Legacy shopping at the Dollar Store

22 June 2026 8:14 pm

Policy corrections, recalibrations, and reversals: the Albanese government is serving as its own opposition

Consumer-first energy future?

22 June 2026 5:17 pm

What if Australia rejects the renewable energy transition...

Yes, the Nationals can survive

22 June 2026 2:50 pm

Their extinction is not guaranteed just because the Liberals are suffering...

Are we ‘Building a Better Future?’

22 June 2026 9:55 am

Or is the Labor government steering us into the rocks?

The future is out of fashion

22 June 2026 12:56 am

Prosperity already exists. The challenge is deciding how to divide it...

Migration? That’s not Albanese’s problem

22 June 2026 12:43 am

Except it is, and Labor could end up suffering at the election

A New Zealand republic in Jacinda Ardern’s lifetime?

21 June 2026 8:55 pm

New Zealand’s former Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, believes the nation will become a republic within her lifetime. We have heard…

The correct Uniculturalism is superior to Multiculturalism

21 June 2026 5:08 pm

Multiculturalism is meaningless without a unifying ethic

The Meloni-Trump saga is wild

21 June 2026 11:23 am

But what it means for European politics is far more serious

The death taxes are dead

20 June 2026 10:42 pm

And yet Labor limps on toward the next election

Gina’s space odyssey

20 June 2026 7:15 pm

Only one Aussie can lure Elon Musk down under

Australia’s political grief

20 June 2026 5:02 pm

Major parties struggle to cope with the rise of One Nation

Beyond Multiculturalism

20 June 2026 1:56 pm

National identity and grassroots unity in Australia

The Unfashionables

19 June 2026 9:54 pm

Young conservatives are still here, and they’re fed-up

Burning money in the name of ‘diversity’

19 June 2026 8:11 pm

How gaming became one of the culture war’s biggest victims

Pauline Hanson came, saw, and conquered Canberra

18 June 2026 8:16 pm

The National Press Club this week attempted to show its liberal democratic credentials by giving the One Nation leader a…

Pauline refuses to pander to the press

18 June 2026 2:55 am

And that is how she ultimately won the people over

Roll over Banjo, they’re culling your brumbies

18 June 2026 1:54 am

I’m sure Banjo Paterson would be rolling in his grave if he learns that the beautiful wild brumbies that featured…

Stop the scare – save the science

18 June 2026 1:03 am

The past two decades have seen an explosion in climate anxiety among children, defined as the chronic fear of environmental…

The X-Files of tax reform

18 June 2026 12:51 am

May the Treasurer have mercy on us all...

GetUp! did One Nation a favour (again)

17 June 2026 7:43 pm

Activist group GetUp! are laughably hopeless at their stated purpose … combatting One Nation. Previously, the group boasted about putting…

Why One Nation is striking a deeper chord

17 June 2026 3:52 pm

One Nation’s critics have a lazy explanation for its rise. They say Pauline Hanson’s party is merely riding a Populist…

A loss of faith

16 June 2026 8:54 pm

Jonno Duniam’s resignation leaves us wondering about the leadership

The era of tokenmaxxing is over

16 June 2026 3:32 pm

CEOs are getting sticker shock. Price competition is coming...