Flat White

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

The vilification of Margaret Court

16 February 2023 3:12 pm

The little-known American indie rock musician, Phoebe Bridgers, was performing at the Margaret Court arena in Melbourne recently when she…

The criminalisation of ordinariness

16 February 2023 1:44 pm

As Covid madness (or megalomaniacal plans, according to your worldview) took over our lives, various authorities and authoritarian tendencies in…

Coles clings to vaccine mandates

16 February 2023 5:30 am

Coles is the only major supermarket in Australia that continues to employ discriminatory Covid vaccination mandates for workers. This is…

In the words of a great song: you’re the voice

16 February 2023 5:00 am

I wanted to be an Aboriginal when I was a kid. I remember reading The Rainbow Serpent by Dick Roughsey…

Energy crisis: households pay for safety mechanism

16 February 2023 4:00 am

The energy crisis that became real for many Australians in 2022 is at severe risk of becoming the norm. Last…

Orbán’s Hungary exposes Australia’s faux conservatives

15 February 2023 1:00 pm

As I sit at Scruton’s Café in Budapest, reading the latest issue of the Hungarian Conservative, I wonder: would Peter Dutton rather…

A worm on a hook

15 February 2023 12:13 pm

For the record, I am energy agnostic. But I know this much: we need to drastically increase the supply of…

Perpetrating bureaucratic insolence

15 February 2023 5:00 am

As I have watched, with a mixture of dismay and disgust, the public events coming to a head on Australia…

Stripping Christian schools of purpose: has the government counted the cost?

15 February 2023 4:30 am

Many Christian schools in Australia are in dire trouble, from the very source – the Australian government – whose job…

Censorship: a threat to public health and safety?

15 February 2023 4:00 am

Practitioners are the bulwark between people, weak or corrupt leaders, captured authorities, and powerful vested interests. This bulwark is being…

Latino Australia? A radical leftist populism may be lying in wait

14 February 2023 11:28 am

According to the common narrative, the spectre of rightist authoritarianism has haunted the West since 2016. For as is usually…

No, renewables are not cheaper

14 February 2023 6:00 am

‘Renewables are the cheapest form of new energy.’ – Chris Bowen A return to typical Queensland summer conditions this month…

The jaws effect

14 February 2023 4:30 am

It’s not easy being pro-human in the shark debate. Eco-warriors think we not only hate sharks, but nature in general.…

Victoria’s Indigenous shame

14 February 2023 4:00 am

If you believed the A-Grade spin emanating from the Victorian government’s massive media team, you would be forgiven for thinking…

Fission vs fusion and the limits of utopian energy

13 February 2023 6:30 am

All operational nuclear power plants are based upon the breakthrough technology of nuclear fission. A controlled chain reaction is initiated…

Medical hostages: freedom died on the advice of experts

13 February 2023 6:00 am

Imagine the government has mandated special tyres that you need to continue driving your car. You’re not sure why, as…

Climate ruminations: the markets reject Chalmers

13 February 2023 5:00 am

Combatting the perceived incidence of global warming is driving government policies. In Australia this has been obvious for many years,…

Why did medical authorities reject vitamin D?

13 February 2023 4:30 am

I hope this does not count as boasting, but I wrote, rather exasperatedly, about the lack of promotion of vitamin…

Combatting Woke tyranny: can science be saved?

13 February 2023 4:00 am

The takeover of universities and scientific associations by radical Woke activists seeking to impose an ideological straight jacket on academia…

Biden: the merchant of hypocrisy

12 February 2023 6:00 am

It seems to be a scientific law, like gravity, that whatever trespasses the US Democrats accuse the Republicans of, it…

Superwoke ChatGPT busted for bias

12 February 2023 5:00 am

Hollywood has long speculated about the impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on the future of human civilisation. Increasingly, scientists…

Politics deep in the thrall of climate change

12 February 2023 4:00 am

The issue of Climate Change stormed across our TV screens at the recent federal election. Funded by a renewables investor,…

The prostitutes of Davos

11 February 2023 3:15 pm

Once upon a time, Davos was a village in the Swiss Alps known for not much at all. Suddenly it…

Australia’s right to be intolerant of intolerance

11 February 2023 12:11 pm

Why is Australian democracy so overly, dangerously tolerant as to seem craven and weak, as it watches the ignorant aggro…

I’m offended: John Rich isn’t toning down dissent 

11 February 2023 12:03 pm

Country music’s, John Rich has doubled down on dissent, criticising perpetual outrage in his latest ‘no’ to Woketopianism. Debuted on Twitter as…