Flat White

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

Notes from Birmingham

11 October 2022 7:00 am

Liz Truss gambles on ‘big growth’

Bad medicine

11 October 2022 4:00 am

Government health directions set to trump GP advice

Australia: a ship without a sail

10 October 2022 3:17 pm

As I look across the Australian landscape, a landscape I love and have appreciated since my youth, this Old Bushy…

The f-word we need more of

10 October 2022 1:00 pm

‘Slow and steady wins the race,’ or so says the tortoise to the hare. It’s certainly up for debate whether…

Albanese’s secret shock for the self-employed

10 October 2022 10:00 am

This is how Labor will make sure that you are paid less for the same work

PayPal punished for spreading misinformation – about itself…

10 October 2022 9:00 am

I owe Fred Pawle an apology – at least, that was how I intended to start this article until I…

Covid, consent, and the code of conduct

10 October 2022 8:00 am

How AHPRA entered the consultation room and is now refusing to leave.

The Australian War Memorial is not a political football

10 October 2022 4:00 am

I couldn’t agree more with the need to provide a place to acknowledge the conflicts between the original inhabitants of…

Covid: it’s not over until the fat lady sings

9 October 2022 10:00 am

The recent World Health Organisation (WHO) announcement that the Covid pandemic is coming to an end may draw down the…

We love you, Nick Minchin

9 October 2022 9:00 am

Things can get a little heated in politics. Come on, Nick… You were at CPAC – a political action conference.…

A bold libertarian vision

9 October 2022 4:00 am

For years I’ve been outspokenly optimistic about Australia, but more recently I’ve changed… I look with concern at exponential government…

Diddly Squat!

8 October 2022 4:04 pm

‘How dare you do anything productive!’ is pretty much the motto of local councils the world over. Their portfolios of…

Will Dr Chalmers blow with the wind?

8 October 2022 11:00 am

Despite being an election promise, the Federal Treasurer, Dr Chalmers, appears to be setting the stage for the removal of…

Public Health: a lesson in diverse failure

8 October 2022 10:00 am

Despite the findings of the Coate Report, a major question remains: why was the state of Victoria unprepared for the Covid…

Collapse imminent for the European establishment?

8 October 2022 8:00 am

In 2017, after Emmanuel Macron bested Marine Le Pen in the French Presidential election, following on the heels of defeats…

Loyalty according to Simon

8 October 2022 4:00 am

Simon Birmingham is at the top of the ‘moderates’ totem pole in the Liberal Party. He wears the Black Hand…

China’s Pacific propaganda machine

7 October 2022 3:08 pm

Aside from a few lingering China apologists, no one will be surprised to learn that China has set up a…

ABC: winning hearts and minds...?

7 October 2022 12:00 pm

Imagine a large multinational commercial enterprise with a readily identifiable identity inserting subliminal messages into its advertising campaigns. To be…

Mobilise the church against Daniel Andrews!

7 October 2022 11:47 am

Churches in Victoria must mobilise their congregations to vote Daniel Andrews out of office. Sure the Liberals are hopeless, but…

How to fix the ‘extinction crisis’

7 October 2022 10:00 am

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has announced the latest plan to ‘save’ our wildlife. Tanya Plibersek launches new Threatened Species Action…

Addiction to emergency power

7 October 2022 9:00 am

Western Australians have been enjoying a semblance of freedom after Mark McGowan ended the Covid state border restrictions several months…

The price of environmental activism

7 October 2022 4:00 am

The myth of cheap renewables is starting to add up

Counting the cost of being a ‘public’ Christian

6 October 2022 1:22 pm

Last week’s resignation of Andrew Thorburn from his newly acquired role as CEO of Essendon Football Club raises deep concerns…

Meloni: the Italian Tory?

6 October 2022 11:00 am

‘Fires will be kindled to testify that two and two make four. Swords will be drawn to prove that leaves…

It’s the politics, stupid

6 October 2022 10:00 am

When US President Joe Biden said ‘we don’t have much time’ at the UN National Assembly on September 21, 2022,…