Flat White

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

Are Australia’s childish premiers jealous of the King’s popularity?

15 October 2024 1:58 am

Support for a republic is at an all-time low. So low, indeed, that Anthony Albanese has quietly abolished the Assistant…

Conservatives are fighting back in the ACT

15 October 2024 12:48 am

Following the ‘unjust excommunication’ of Elizabeth Kikkert from the Liberal Party of Australia, Family First has gained a new face…

No means no: one year on from the Voice to Parliament

14 October 2024 8:29 pm

One year ago, Australia told the Canberra Bubble ‘no’. No, we will not accept racial division. No, we will not…

Obama’s campaign: something old, something new

14 October 2024 3:37 pm

Did you see Barack Obama lamenting to a group of black Americans that Kamala Harris is not enjoying the enthusiastic…

The eSafety Commissioner concedes – for now

14 October 2024 1:35 pm

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has conceded their position regarding orders sent to X to block footage of the attack on Bishop…

The Christian vote swings against Labor

14 October 2024 12:24 pm

When planning for the next federal election, due by September 2025 with some pundits suggesting as early as March, Prime…

Navigating disastrous DEI

14 October 2024 11:40 am

So impressed with the Samoans’ numerous canoes and their great skills in handling them, French Admiral Louis de Bougainville named…

Australian politics is no longer fit for human consumption

13 October 2024 11:57 pm

Dysfunctional, insulting, thuddingly tedious – rarely have our national politics been as bland, stage-managed, or inconsequential as they are today.…

Vic Libs: four years of power in 25 since Kennett lost

13 October 2024 11:04 pm

Recent polls show that the Liberals are more popular in Victoria (or less unpopular) than Labor for the first time…

Did Queensland Labor nick the Greens’ school lunches policy?

13 October 2024 4:03 pm

The Greens are demanding credit for Queensland Labor’s last minute ‘promise’ to spend $1.4 billion providing ‘free’ lunches to primary…

Hate crime investigation opened into shooting at Jewish school in Toronto

13 October 2024 3:07 pm

Poilievre: ‘I will ban the terrorists!’

What happened to conviction politics for Queensland’s pro-life candidates?

13 October 2024 1:11 pm

In 2019, before she was pre-selected to represent the Liberal National Party in the seat of Rockhampton, Donna Kirkland posted…

100 days of chaos

13 October 2024 11:19 am

Just before the election, Rishi Sunak warned that Labour would cause irreversible damage to the UK within their first 100…

Keir Starmer: Labour’s Cordyceps Fungus

12 October 2024 11:24 pm

In the once vibrant landscape of British politics, the Labour Party stood as a defiant force of opposition – loud,…

Solar farms ‘good’ for desert environments?

12 October 2024 8:41 pm

Solar farms are good for desert environments… That is what we are being asked to believe in a new study…

Thousands of insects sacrificed by trans activists

12 October 2024 4:20 pm

This is a bizarre story. Apparently – allegedly – or perhaps we should say, ‘as far as the internet is…

Past and present in Prague

12 October 2024 1:15 pm

The American author William Faulkner said, ‘The past is never dead. It’s not even past.’ A recent visit to Prague…

A call to expel the students involved in the trespassing at The University of Melbourne

12 October 2024 1:12 am

The students involved in the trespassing of Professor Steven Prawer’s office should be expelled from the University and charged with…

Parliament does not represent you

11 October 2024 7:25 pm

...perhaps one day it will

Albanese, Wong and the hollow statements of blancmange support

11 October 2024 3:25 pm

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement for the Jewish people. As opposed to common thought, it is not a…

Worth the hype

11 October 2024 2:00 am

On Monday, Canada’s current and next Prime Ministers, Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre, gave consecutive speeches at a Jewish community…

First, do no harm: the unstoppable machine of gender affirmation

10 October 2024 5:01 pm

From an extremely rare condition to a suspected social contagion – there are fears growing for the wellbeing of thousands…

Albo the Appeaser talks out of both sides of his mouth

10 October 2024 11:54 am

Reflecting on the Conservative Political Action Conference 2024 in Brisbane last weekend, I realised something the left can never comprehend.…

Israel must prevail against Iran and its proxies

10 October 2024 1:10 am

The escalating conflict between Israel, Iran, and Iranian-backed militant groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis is not just another…

Common ground for the common good

10 October 2024 12:53 am

Uniting Labor and the Coalition against the dangerous Greens