Flat White

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

Iranian women fight, Western feminists hide

26 September 2022 4:00 am

One of the most powerful speeches I ever heard was delivered in a casual meeting of the NSW Rostrum public…

Roasting Winnie-the-Pooh

25 September 2022 1:49 pm

Is Xi Jinping in trouble, or is this all social media drama?

Ardern ‘an extremely poor substitute’ for the Prince

25 September 2022 11:23 am

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stood in for Prince William at a UN conference, describing herself as ‘an…

The old vague; finally breathless

25 September 2022 8:00 am

‘There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth…

No unity under a political president

25 September 2022 5:00 am

For everyone who supports the idea of retaining the monarchy in Australia’s Constitution, there is one very important question that…

Optus hacking reminds us of digital danger

24 September 2022 12:45 pm

Politicians who know nothing about technology continue to bang on about the ‘safety’ and ‘convenience’ of our ‘inclusive’ digital future.…

The suspected murder of Mahsa Amini

24 September 2022 10:15 am

Where is all the Western Black Lives Matter outrage when an Iranian woman dies in the custody of Islamic morality police?

The last thing a pro-liberty conference needs is feminism

24 September 2022 9:45 am

My heart sank when I received an email from Joshua Eakle, Director of Marketing for Students For Liberty, which hosts LibertyCon,…

Ben Falconer to appeal mandatory vaccination decision

24 September 2022 4:00 am

Following the judgment in his judicial review of the WA mandatory vaccination directions, which saw those directions upheld, Ben Falconer’s…

More women in politics?!

23 September 2022 10:00 am

The luvvies have been right all along. We can learn so much from Jacinda Ardern’s model of leadership. As her halo finally…

Australia’s disastrous ‘Zero Covid’ experiment

23 September 2022 7:00 am

What if I told you that lockdowns and zero-Covid mania did far more harm than good to human life? Unlike…

Victorian politics – a desolate landscape

23 September 2022 4:00 am

Just ten weeks from polling day and we are left to ask, could the political outlook for Victorian voters be…

What’s it like to be a male student at secondary school?

22 September 2022 12:30 pm

Freedom of speech is an essential element of a modern, functioning Western society. It allows us to express opinions and…

Parliament for the plebs

22 September 2022 11:00 am

A letter from the governing class, to the people: We, the governing class, would like sit down and have an…

Prince William’s dangerous green deal

22 September 2022 10:07 am

Not even the most famous woman in the world can hold the news cycle for more than a week, and…

We need to talk about excess [censored]

22 September 2022 8:00 am

Excess deaths have become the new taboo

Nuclear: our past or future?

22 September 2022 4:00 am

As Australian electricity costs increase and the reliability of supply declines, the failure to use the country’s natural resources is…

The Ottoman legacy is more toxic than Britain

21 September 2022 12:42 pm

Almost everyone from the transnational Woke elite and their tribalist proxies has had their say regarding the passing of Her…

Double demerits, double poor taste

21 September 2022 10:44 am

Australians are owed a refund for all the ridiculous money-grabbing Covid fines slapped on businesses and individuals who refused to…

The Brownlow Cinderella

21 September 2022 9:00 am

The problem with Western culture is not that we lack compassion, but that we have too much. It is commendable…

The global refugee nightmare

21 September 2022 4:00 am

In a previous Spectator article, Alasdair Palmer presented a solution to the UK’s illegal migration problem. He correctly pointed out that all…

Global AI Summit: a glimpse of dystopia

20 September 2022 4:34 pm

Authoritarian regimes are leading the AI revolution

Forget multiculturalism

20 September 2022 12:30 pm

British culture and Christianity are a cultural treasure worth defending.

The domestic violence gravy train

20 September 2022 10:00 am

Vimala, a retired Indian university lecturer, looked forward to spending time with her son, a Sydney-based doctor, his wife, and…

Our collective immortality

20 September 2022 7:00 am

Over the last week many patients – I suspect, upon hearing my accent – have asked my opinion of the…