Flat White

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

The next tax raid in the super wars

12 September 2022 12:00 pm

The bigger the super pot, the more vulnerable it is to tax raids

‘Bubonic plague’ preferable to union rule

12 September 2022 8:00 am

The Christmas and New Year family feasts were still ambling their way through my digestive system when I noted (from…

Jordan Peterson defends the Commonwealth

12 September 2022 7:00 am

We have heard plenty from our morally-rotten politicians, journalists who have no idea what a constitutional monarchy is, and hateful…

Senator Faruqi, heal thyself

12 September 2022 4:00 am

On the morning of the announcement of the death of the much-loved and widely admired Queen Elizabeth II, Greens Deputy…

Affirmation – or else!

11 September 2022 8:00 am

Jailing teachers over pronouns seems a little extreme

‘Voice’ to radically reshape government

11 September 2022 4:00 am

Under-developed ‘Voice’ proposal a recipe for lawfare and division

A little fun while Trooping the Colour

10 September 2022 12:11 pm

For every ADF recruit, there was a precise moment when they ceased to be a civilian and became a member…

Elizabeth II: the greatest of monarchs

10 September 2022 10:47 am

The Queen is dead. Long live the King. These are the words that must be uttered upon the death of…

Today is a significant anniversary

10 September 2022 9:24 am

Saturday September 10 marks the anniversary of the banning of prescription of Ivermectin for Covid by our Therapeutic Good Administration…

The good and faithful servant Queen

9 September 2022 2:23 pm

‘Her Majesty The Queen’. With two male monarchs lined up to follow King Charles III, these four words are unlikely…

Christmas without the Queen will never be the same

9 September 2022 1:02 pm

For most of my life, I’ve tuned in to the Queen’s Christmas message. Her observations on the year gone would…

16 reasons why you need to buy an electric car

9 September 2022 9:00 am

You have a penchant for Tolstoy, but never got around to reading War and Peace. Now you can devour this…

Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II

9 September 2022 7:44 am

A sea of people are gathering in the twilight in front of Buckingham Palace – they will do so throughout…

Duty, service, and change: vale Queen Elizabeth II

9 September 2022 7:07 am

Prince Philip, it was said, had one duty above all others – to never let the Queen down. Her Majesty,…

Vale Her Majesty The Queen

9 September 2022 4:07 am

The Spectator Australia is deeply saddened and shaken by the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at 96 after…

Show us the evidence, Minister

9 September 2022 3:00 am

The climate alarmism of Parliament is starting to melt

Rome Call: the Pope’s ‘ethical’ AI dystopia

8 September 2022 1:36 pm

It was a good call when Western Civilisation decided to erect a wall between religion and politics, protecting both spheres…

I feel, therefore I am

8 September 2022 11:44 am

The trans debate is not about rights, it is about truth

Catholic schools defy gender ‘affirmation’ laws

8 September 2022 10:00 am

The Catholic church showed real courage this week issuing advice to its schools to avoid sending kids for irreversible ‘gender…

Pakistan’s flood marks the return of ‘Climate Change’

8 September 2022 8:00 am

As the media become increasingly bored by Covid, it is time to return to an old favourite… The temperature is…

My government turned me into an ‘anti-vaxxer’

8 September 2022 4:00 am

A government power grab created the anti-vax movement

Can you hear me yet?

7 September 2022 12:37 pm

From Prime Minister Albanese – and so many of his cohorts – to media muppets loitering at every point of…

Dear Prime Minister, I am confused

7 September 2022 11:00 am

It might just be me, but I am confused about the first 100 days of our new Australian Prime Minister.…

The Territory Gap leaves Indigenous communities at a loss

7 September 2022 9:00 am

The Northern Territory has the worst economic outcomes for Indigenous people in remote or very remote locations of any state…

Biden unwisely wages war on MAGA

7 September 2022 4:00 am

It is popular on the left side of politics to charge people with the terrible crime of destroying democracy. Yet…