Flat White

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

Paradigm shift, please

3 June 2025 6:12 pm

Australian politics is no longer working

When the mob wins, we lose

3 June 2025 4:53 pm

Vandalism of history is not reconciliation

Mad about the climate

3 June 2025 4:06 pm

When my wife and I visited Japan in springtime a few years ago, we first stayed in Ueno, near Tokyo.…

Climate indoctrination is not an education

3 June 2025 9:51 am

While the LNP election campaign was ineffective and amateurish one positive was the slogan ‘education, not indoctrination’. As countless parents…

Two remarkable Australian victories

2 June 2025 5:28 pm

The Coalition, led by Sussan Ley, is renewing itself under a new vision of small government and lower taxes, family,…

Young Australians unwilling to pay more than $50 for Net Zero

2 June 2025 12:02 pm

The Queensland government’s bold leadership in defunding the Environmental Defenders Office might seem out of step with the values of…

One more seat and One Nation joins the majors

2 June 2025 11:55 am

The Coalition appears to have abandoned their followers who sweated blood for them over the past 30 years. Further, the…

Ted O’Brien prepared to bargain with Chalmers on super

1 June 2025 11:47 pm

I was on my way to bed when The Australian dropped something so disturbing it’ll likely give me nightmares. Deputy Liberal…

Alex Antic, the Dark Nats, and Net Zero

1 June 2025 11:02 pm

Liberal Senator Alex Antic put up a defiant Twitter post on the weekend. It consisted of the words ‘Net Zero’…

Abbott, Howard, and Menzies mean nothing to the young

1 June 2025 5:42 pm

This is going to sound harsh, but the Liberals require tough love or the movement and their party will die.…

Russia the Barbarian: King of the Flies

1 June 2025 3:57 pm

Soviet historians often portrayed the days of 1945 as the glorious liberation of Europe from the Nazi threat. That could…

The farmer, the science, and the agenda

1 June 2025 1:48 pm

Farmers across Australia are revolting against the wanton destruction of their land to satisfy the renewed and re-elected climate alarmism…

Backward Bowen’s nuclearphobia is dangerous

31 May 2025 6:32 pm

Climate Cult and Blackout Minister Chris Bowen is turning Australia into an energy backwater with his nuclearphobia. It’s a very…

The executive mum

30 May 2025 11:56 pm

It is a Friday afternoon in the office. About 3.45pm and productivity is swiftly on the downward trend for the…

Australian democracy – a quick health check

30 May 2025 11:42 pm

Forgetting the election result (if only that episode of political self-harm could be forgotten), how is Australia’s democratic health looking…

Introducing One Nation’s first WA Senator, Tyron Whitten

30 May 2025 3:50 pm

One Nation is officially the most successful conservative minor party following the recent election. Today I spoke with Tyron Whitten,…

One Nation claims two Senate seats with Malcolm Roberts re-elected

29 May 2025 8:00 pm

This evening, the AEC has completed the counts as far as seat allocations go for Western Australia and Queensland. It…

A Shadow Cabinet so wet it might drown

29 May 2025 9:54 am

Punishing talented ministers in favour of factional power

Woke society replicates 1970s mice experiment

29 May 2025 2:19 am

In the 1960s and 70s, the American ethologist and behavioural researcher John B. Calhoun conducted an experiment with mice to…

In conversation with Gemini: a $6 trillion renewable transition

28 May 2025 5:51 pm

David: Hello, Gemini. Gemini: Hello David. How can I help you? David: What is the cost of a 1 GW nuclear…

The Liberal and National Party – Paterson v Lawson

28 May 2025 4:03 pm

While the political landscape of Australia has seen numerous battles over the years, between the city and the bush, played…

The Greek tragedy of Joe Biden and the Democrats

28 May 2025 12:57 pm

Look at how discombobulated the US Democrats now are, along with the left in general. They hero-worship terrorists, attack law…

Too much listening, not enough leading

28 May 2025 10:37 am

We’ve been hearing a lot of talk about listening. The new Liberals, under the leadership of Sussan Ley, want to…

When we fight the climate wars, we win

28 May 2025 1:30 am

The marriage breakup between the Liberals and Nationals is predictably temporary if for no other reason than a shared awareness…

Is the Coalition positioned for a Net Zero collapse?

27 May 2025 3:50 pm

‘Plato is my friend – Aristotle is my friend – but my greatest friend is truth.’ – Isaac Newton The…