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Michael de Percy

  • Political Scientist and Commentator, Freelance
Canberra
As seen in: ABC News (Australia), Sydney Morning Herald, The Conversation, ANU Reporter, Australian Financial Review, The Canberra Times, The Australian, Jewish Journal (Los Angeles), Crikey, Australian Outlook and
Covers:  Politics, Policy, International Relations, Transport, Telecommunications, Energy, Nuclear, Current Affairs
🇦🇺 Canberra Press Gallery Correspondent @SpectatorOz 🇦🇺 www.politicalscience.com.au/. youtube.com/@madepercy/. Opinions mine only.
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Liberals' wheels fell off with the hate speech laws | The Spectator Australia

Liberals' wheels fell off with the hate speech laws | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — If I were a betting man, my money would be on Angus Taylor taking over the Liberal leadership at the end of this sitting week.
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RBA interest rate hike: our plight under Opposition light | The Spectator Australia

RBA interest rate hike: our plight under Opposition light | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Interest rates are going up while the Treasurer is making jokes about the Nationals being a minor party. The arrogance and disconnect is real.
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Liberals' last hurrah? | The Spectator Australia

Liberals' last hurrah? | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Can Angus Taylor pull off a leadership coup against Sussan Ley without the moderates scuttling the ship out of spite? I don't think so.
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Flag-burning justifies audits of funding for activist groups | The Spectator Australia

Flag-burning justifies audits of funding for activist groups | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — When the Australian flag is burnt at Invasion Day rallies, taxpayers deserve reassurance that they are not funding partisan activism.
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Silvertail Liberals are up against sons and daughters of Anzacs | The Spectator Australia

Silvertail Liberals are up against sons and daughters of Anzacs | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — The Liberal Party thinks that changing their leader is going to fix the party's problems, but who is going to lead them?
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Albo delivers 'dog's breakfast', claims antisemitism wasn't Labor's fault | The Spectator Austral...

Albo delivers 'dog's breakfast', claims antisemitism wasn't Labor's fault | The Spectator Austral...

The Spectator Australia — Pauline Hanson won't be in the debate that will run late tonight because she is banned from the Senate for warning about Islamist extremism.
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Condolences today, (in)action tomorrow | The Spectator Australia

Condolences today, (in)action tomorrow | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Both houses were recalled for a special sitting for the condolence motion and to pass laws designed to prevent such horrific terrorist acts.
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Labor's Islamic terrorism deflection is desperate | The Spectator Australia

Labor's Islamic terrorism deflection is desperate | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Parliament returns today for a rare special sitting recalled early by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to pass gun buybacks legislation.
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Nobel Peace Prize forgets its realist origins and goes full Woke | The Spectator Australia

Nobel Peace Prize forgets its realist origins and goes full Woke | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, has put the proverbial cat among the pigeons.
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Hate speech is not Islamic terrorism, and where's Pauline? | The Spectator Australia

Hate speech is not Islamic terrorism, and where's Pauline? | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Instead of confronting the deadly threat of Islamic terrorism head-on, they are diverting attention to nebulous concepts like 'hate speech'.
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Adelaide writers' festival meets the ghosts of socialists past | The Spectator Australia

Adelaide writers' festival meets the ghosts of socialists past | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — The Adelaide Festival writers haven't done themselves any favours this week.
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Albanese folds, appoints Virginia Bell to lead Royal Commission | The Spectator Australia

Albanese folds, appoints Virginia Bell to lead Royal Commission | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — In a press conference this afternoon, Prime Minister Albanese announced a Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
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Labor's Royal Commissions are typically political theatre | The Spectator Australia

Labor's Royal Commissions are typically political theatre | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Governments wield the instrument of Royal Commissions not just to uncover truths, but to shape narratives that suit their political agendas.
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The wrong stuff! | The Spectator Australia

The wrong stuff! | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — As crises mount and the economy falters, Albo stands revealed. Not just wanting, but utterly out of his depth.
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New York is now the most idiotic city in the world | The Spectator Australia

New York is now the most idiotic city in the world | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — New York, the city that symbolises the American Dream has voluntarily shackled itself to the failed experiments of the past.
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Make Sydney and Melbourne city-states | The Spectator Australia

Make Sydney and Melbourne city-states | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Politicians and polling agencies don't give a toss about regional Australia. Wealth generated in the regions is spent by our indulgent cities.
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Young Australians should travel instead of going to Woke universities | The Spectator Australia

Young Australians should travel instead of going to Woke universities | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Giving qualifications to university dropouts? That is credential inflation dressed up as compassion. A participation trophy...
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Merry Christmas from the heartland of Santa Claus | The Spectator Australia

Merry Christmas from the heartland of Santa Claus | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — This Christmas is more special than any I have experienced before, as if heralding a renaissance of all that is right with the world.
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This won't blow over, Albanese | The Spectator Australia

This won't blow over, Albanese | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Albanese has failed Australia. He needs to resign now. A survivor of the Holocaust was shot and killed by Islamic terrorists at Bondi Beach.
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Old hatreds have infiltrated Australia, and we let them in | The Spectator Australia

Old hatreds have infiltrated Australia, and we let them in | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Why do Europeans have to live with their Christmas markets surrounded by anti-terror concrete bollards? Our life has changed - for the worse.
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If Germans won't fight for Germany, who will? | The Spectator Australia

If Germans won't fight for Germany, who will? | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Young German men are protesting against voluntary - perhaps compulsory - conscription. They don't believe in war, even as defence.
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Comms Minister Anika Wells rejects the premise of liberal democracy | The Spectator Australia

Comms Minister Anika Wells rejects the premise of liberal democracy | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Anika Wells. A communications minister who cannot answer questions or properly explain an outrageous expenses bill.
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ACT government flirts hard with socialism | The Spectator Australia

ACT government flirts hard with socialism | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — The ACT government has passed new laws that remove third-party appeals for public and community housing projects.
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Will Albo's crocodile diplomacy discourage China's flotillas? | The Spectator Australia

Will Albo's crocodile diplomacy discourage China's flotillas? | The Spectator Australia

The Spectator Australia — Crocodile diplomacy is the belief that sweet words and shared hatred of America will buy you safety in a world of hard power.
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