Michael de Percy

Albo disconnects from Trump’s defining moment

22 June 2025 8:33 pm

Prime Minister Albanese was busy enjoying his right to disconnect tonight as he sidestepped one of the defining moments of…

President Trump strikes, saves the world

22 June 2025 11:26 am

Today’s US military strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, authorised by President Donald Trump, is a global reckoning. This decisive action…

Land tax is communism

21 June 2025 11:01 am

Labor’s greedy and cruel forever tax on the family home

Jim Chalmers: the unsustainable Treasurer

18 June 2025 10:27 pm

Could he be the next Prime Minister?

Trump’s military parade exposes weak Albo and Wong

16 June 2025 7:53 pm

On June 14, Washington DC roared to life with the thunder of tanks, the wokka of choppers, and the march…

Warwick Stacey: One Nation’s Senate ‘stunner’

16 June 2025 11:17 am

One Nation’s newly elected senator, Warwick Stacey, brings to the table skills and experience that most Australian politicians have only…

Surfing the waves of nostalgia with Brian Wilson

14 June 2025 6:47 pm

The 1970s were a strange time to be a kid. The world was caught between post-hippie naivety and the gritty…

Tassie heads to the polls as the Liberals leave the building

11 June 2025 8:47 pm

Fight for your principles. Fight for your base. Fight to win...

Albo plays masterclass while Opposition forfeits

10 June 2025 8:23 pm

From the National Press Club: As I navigated the pothole-ridden roads into Canberra, rattling over newly installed rumble strips local…

Greta Thunberg’s irresponsible ‘Selfie Yacht’

9 June 2025 4:00 pm

Greta Thunberg, the Swedish climate activist turned self-appointed geopolitical saviour, has once again commandeered the global stage with her latest…

Tasmania quietly points to our socialist future

9 June 2025 1:58 am

The election of Michelle O’Byrne as Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly on May 14, 2024 marked a significant…

Jacinda Ardern’s triumph of style over substance

5 June 2025 11:57 am

Jacinda Ardern’s tenure as New Zealand’s Prime Minister (2017–23) was lauded globally as a masterclass in empathetic leadership, her image…

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…

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,…

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…

Labor’s energy crisis ends up on your bill

26 May 2025 4:27 pm

From Shanghai (perhaps for the last time): I’ve just finished my last teaching gig as a full-time academic. It is…

Socialism dressed up in the politics of empathy

24 May 2025 5:59 pm

I remember as a teenager in Cairns going to school every day with long hair wearing my blue jeans, black…

Victoria’s basket-case a harbinger for Albo’s Australia

21 May 2025 9:31 am

From Shanghai: The Victorian Budget, delivered on May 20, foreshadows the Albanese government’s policy direction. Victoria’s basket-case economy mirrors federal…

I hate to say it, but the Nats need to split

20 May 2025 11:56 am

From Shanghai: Sir Robert Menzies is my political hero. I’ve written about him for the Robert Menzies Institute and to…

It’s time to kick up a stink

17 May 2025 12:20 pm

Conservatives should become activists for their cause

The Great Liberal Split of 2025

13 May 2025 12:10 pm

The wets have won. Now their empire stretches over the remains of Menzies’ Child. Echoing the Great Labor Split of…

Reform Oz? One Nation or bust

13 May 2025 8:55 am

The success of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is dominating conservative thinking in Australia. Some see Gerard Rennick as the…

Littleproud paves the way for Ley-Wilson Wokefest

12 May 2025 4:28 pm

The National Party had a chance to give conservatives a sense of dignity by electing Matt Canavan as their new…

The Great Reset

9 May 2025 7:21 pm

Liberals’ and Nationals’ leadership implodes after Jacinta Price’s defection

Factions killed Liberal broad church

9 May 2025 3:39 pm

Formalised factions are commonly associated with socialist political parties. Marx viewed religion as the opiate of the masses. No wonder…