Michael de Percy

Uniparty Hate Crime Bill won’t stop hate crime

10 February 2025 2:49 pm

The voting behaviour of senators on February 6 was bizarre to say the least. Labor’s Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes)…

Will Trump inspire Dutton to undo the Uniparty?

8 February 2025 6:32 pm

There is so much hot air blowing around at the moment. Almost every leftie on social media is having a…

Beer and spirits are too expensive, Mr Dutton!

4 February 2025 4:26 pm

It’s no secret that Labor and the Greens want you to ‘eat ze bugs’. The way our economy is going,…

The WHO is finished: step away, Mr Dutton!

2 February 2025 7:19 pm

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is a horse that’s been flogged to death. Then it’s been turned over and flogged…

Trump unshackles Australia Day

25 January 2025 4:23 pm

Great things happened this week. Donald Trump multitasked his way into office as the liberator of Western culture, and The…

JD Vance is the best succession plan for Australia

19 January 2025 7:36 pm

I read JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy years before he was popular. In fact, I bought his book while I was…

Housing catastrophe?

15 January 2025 8:10 am

Beware the government with a vision for the people

Disinformation and the tyranny of officialdom

11 January 2025 1:20 am

Should the AEC be policing opinion on social media?

Our Anglican tradition, and a bit with a possum

6 January 2025 1:00 am

As I prepared to write this article, I went to pour a glass of wine. When I returned to my…

How to ensure Labor wins the next election

5 January 2025 1:50 am

Splintering the vote will undo Menzies’ legacy

The Pub Test: The real state of the Australian economy

20 December 2024 11:25 am

Nobody has been this broke in generations

A very Arabian Christmas: stolen cars, flying princesses, and the Russian Mafia

19 December 2024 1:14 pm

Part 2 of A very Arabian Christmas continues to do for Speccie Christmas articles what Die Hard did for Christmas…

A very Arabian Christmas

16 December 2024 12:16 pm

What the hell was I thinking?

What’s happening in Korea?

7 December 2024 9:45 am

I love the Republic of Korea. It is a country I can visit over and over without ever tiring of…

Dear Mr Dutton, we want something else (with love from Barcelona)

30 November 2024 9:37 am

From Barcelona: It’s hard to escape Australian politics when I see examples of inaction all over the Iberian Peninsula. The…

Madrid’s bullfighting triumphs over ‘eating ze bugs’

24 November 2024 9:20 am

From Madrid: Madrid is better than Paris. That’s my advertising slogan for this great city. Instead of Midnight in Paris,…

Portugal’s national identity is forged through individual bravery, not identity politics

17 November 2024 8:46 am

From Lisbon: Portugal, a seafaring nation, pioneered the Age of Discovery and the exploration of the New World. Synonymous with…

Trump vs Albo the Unready, but what will Dutton do?

9 November 2024 9:50 pm

Donald Trump’s landslide election win is likely to give the Republicans a majority on every measure of electoral success with…

Trump’s win means we’ve narrowly avoided war

6 November 2024 8:18 pm

There is little doubt that the US is the mightiest military power in human history. At a time when Australia’s…

Albo’s flight upgrade saga reflects self-entitlement culture

1 November 2024 2:58 pm

We are living in an age of self-entitlement. Former AFR columnist Joe Aston’s ‘story about power in the shadows’ has…

Land tax is socialist and should be banned

23 October 2024 12:43 pm

Stamp duty makes it more difficult to purchase a home. Not only does it increase the initial outlay required, but…

It will take more than hot air to fix Labor’s renewables woes

20 October 2024 10:07 am

The wheels are falling off Mr Bowen’s energy policy as the Albanese government heads downhill like an out-of-control billy cart.…

Albo the Appeaser talks out of both sides of his mouth

10 October 2024 11:54 am

Reflecting on the Conservative Political Action Conference 2024 in Brisbane last weekend, I realised something the left can never comprehend.…

Australia must do some of the heavy lifting against terrorism

2 October 2024 12:07 pm

With domestic politics seeming to pander to those in our country who wave Hezbollah flags, our foreign policy is an…

Buyer beware as Bowen ‘models’ energy bills again

23 September 2024 7:13 pm

Anyone following Energy Minister Chris Bowen on X would know that Peter Dutton is living rent-free in the minister’s head.…