Michael de Percy

Canberra

Political Scientist and Commentator at Freelance

🇦🇺 FRSA FCILT MRSN. Political Scientist and Political Commentator. 🇦🇺 Le Flâneur Politique: https://t.co/ZzTg2pJNKQ. Opinions mine only.

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Articles

Albo wants to tax ‘future you’

20 hours ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

If you want to get ahead in Australia, it will never happen under a Labor-Greens government. Albo and Adam are running out of your money, so now they are coming after ‘future you’. We’ve been forced to have a large chunk of our money locked away in super funds since 1992.
Third debate attitude reflects leadership: we ain’t got either

1 day ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

Greetings from Bhutan: The first time I was teaching leadership in Bhutan, for our end-of-course celebration (held two nights before I did the long climb up to the Tiger’s Nest so I wouldn’t be under the weather), we went to the obligatory pub party, then to the obligatory karaoke session, and then a handful of veterans and others of their ilk took me to the local pub where there was an open mic session.
‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?

3 days ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

The Greens don’t want you to succeed. They want to take your money so they can turn Australia into a socialist nightmare. Labor’s plans aren’t far behind them. It’s a case of the Mensheviks (who wanted to use legal trade union means to socialism) versus the Bolsheviks (who wanted to overthrow the state).
Bracket creep and soft economists

4 days ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

The Albanese government reduced the Stage 3 tax cuts that were designed to address some the burden of bracket creep. The trouble is bracket creep is built into our progressive tax system. Unless something is routinely legislated to fix it, bracket creep happens systemically. Labor sent that plan backwards.
Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!

5 days ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

The Coalition may not be in its best shape, but when they were in power, most Australians were better off. We keep hearing about how Albo inherited all this debt and deficit, but it’s nonsense. By the time Albo moved into the Lodge, prices were already going up. As he lifted wages for unionised sectors, the false economy showed low unemployment (mostly government jobs) but inflation kept going up.
Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

From the National Press Club: Housing policy is very tricky to balance effectively. There is no set formula because times and circumstances change. What worked in the Menzies era, when home ownership in Australia was at its highest levels, may not work now. But some things remain the same. We need infrastructure.
Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

Australia is in a strange space where the traditions that enabled our high standard of living are being taken for granted by those who revel in the freedoms our Diggers continue to defend. There are few days as hallowed as Anzac Day. It is not merely a public holiday, it is a moment when Australians pause to honour those who put their lives on the line, whether it was on the shores of Gallipoli, the jungles of Kokoda, or the deserts of Afghanistan.
Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says she wants to ‘make Australia great again’. The reaction? ‘They finally said the quiet bit out loud.’Peter Dutton’s son has to save to buy a house and he’s struggling to do so? Dutton is a millionaire, so he ‘is either lying or cruel’. The mainstream media (MSM) is so bored they are looking for anything to pick up on except the reality of our economic situation.
Dutton’s tax-deductible interest for first homebuyers is a breakthrough

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

Like many conservatives, I have been waiting for something original from the Coalition that will differentiate them from the socialists. Labor has proven time and again that socialist approaches to housing affordability do not work. Today, I am pleased to report that Peter Dutton has announced an Australian first: First homebuyers will be eligible for tax deductions on their mortgage interest for new builds for the first five years of their mortgage.
Albo isn’t winning, but the Coalition is losing

1 week ago | spectator.com.au | Michael de Percy

Australians have every reason to be nervous about another three years of a Labor government. The last three years have seen our standard of living plummet, our prosperity nose-dive, and our savings all but gone.