With Alexandra Marshall on Spectator TV's The Week in 60 Minutes 24 April 2024  Is the Australian PM using #AnzacDay as a cynical personal PR mission? "This is a Prime Minister who is preaching 'freedom' and 'democracy' in PNG while his e-Safety Commissioner has turned Australia into ground zero for the fall of Western democracy." Watch @SpectatorOz on… pic.twitter.com/fbkRtpBn3v — Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) April 25, 2024 ..read more

Gunning Dawn Service, 25th Aoril 2024: (L-R) Michael de Percy, Dennis Crowe, Doug Robertson This year I was asked to deliver the address for the ANZAC Day Memorial Service in my home town of Gunning, NSW. It caused me to reflect on the military from the time of my grandfathers to my own time and beyond. I was inspired to amend Johnson after I watched our catafalque party rehearse, commanded by a female cavalry corporal. There were no women in the Arms Corps in my day. And the concept of transgender didn't even exist, but transgender soldiers serve in our military. If we measure ..read more

  Release of Israeli hostages during Iron Swords war [IDF: Public Domain] The Foreign Minister keeps harping on about community expectations. The Australian community expects our government to stand against terrorists, not to affirm and recognise their aims. Ms Wong seems to have misplaced her priorities between domestic politics and foreign policy aims with our allies. This is a dangerous position for a Foreign Minister to be in. Just as in 1955, it is again time the Labor Party looked inwards. I recommend they look to their national security heroes instead of the modern commun ..read more

Australian soldier acting as a wharf labourer during one of the frequent wharfies strikes, 9 April 1943. [CC0] I never expected to see a Labor Prime Minister take credit for a union buster’s grand vision for a logistics hub at Moorebank, west of Sydney. But that is exactly what happened last week. Mr Albanese’s press release was headlined, Opening of the Moorebank Interstate Terminal fulfils long term vision. Of course, he does not mention whose vision was being fulfilled. My latest in The Spectator Australia, Albo unashamedly takes credit for union buster’s grand vision. A ..read more

Are electric vehicles ? actually 'green'? I have my doubts... "Destroying the environment to save the environment is 'kind of okay' [in the world of #NetZero]. Killing koalas is okay if it's for wind turbines but not for a coal mine."@SpectatorOz columnist Michael de Percy… pic.twitter.com/swbS4OTONa — Alexandra Marshall (@ellymelly) April 5, 2024 ..read more

Electric buses provide a low-emissions, flexible, and affordable way to improve transport outcomes Tonight I was invited by the Woden Valley Community Council to discuss the cost of light rail in Canberra and falling per capita public transport boardings and electric buses to improve transport outcomes while reducing CO2 emissions ..read more

Alexandra Marshall Live, 2024 Season, Episode 7, discussing political ideologies  I am working on a presentation on the Manifestation of Modern Communism. Alexandra asked me to talk about political ideologies, so this worked in well with my future presentation. The link to the video is below: I'm on Alexandra Marshall Live tonight discussing political ideologies and the manifestation of modern communism:https://t.co/C4b46C6hWL — Le Flâneur Politique (@FlaneurPolitiq) March 25, 2024 ..read more

  Home loan interest is tax deductible in Sweden and The Netherlands, so why not in Australia? Imagine if you could claim the interest you pay on your mortgage as a tax deduction. While you can’t in Australia, you can in Sweden. Why not here? My latest in The Spectator Australia, How about tax deductions for your home loan interest? How about tax deductions for your home loan interest? -------- "Imagine if you could claim the interest you pay on your mortgage as a tax deduction. While you can’t in Australia, you can in Sweden. Why not here?" asks Michael de Percy.https://t.co ..read more

Antifragile: Broken bones can sometimes heal stronger than before the break The Treasurer is like a boss who enthusiastically makes everyone’s life a misery with every new fad. We have superannuation funds where trillions of dollars of our retirement funds are tied up and likely to be used for renewable energy projects or social housing if Labor gets another crack at governing. We have a housing market that is being swamped by government trying  to build social housing and failing to do so while messing up the market. We have poles and wires ripping up prime agricultural land ..read more

Canberra's light rail service currently runs from Gungahlin to Civic Below is my presentation to Rotary Canberra at the Commonwealth Club, 21st March 2024 ..read more