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A great day for Albo’s Mediscam

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Albo during the 2025 election with his ubiquitous but otherwise useless Medicare card

Every time I see Albo wave his Medicare card around, I know he is gaslighting us. Labor has promised to increase the number of bulk-billing general practitioners (GPs) and to ensure that most Australians will be no more than a 20-minute drive away from a bulk-billing clinic.

In the lead-up to the election, the Australian Association of Practice Management said it was all ‘smoke and mirrors’. Here’s how the details are massaged.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

Michael de Percy has also revisited Labor’s Mediscare 3.0 (or is it 4.0?) and labels it, with good reason, Mediscam. In that, he is perfectly right. I have some skin in the health policy game, not least around what patients pay for GP services. Given that, I predict Labor’s $9 billion GP bulk-billing boondoggle will not raise Medicare rebates high enough to tempt GPs to socialise their billings much, if any, more than they are now. It was rubbish when it was announced, it was rubbish when the Coalition stupidly ‘me-tooed’ it, and it is rubbish now.

My election coverage in The Spectator Australia, A great day for Albo’s Mediscam.

One Nation the big winner this election

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation increased its primary vote this election. [Source: X]

The real winner of this election was Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. Unlike the other conservative parties, Pauline stuck to her guns. She didn’t deliberately antagonise the Coalition and for the most part her preferences were directed to them.

Not like the other conservative parties who did little more than fight against the Coalition. They deserve much of the blame for Labor’s win. Working Australians would have been better off if Clive Palmer had played lawn bowls.

What we needed was a conservative leader who would fight for us. Instead, we had conservatives fighting each other. Except Pauline.

My election comment in The Spectator Australia, One Nation the big winner this election.

Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world

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Peter Dutton vs. the world.

Menzies’ party has been the most successful in Australian political history. Even in the last tumultuous decade, the Liberals have been in power for much longer than Labor. It’s a good thing, too. With the polls now pointing to a Labor minority or majority government, the next three years will be tough.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy says that it seems as if the election campaign has been a case of Peter Dutton vs. The World. ‘It’s not just the unions that help Labor. Our entire education system is geared towards supporting progressive politics. While once upon a time universities were the forum for a contest of ideas, now they are a training ground for progressive politics.’ Indeed, the rising youth voting is almost a guarantee of a future uphill battle for any conservative leader. 

My election eve coverage in The Spectator Australia, Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world.

Working Australians get nothing!

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Albo pulled his lame Medicare card stunt at the National Press Club, 30 April 2025.

From the National Press Club: Peter Dutton made a mistake by refusing to address the National Press Club this week. In recent memory, the two other (electoral) losers who decided to campaign in the final week rather than address the Press Club were Bill Shorten and Scott Morrison. I rest my case.

Albo is a smooth performer, and today he didn’t miss a beat. But make no mistake, if you are not on welfare, or you are not a member of a union, then Albo’s campaign slogan could rightly be summed up as:

Working Australians get nothing!

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

As Michael de Percy points out, in this election campaign, working Australians get nothing from Labor. As a late Boomer, I’ll go further: my generation gets nothing from either side, except abuse. You see, we’re seen as on the way out, although we’re still the biggest generation on the electoral roll. It’s Millennials and Gen Zs they want, and both sides are happy to tell those younger voters that Boomers are stealing their homes and wealth, instead of thanking us for creating both for them. Message to Boomers; when this election is over, go forth and spend your kids’ inheritance! They deserve it!

My election coverage in The Spectator Australia, Working Australians get nothing!

If we can’t talk about Welcome to Country, are we truly one and free?

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If we can’t talk about Welcome to Country, are we truly one and free?

Events in Melbourne have shown how strongly differing political views can dominate mainstream discussions. It’s concerning that past political perspectives might shape how we address important national topics today.

The left and right of politics do not go off in a straight-line ad infinitum, they curve towards each other. Extremes on both the left and right can lead to authoritarianism, which is a concern for our democracy. Having these two political extremes play out on Anzac Day serves as a reminder to protect our social cohesion.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say:

Your scribe has never made an Acknowledgement of Country, and never will. Michael de Percy makes the point that if those on the left shut down a national conversation about whether such things are ‘overdone’, can we be truly be ‘one and free’ as in the Morrison-bastardised version of the national anthem? His is an interesting article, written from a perspective you may not expect.

My commentary on the Welcome to Country for ANZAC Day Dawn Service in Melbourne for The Spectator Australia, If we can’t talk about Welcome to Country, are we truly one and free?

Albo’s Mediscare has gone nuclear

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Albo and his asinine Medicare card stunt at the National Press Club, 20 April 2025.

Anthony Albanese is desperate to hold on to power. He revels in being an underestimated political underdog. Behind the scenes, he is a ‘factional ninja’ whose experience has been ‘shaped by decades of internecine feuds’. As a beta male, Albanese’s power is wielded most where it is shielded most – in the opaque world of Labor’s internal politics.

My report from the National Press Club for The Spectator Australia, Albo’s Mediscare has gone nuclear.

Time to honour our Anzacs and ramp up defence spending

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Marching with veterans in Gunning, ANZAC Day 2024

Australia has a habit of being caught with its pants down when it comes to defence spending. In 1938, Australia’s defence spend was a miserable 1.6 per cent of GDP. In the last ten years, it has wavered around 1.9 to 2 per cent. While the measure of defence spending as a percentage of GDP does not necessarily reflect the capability of one’s defence force, it does indicate that Australia has not been pulling its weight.

My election coverage in The Spectator Australia, Time to honour our Anzacs and ramp up defence spending.

Albo wants to tax 'future you'

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One day, you're gonna get caught with some savings

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. Of the $4.2 trillion currently locked away until retirement, union-controlled industry super funds hold about one quarter – over $1 trillion – of our money. Part of this ends up funding Labor. I explained how over a year ago.

But now Labor wants to double the concessional tax rate on super funds with a balance of $3 million or more (from 15 to 30 per cent), and also to tax unrealised capital gains. Basically, Labor wants to tax ‘future you’.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

And if you’re still thinking of taking the handouts and voting for Labor (or the Greens…) Michael de Percy warns that their new plan is to tax your future. Not only do the Greens want to rob your grave and deprive your children of their rightful inheritance, Albanese wants your retirement savings. ‘Labor wants to double the concessional tax rate on super funds with a balance of $3 million or more (from 15 to 30 per cent), and also to tax unrealised capital gains. Basically, Labor wants to tax ‘future you’.’

My lates in The Spectator Australia, Albo wants to tax future you.

Third debate attitude reflects leadership: we ain’t got either

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In Bhutan, there is a sense of the common good and of service to one’s country.
 
Unlike Albo, Dutts is up against the mainstream media (MSM). Listening to left-leaning journos give Albo the win in the third debate, and others avoiding calling it because they are closet lefties, makes it clear to me where the MSM’s loyalties lie.

In such an environment, there is some merit in Dutts not being ‘authentic’ about himself and trying to tone down his strength. But this approach is bleeding conservatives to the right. Anecdotally, the Liberal Party is haemorrhaging badly.

Meanwhile, Albo has done the opposite and has been as floppy as a puppy by delivering an Easter message via his pets.

Writing in Unfiltered, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy wasn’t very impressed with the debate either and has cautioned Peter Dutton about softening his image to appear ‘relatable’. ‘This approach is bleeding conservatives to the right. Anecdotally, the Liberal Party is haemorrhaging badly.’ The polls agree – if the polls are real. Although that said, it is very difficult to explain what voters have seen in Albanese. His debating skills are non-existent. At best, he played his slogans back like a scratched DVD - stuttering and skipping bits of sentences. It sounds okay until you try to transcribe it and then you realise what a true mess his mind is.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Third debate attitude reflects leadership: we ain’t got either.

‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?

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The Greens want to introduce an abhorrent death tax renamed a 'dynastic tax'

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).

But as Adam Bandt has indicated, he looks forward to a ‘golden era of reform’ in minority government where the Greens’ stated policy priority will be to take ‘action on negative gearing and [the] capital gains tax discount’.

Can we be sure Labor will reject the Greens’ plans?

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy is worried that the Greens will bring back death taxes. They’ve renamed the policy, of course, referring to it as ‘the implementation of tax on dynastic wealth’ – but it sounds like grave robbing to me.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, ‘Green Death’ tax from a Labor-Greens minority government?

Bracket creep and soft economists

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Is Australia so ‘unique’ because lefties dominate the education system, academia, and the media?

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.

Instead, Labor has focused on the unjustifiable figure of $600 billion they made-up as a costing for the Coalition’s nuclear energy policy while denying that their ‘cheapest form of energy’ isn’t cheap at all. Their promised $275 energy saving was grossly wrong, and energy prices keep going up and will continue to do so under Labor.

Where are the economists? In my opinion, they must all be Labor supporters who are staying mum.

My lates in The Spectator Australia, Bracket creep and soft economists.

Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!

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There's plenty of evidence to support the Uniparty thesis, but a second Labor term will destroy us.

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. One interest rate cut went straight into ever-increasing power bills. Nobody is better off.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Keen to punish the Coalition this election? It’ll cost you!

Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture

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Housing is a major election issue but neither party is providing the details voters need.  

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. Not just roads but also potable water, sewerage, telecommunications, energy, shops, schools, hospitals, emergency services, and police.

Today’s debate at the Press Club between Labor Minister for Housing and Homelessness Clare O’Neil and her counterpart, Liberal Michael Sukkar, was uninspiring. We were introduced on one hand to a Labor policy based on talking to people in inner cities with no clue about the regions, and a Coalition policy closer to reality but not presented in a way that was convincing.

Writing in the Morning Double Shot newsletter, Terry Barnes had this to say.

Meanwhile, the prosaic election campaign set pieces continue. Yesterday it was a debate between housing spokesmen. Political correspondent Michael de Percy, whose National Press Club house account is taking a battering to give you a ringside seat, was totally unimpressed with both the debate and the way the spokesmen spoke. That sentence pretty well applies to the whole campaign for your scribe.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Housing policy debate mismatched with Australian culture.

Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day

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WA Greens backflip after community backlash about planned ANZAC Day rave fundraiser 

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.

It’s a day for reflection, for gratitude, and for the quiet acknowledged that our freedoms were paid for in blood. Sophie Greer, the Greens’ candidate for Perth, and her party have decided to mark this solemn occasion with a ‘Greens Party Party’ fundraiser at an inner-city bar and tattoo parlour.

While most Australians will be attending dawn services, laying wreaths, or sharing a quiet moment with family, the WA Greens, under Greer’s banner, are planning to hold a rave dance party to raise funds for their election campaign.

Writing in the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy brings us two pieces today. The first relates to the insensitive Greens disco organised for Anzac Day. ‘Sophie Greer, the Greens’ candidate for Perth, and her party have decided to mark this solemn occasion with a ‘Greens Party Party’ fundraiser at an inner-city bar and tattoo parlour.’ Indeed, and before the day was out, they quietly moved it – presumably out of embarrassment.

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Tone-deaf Greens disco on Anzac Day.

Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM

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Kristy McBain's campaign materials are subject to a complaint to the AEC.

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. Albanese is leading us to his ‘blight on the hill’. It’s not a beacon of social justice; it’s a place where the Greens finally leverage Labor to use the rest of other peoples’ money to implement their socialist ideas.

Make no mistake, we are deep in it. If the Coalition do not get over the line on May 3, then we only have ourselves to blame.

Writing in the Unfiltered Newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

The press might have had a point about the Greens, but they are picking at crumbs when it comes to the Liberals. No matter how small the flaw, they are ready to descend. If they continue, Michael warns, ‘Make no mistake, we are deep in it. If the Coalition do not get over the line on May 3, then we only have ourselves to blame.’

My latest in The Spectator Australia, Albo’s ‘Blight on the Hill’ is blinding the MSM.

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