Politicians must permit Australians to speak up

19th-century liberal philosopher, John Stuart Mill.

At a recent public meeting in regional Australia, I asked what politicians could do to capitalise on the current mood to ensure the wokerati come to an inglorious end at the next election. One politician replied, ‘We need to give Australian citizens permission to speak up.’ I couldn’t agree more.

The truth is that many of us are being cancelled or censored and our voices are not being heard in the public sphere. It is time for that to change.

Freedom of speech is central to the success of liberal democracy, but many of our institutions appear hell-bent on rejecting liberal democratic practice. Our political representatives must turn the tables back on these institutions. My latest article in The Spectator Australia:

Politicians must permit Australians to speak up
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Many of us are being cancelled or censored and our voices are not being heard in the public sphere. It is time for that to change.

In Canberra this week, the Reckless Renewables Rally heard from speakers including… pic.twitter.com/jxb8FYQ2xI

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) February 10, 2024

Your super may be funding Labor’s broken promises

Your retirement funds may be benefiting Labor

Industry superannuation funds are great if you are a member of one. Low administration fees, focused on returns for members, and in some industries, still part of an anachronistic, closed-shop union deal.

My latest article in the Spectator Australia considers the inequity of industry super indirectly funding Labor. Given the series of broken promises, some industry super fund members are right to be upset.

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

Michael de Percy is right: politically, compulsory superannuation was intended first and foremost to give Labor’s union allies rivers of gold to exploit to the hilt, including returning at least some of that gold to the ALP itself. When it comes to looking at the Prime Minister’s prattling purveying of perfidy in respect of the legislated stage 3 tax cuts, and what they mean to those union allies and their ALP affiliations, the political Ponzi scheme that is industry super funds control of your money must be targeted for destruction by the next Coalition government, whenever that may be.

In the Unfiltered newsletter, Alexandra Marshall had this to say:

Michael de Percy has written a piece this morning pointing out that your super money is funding the Labor Party – whether you like it or not. While I disagree with him on the merits of super, his insights into how it is being abused and manipulated are well worth the read.

Your super may be funding Labor’s broken promises
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If you are part of an industry super fund, you are helping to shore up this government that now breaks promises as a matter of habit.https://t.co/1LngVupZUd

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) January 30, 2024

The End of Woke is Nigh

Every Australian is entitled to fly the Australian Flag and can obtain on for free from their local MP

As we approach this Australia Day, may we consciously reinvigorate a  tradition that was once a source of pride and joy, and that can still be  so if we refuse to play the Green-Left’s boring Woke game of  self-hatred. We are better than that, and there are many reasons for us  to celebrate.

The Green-Left have offered us no compelling alternative to hating  ourselves other than to replicate their Woke tropes as part of some Woke meme that leads to socialism. And socialism leads to nowhere.

We already live in the greatest nation in the world. Let us all rejoice and act like it.

Australia Day 🇦🇺 | The end of Woke is nigh

As we approach this Australia Day, may we consciously reinvigorate a tradition that was once a source of pride and joy, and that can still be so if we refuse to play the Green-Left’s boring Woke game of self-hatred. We are better… pic.twitter.com/1wKrK0KQk3

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) January 25, 2024