A great day for Albo’s Mediscam

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.

MICHAEL DE PERCY | "Every time I see Albo wave his Medicare card around, I know he is gaslighting us."
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Make no mistake, Mediscam is a way for Labor to come after more of your money. There is nothing morally superior about Medicare.https://t.co/XqLnyYMUNH

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 5, 2025

One Nation the big winner this election

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.

The real winner of this election was @PaulineHansonOz' and 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.https://t.co/oRYo5KHAZ4

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 3, 2025

Election 2025: Peter Dutton vs. the world

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.

MICHAEL DE PERCY | "It’s not just the unions that help Labor. Our entire education system is geared towards supporting progressive politics."
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It really has been a case of Mr Dutton vs. the World.

In such an environment, Mr Dutton has actually saved… pic.twitter.com/50I4Fsv7Qm

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) May 2, 2025