Michael de Percy

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Michael de Percy
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Born (1970-02-15) 15 February 1970 (age 55)
Penrith, NSW, Australia
OccupationAcademic, Political Scientist, and Journalist
EducationKingswood Public School
Parramatta State School
Cairns State High School
Royal Military College, Duntroon
Deakin University
University of South Australia
University of Canberra
Australian National University
Alma mater Deakin University
GenrePolitical Science, Journalism
SubjectPolitics, Policy and Public Administration
Notable worksRoad Pricing and Provision (2018)
COVID-19 and Foreign Aid: Nationalism and Global Development in a New World Order (2023)
Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice: Essays in honour of Professor John Wanna (2021)
Website
www.politicalscience.com.au

Michael de Percy (born 1970) is the Canberra Press Gallery Correspondent for The Spectator Australia. He is an Australian academic, political scientist, journalist, editor, and political commentator, and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Canberra School of Government at the University of Canberra in Australia. According to Toby James, de Percy co-developed theoretical tools which show how technological and institutional legacies limited the policy options available to deploy new communications technologies in Australia and Canada. [1] He was among the people who supported change in the Australian Broadcasting Legislation amendment in 2017. [2] In 2022 de Percy was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts. He is a graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon [3] and served as an army officer before becoming an academic.

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Academic Career

Research

De Percy's PhD thesis, supervised by John Wanna, developed a model of path-dependent, punctuated equilibrium [4] to facilitate process tracing in a comparison of communications technology policy outcomes in Canada and Australia. He further expanded the research with his article in Policy Studies to also identify policy regimes. [5]

Publications

De Percy has co-edited scholarly works on transportation policy, [6] public administration, [7] and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on foreign aid and international relations. [8] His other works include telecommunications policy in Australia [9] [10] and Canada, [11] transport policy, [12] [13] models of government-business relations, [14] populism, [15] institutional exhaustion, [16] political leadership, [17] and Sir Robert Menzies' legacy in Australia's Atomic Age. [18]

Industry Engagement

De Percy serves with industry bodies in the transport, telecommunications, and energy sectors. He served as the Chairman of the ACT and Southern NSW Chapter of CILTA from 2023 to 2025, [19] and also as the Vice President of the Telecommunications Association (TelSoc) from 2022 to 2024. [20] He is a member of the Australian Nuclear Association. [21] De Percy collaborated with the Australian Civil-Military Centre on a project on Syrian refugee women in Jordan and Lebanon, where he co-authored three commissioned occasional papers. [22]

Teaching

As an academic, de Percy taught political science, management, and professional development subjects to undergraduate students in the University of Canberra's programs in Canberra, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He also taught leadership to postgraduate students in the University of Canberra's MBA program in Canberra, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Bhutan. He has edited and written several books and scholarly articles on the topics he taught. [23]

Journalism and Political Commentary

De Percy is a journalist and conservative political commentator. He is the Canberra Press Gallery Correspondent [24] for The Spectator Australia . He is a member of the Canberra Press Gallery. [25] De Percy publishes The Political Flâneur: A Different Point of View (ISSN 2652-8851), a news website which includes his writing and political commentary. [26]

Fellowships and appointments

De Percy was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy [27] on January 1, 2025. De Percy is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport, and a Member of the Royal Society of New South Wales. [28] In 2022, he was appointed to the Australian Research Council's College of Experts and will serve until the end of 2025. [29]

References

  1. ↑ James, Toby (10 November 2020). "Policy Studies during an age of uncertainty". Policy Studies. 42 (1): 1–5.
  2. ↑ ParlInfo Australian Parliamentary Library (8 August 2017). "Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017 Bills Digest". ParlInfo Australian Parliamentary Library. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
  3. ↑ "Michael de Percy". ABC News.
  4. ↑ "De Percy, Michael Alexander". Open Research Repository, ANU.
  5. ↑ de Percy, Michael; Batainah, Heba (2 January 2021). "Identifying historical policy regimes in the Canadian and Australian communications industries using a model of path dependent, punctuated equilibrium" . Policy Studies. 42 (1): 42–59. doi:10.1080/01442872.2019.1581161 – via CrossRef.
  6. ↑ de Percy, Michael; Wanna, John (2018). De Percy, Michael; Wanna, John (eds.). Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/RPP.07.2018 . ISBN   978-1-76046-230-7.
  7. ↑ Podger, Andrew; de Percy, Michael; Vincent, Sam (13 November 2021). Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice. Canberra: Australian National University Press. ISBN   9781760464363 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Jakupec, Viktor; Kelly, Max; de Percy, Michael (2022). "COVID-19 and Foreign Aid: Nationalism and Global Development in a New World Order". London: Routledge.
  9. ↑ de Percy, Michael; Reddy, Nitya; Campbell, Leith (28 December 2022). "Towards an Australian digital communications strategy: Lessons from cross-country case studies". Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy. 10 (4). doi: 10.18080/JTDE.v10n4.650 .
  10. ↑ Madsen, Andrew; de Percy, Michael (13 June 2020). "Telecommunications infrastructure in Australia" . Australian Journal of Social Issues. 55 (2): 218–238. doi:10.1002/ajs4.121 – via CrossRef.
  11. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2008). "Broadbanding the nation: Lessons from Canada or shortcomings in Australian federalism?". Australia Under Construction: Nation building past, present and future. Canberra: ANU ePress.
  12. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2018). "Shaping the road pricing and provision debate". Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press.
  13. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2018). "Road pricing and road provision in Australia: Where are we and how did we get here?" (PDF). Road Pricing and Provision: Changed Traffic Conditions Ahead. Canberra: ANU Press.
  14. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2021). "Models of government–business relations: Industry policy preferences versus pragmatism". Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice. Canberra: ANU Press.
  15. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2020). "Populism and a new world order" . Rethinking Multilateralism in Foreign Aid. London: Routledge. pp. 31–45. doi:10.4324/9780367853808-3. ISBN   9780367853808.
  16. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2022). "Institutional exhaustion and foreign aid in the time of COVID-19" . COVID-19 and Foreign Aid. London: Routledge. pp. 154–171. doi:10.4324/9781003273844-9. ISBN   9781003273844.
  17. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2023). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Public Policy. Sydney: Pressbooks. pp. Chapter 25. doi: 10.30722/sup.9781743329542 . ISBN   9781743328859.
  18. ↑ de Percy, Michael (2024). "Australia in the Atomic Age: Menzies's legacy and nuclear's potential". The Menzies Ascendency: Fortune, Stability, Progress 1954–1961. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. pp. 154–171. ISBN   9780522881066.
  19. ↑ "Canberra developers could soon have the option to argue for fewer parking spots, but would it work?". ABC News. 11 April 2023.
  20. ↑ "TelSoc Board". Telecommunications Association (TelSoc).
  21. ↑ "About the Authors". Sydney University Press.
  22. ↑ "Publications by this Author". Australian Civil-Military Centre.
  23. ↑ de Percy, Michael; Jackson, Stewart (2021). "Political Leadership". Australian Politics and Policy. Sydney: Sydney University Press.
  24. ↑ "Byline". Spectator Australia. The Spectator (1828) Ltd. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  25. ↑ de Percy, Michael. "Michael de Percy". Spectator Australia. The Spectator (1828) Ltd. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
  26. ↑ "The Political Flâneur". 13 November 2023.
  27. ↑ Campbell, Leith (30 September 2024). "Editorial: Operational AI". Journal of Telecommunications and the DIgital Economy. 12 (3): iv–vi.
  28. ↑ "Michael de Percy, 'Developing our own capability' Australia's Nuclear Journey". Robert Menzies Institute.
  29. ↑ "ARC College of Experts". Australian Research Council.
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