What’s the scam with Chevron? Is Mike Wirth, the chief executive the US oil giant, Australia’s biggest whinger? Michael West Media is accepting applications now for the inaugural award of Australia’s Biggest Whinger.
Economist and gas analyst Mark Ogge pointed out this morning: “They’re massive whingers”. They cheat on tax, siphon billions in gas profits free of royalties and PRRT out of Australia, lie about carbon capture; they lost to the Tax Office in the most celebrated corporate prosecution in history, and now “our stupid government”, as Mark Ogge describes it, is paying for their clean-up costs.
Special commendations should also go to The Australian newspaper which splashed with Mike’s moaning on page one, it’s ‘exclusive’ story – “Chevron delivers gas warning to Labor” – revealing that Mike reckons Australia should be more like the US or the Middle East. Mike even revealed that he had told this important information to Deputy PM Richard Marles. It was a “stinging rebuke” said the story.
Applications are now open for Australia’s Biggest Whinger. Please record your preferred candidate on your favourite media platform by including the relevant MWM social media handle.
Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.