Michael West

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.
Government spending soars amid blow-out in no-tender contracts

Government spending soars amid blow-out in no-tender contracts

AS the federal election looms next year, there is a multi-billion dollar blow-out in government spending on ...
Love a flutter? Here’s a flutter!

Love a flutter? Here’s a flutter!

Imagine a local council area where households lost, on average, $8,865.60 each on the pokies a year. Okay, you can ...
Aged care, Allity and the Jersey connection

Aged care, Allity and the Jersey connection

It is said that private equity players are so ruthless they would sell their own grandmothers. The question is, ...
Holy Dooley, Catholic clubs make a killing from poker machines

Holy Dooley, Catholic clubs make a killing from poker machines

DOOLEYS Lidcombe Catholic Club has raked in more than half a billion dollars from poker machines over the past ten ...
Peter Dutton still has a case to answer over child care payments

Peter Dutton still has a case to answer over child care payments

John Owens,  an operator of childcare centres and formerly a partner in leading Sydney law firm, says is it ...
LendLease time to fess up

LendLease time to fess up

The 2018 Tax Report of LendLease is out. It confirms the construction juggernaut has effectively paid no tax in ...
Latest TPP a parade of corporate favours masquerading as free trade

Latest TPP a parade of corporate favours masquerading as free trade

Bad for workers, bad for taxpayers, bad for the environment, bad for Australia. The latest iteration of the ...
PEXA: privatising an essential public service … what could possibly go wrong?

PEXA: privatising an essential public service … what could possibly go wrong?

They've seen prices go through the roof in NSW. They've see a raft of data-breaches and cyber-crimes. Rod Sims is ...
Sydney Opera House: Australia’s gambling treasure

Sydney Opera House: Australia’s gambling treasure

Deloitte valued the Sydney Opera House at $4.6 billion. That might be "replacement cost" if you had to raze it to ...
Defence responds on weapons-grade tax leak

Defence responds on weapons-grade tax leak

Billions of dollars are escaping Australia's tax net. The Department of Defence has revealed it spends one-fifth ...
Exempt: how Defence dodges the taxman

Exempt: how Defence dodges the taxman

Foreign military contractors have been awarded a staggering $73 billion in contracts, apparently tax-free, because ...
Dee Why RSL: pokies, prodigious profits and personal tragedy

Dee Why RSL: pokies, prodigious profits and personal tragedy

Gary van Duinen took his own life after a thirteen-hour binge on the pokies two months ago. His body was found ...
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