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.

Nine, Fairfax, media muzzling and the threat to journalism
Sack your staff and we will give you thousands of dollars in bonuses, they told the editor-in-chief of The Age. He ...

Nine takeover of Fairfax and golden parachutes
A few quick points about the Nine deal to snaffle Fairfax: the biggest synergies will come from axing one layer of ...

How Australian media put Pravda in the shade
Hook, line and sinker. Mainstream media has swallowed the government's latest PR stunt on tax as if it were the ...

Adani: never underestimate a billionaire
The coal price is through the roof. Karan Adani debuted on Indian television this week saying the Carmichael coal ...

Aged care: the Senate Inquiry and Allity’s 15 per cent loan
Anybody keen for a tidy 15 per cent return on a loan? It's pretty safe because the company you are lending to ...

Response to Senate Aged Care Inquiry Question on Notice re Lendlease
The Senate Economics References Committee held public hearings on July 2018 as part of its inquiry into the ...

The persecution of big business knows no bounds
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. For there is a victim in these parts, a leviathan victim. Persecuted ...

Travel insurance: beware bogus clauses which deny your claim
After years of paying for travel insurance with Travel Insurance Direct, the time finally came to make a claim. My ...

Opening statement to Senate Aged Care Inquiry
There is a conflict of interest in corporations operating aged care facilities in Australia. This is the conflict ...

My Health Record: the doctor’s tale
If you're the sort of person who's never had a parking ticket and has a similarly unremarkable medical history ...

Nine Lies: how the gas cartel clouted Australia with price rises
There is not a gas market. There is a gas cartel. Ergo the nosebleed price rises. Four players dominate production ...
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