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.
Retirement villages: how grandma and grandpa become corporate financiers

Retirement villages: how grandma and grandpa become corporate financiers

It would be interesting to know just how many retirees know, when they finally alight upon a leafy retirement ...
Royal Commission: it’s the farmers’ turn but they only get ten days

Royal Commission: it’s the farmers’ turn but they only get ten days

One mystery of the Royal Commission into the banks is why it does not extend to system risk; the overwhelming ...
Foreign company rights to sue Australia are still in the trade pact mix

Foreign company rights to sue Australia are still in the trade pact mix

Multinationals suing governments when they don't fancy a change in Australia's laws which might hit their profits? ...
WestConnex sale looms as bidding duel narrows to Transurban, industry funds

WestConnex sale looms as bidding duel narrows to Transurban, industry funds

It is little wonder that trust in government is bruised by the day. The secrecy and dissembling over Australia's ...
APA: why do foreign energy giants covet Australian assets? We’re a soft touch

APA: why do foreign energy giants covet Australian assets? We’re a soft touch

Unless it wants gas prices to shoot up, and Australia's monopoly pipeline operator to be controlled by a Hong Kong ...
Lend Lease: double dipping and Dutch tripping

Lend Lease: double dipping and Dutch tripping

What Lendlease has been doing is buying villages, claiming a bonanza of deductions by changing the contracts from ...
Crushing dissent

Crushing dissent

what they had not anticipated was that Robertson would go public and that his "allegations" - rather than being ...
Synergy’s secret solar deal with MacBank

Synergy’s secret solar deal with MacBank

Are electricity providers now getting kick-backs from Macquarie for providing leases on solar rooftop ...
ETF Fightback: passive manager attacks the active myths

ETF Fightback: passive manager attacks the active myths

It’s no coincidence that the groups most threatened by the groundswell of money into ETFs and index investing are ...
Senate: less debt-loading, much more disclosure and tighten that PRRT!

Senate: less debt-loading, much more disclosure and tighten that PRRT!

Four years ago, Christine Milne, then Greens leader, rang out of the blue to chat about multinational tax ...
The Price of Silence: by Commonwealth Bank whistleblower Dr Benjamin Koh

The Price of Silence: by Commonwealth Bank whistleblower Dr Benjamin Koh

The Commonwealth Bank's psychopathic pursuit of profits came into came into full view when its former chief ...
Kerr Neilson: the case for corporate tax cuts is weak

Kerr Neilson: the case for corporate tax cuts is weak

Kerr Neilson, the man described as Australia's most astute company investor, also the man whose family has ...
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