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.

Big Four off scot-free in Paradise Papers “data breach”

Still barely a squeak from the Big Four accounting firms about the world's biggest tax leak, the 13.4 million ...
Joe Hockey and the Reserve Bank: no such thing as a free $8.8 billion

Joe Hockey and the Reserve Bank: no such thing as a free $8.8 billion

Remember that $8.8 billion which former treasurer Joe Hockey gifted the Reserve Bank, that $8.8 which the Reserve ...
DORC rort under fire means relief for energy prices

DORC rort under fire means relief for energy prices

Its critics say the Turnbull government's National Energy Guarantee (NEG) is as effective a program for reform as ...
Vodafone: more side-deals than a Saigon cock-fight

Vodafone: more side-deals than a Saigon cock-fight

What a lovely thing it would be if we ordinary Australians could make loans to ourselves overseas to skive out of ...
Dreams of speed gone to the dogs

Dreams of speed gone to the dogs

In August 2008, central coast greyhound trainer Andrew Schofield purchased some semen that he dearly hoped would ...
Treasury hides corporate welfare data, hits social welfare & pensioners

Treasury hides corporate welfare data, hits social welfare & pensioners

There it was right on cue, at the cusp of the New Year weekend, a government press release about the cost of ...
Either man invents time travel or CBA is up to its old tricks

Either man invents time travel or CBA is up to its old tricks

Surely not another Commonwealth Bank scam: surely not on top of Austrac, Libor rigging, Comminsure and Financial ...
Donate, win government work, dodge tax: how Goldman, JP Morgan and RBS do it

Donate, win government work, dodge tax: how Goldman, JP Morgan and RBS do it

Wall Street freebooters Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have paid zero tax in Australia for the third year on the ...

Qantas: $46 billion, zero tax and a neat timing caper

Hands down, Qantas ranks as the biggest tax avoider in Australia if you take the Tax Office transparency data and ...
Adani stranded as wind tenders make another record

Adani stranded as wind tenders make another record

India continues to put Australia's energy policy to shame. The price of new solar energy has dropped 50 per cent ...
Booking.com: what the online travel giant owes Australia

Booking.com: what the online travel giant owes Australia

The billion-dollar duopoly of Expedia and Booking.com has developed at breakneck speed. These two Online Travel ...
Corporate welfare up, social welfare down

Corporate welfare up, social welfare down

Christian Porter might be busy crunching pensioners but the Minister for Social Services is expanding the ...
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