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.
Come hide with us: inside the Big Four raid on law firms

Come hide with us: inside the Big Four raid on law firms

It is strange that none of the major law firms are kicking up a fuss about the swelling exodus of senior lawyers ...
Adani trumps sale of Manhattan as worst deal in history

Adani trumps sale of Manhattan as worst deal in history

The sale of Manhattan Island to the Dutch is fabled as the worse deal of all time; worse even than Adani ...
Bad deal, bad partner. Why Adani?

Bad deal, bad partner. Why Adani?

Why, if Adani’s gigantic Carmichael coal project is so on-the-nose for the banks and so environmentally ...
The Minerals Council, coal and the half a billion spent by the resources lobby

The Minerals Council, coal and the half a billion spent by the resources lobby

There is no peak body in the country which conducts its business as belligerently, and its proponents would say as ...
Audit superhero Captain Can’tCount to the rescue

Audit superhero Captain Can’tCount to the rescue

“Which #AuditorProud superhero are you?” asks Australia's peak chartered accounting body today. “Are you an ...
BCA investigation: power of the business lobby in Australia

BCA investigation: power of the business lobby in Australia

This is the first in a series of investigations into Australia's most powerful business lobby groups. To begin, ...
Excusez-nous: French giant Sanofi takes Australia to the cleaners

Excusez-nous: French giant Sanofi takes Australia to the cleaners

French drug giant Sanofi is the textbook case of the tax-avoiding, corporate-welfare-loving multinational colossus ...
Foreigner workers, ABNs and the deregulation of labour market by stealth

Foreigner workers, ABNs and the deregulation of labour market by stealth

"The biggest failure of public administration since the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in ...
Worst kept secret: CBA banker to head ASIC

Worst kept secret: CBA banker to head ASIC

It is the worse kept secret in the business world; that is the impending appointment of former Commonwealth Bank ...
Jevtovic: the cop behind the CBA sting

Jevtovic: the cop behind the CBA sting

Too big to fail, too arrogant to accept the law, the Commonwealth Bank would not have been prosecuted except for ...
Impunity for tycoon Taib in Australia’s money-laundering paradise

Impunity for tycoon Taib in Australia’s money-laundering paradise

Australia's status as a paradise for money launderers will be further entrenched in coming days as a Swiss ...
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