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.
Fairfax: the bid and the bosses’ secret pay

Fairfax: the bid and the bosses’ secret pay

Things moved quickly yesterday. By 6.30 in the evening, Fairfax Media chief executive Greg Hywood had confirmed a ...
Tackling the big tax swindlers

Tackling the big tax swindlers

This month, in a venture with GetUp, we analyse the financial statements of a suite of the world's largest ...
Google, Facebook restructure; eBay gives taxman the bird

Google, Facebook restructure; eBay gives taxman the bird

Under pressure from the Tax Office, Google and Facebook have begun to bring their revenue onshore to be taxed. ...
Behind the intervention in gas: desperation

Behind the intervention in gas: desperation

For the government to intervene in the gas market - in the face of bitter resistance from one of the most powerful ...
Optus and Telstra’s billing scams hit customers in droves

Optus and Telstra’s billing scams hit customers in droves

Optus and Telstra are complicit in a predatory multimillion-dollar billing scam. Thousands, if not hundreds of ...
Game-changer for oil giants and multinational tax avoiders

Game-changer for oil giants and multinational tax avoiders

It was a superb win for the the Australian Tax Office against Chevron in the Federal Court last week but there is ...
Hornswoggler Chevron hit by historic court case

Hornswoggler Chevron hit by historic court case

Chevron's top brass touched down in Australia last September in a fleet of five private jets, here to visit their ...
Coal glut, cheaper renewables, Adani makes no sense at all

Coal glut, cheaper renewables, Adani makes no sense at all

As public angst over the prospective A$1 billion subsidy to coal magnate Guatam Adani hits fever pitch, a small ...
Brexit: how Europe will suffer

Brexit: how Europe will suffer

Bankrupt regions, impoverished hospitals, overcrowded prisons: Brexit will affect everybody in Europe. And yet ...
NSW land titles stinker has links to WA privatisation push

NSW land titles stinker has links to WA privatisation push

It's a stinker alright. An essential government service and profitable monopoly has gone offshore. Privatised. ...
Exxon pays no tax, record dividends, as gas prices soar

Exxon pays no tax, record dividends, as gas prices soar

Oil and gas leviathan Exxon Mobil has managed to pay zero tax in Australia for two years, despite making $18 ...
Tick & flick: PwC embroiled in Vocation collapse

Tick & flick: PwC embroiled in Vocation collapse

Public trust in the independence of the major audit firms to manage their conflicts of interest is once again in ...
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