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.
Health insurance spirals but you won’t know it from BUPA’s accounts

Health insurance spirals but you won’t know it from BUPA’s accounts

Health insurance is yet another sector subsidised by taxpayers but statutory disclosure remains poor, particularly ...
How Amex paid no tax in nine years on $10 billion

How Amex paid no tax in nine years on $10 billion

American Express has paid no net tax in Australia for nine years, according to its latest financial statements. ...
Monster gas projects may pay no tax and royalties on $33B a year

Monster gas projects may pay no tax and royalties on $33B a year

This week’s budget papers show the government spending A$33 billion on education this year, nearly the same amount ...
Banks, the tax and the $14 billion insider trade

Banks, the tax and the $14 billion insider trade

The biggest insider trade of the year has just been executed before our very eyes thanks to a monumental ...
Shell: tax ripped out as in-house deals double

Shell: tax ripped out as in-house deals double

The latest financial statements from oil and gas giant Shell show just one tax haven connection. The appendix to a ...
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 ...
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