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.
The Lucky Country: how inheritance and the property boom sharpened inequality – report

The Lucky Country: how inheritance and the property boom sharpened inequality – report

Inequality is on the rise, perpetuated by government policies such as negative gearing, where ordinary taxpayers ...
Hotel Macquarie: you can check out any time you like but you can never leave

Hotel Macquarie: you can check out any time you like but you can never leave

It is not hard to harbour a sneaking admiration for Macquarie Bank and its relentless ingenuity in finding new ...
Talking multinational tax avoidance with Brent Bultitude, 2SM Super Network

Talking multinational tax avoidance with Brent Bultitude, 2SM Super Network

One-third of Australia's biggest companies paid no income tax over the past two years. Here's the who how and ...
Small biz suppliers get relief from Coles

Small biz suppliers get relief from Coles

Chatting with Ben Fordham about big biz squeezing small biz on payment terms. Coles has gone on the front foot ...
Banks in denial about cash scam

Banks in denial about cash scam

The inquiry into the banks, the Clayton's Royal Commission if you like, kicked off today with NAB boss Andrew ...
Taxing multinationals: no new laws needed, just execute the ones we have

Taxing multinationals: no new laws needed, just execute the ones we have

Some excellent response to the piece on Goldman Sachs and Australia's biggest brewer SABMiller skiving out of tax ...
How Goldman Sachs and Australia’s biggest brewer SAB pay no tax

How Goldman Sachs and Australia’s biggest brewer SAB pay no tax

Nowhere is the impotence of politicians and regulators more costly than in their failure to stand up to ...
Corporate tax reform stalls while government axes welfare

Corporate tax reform stalls while government axes welfare

As the government takes the long-handle to penalty rates, family benefits and climate-change funding - while ...
Ben Fordham – Youth Locked Out Of Property Market

Ben Fordham – Youth Locked Out Of Property Market

Talking with Ben about the deluge of Chinese black money, property prices and government dragging the chain on AML ...
Splendid! Let’s lock an entire generation of Australians out of the property market

Splendid! Let’s lock an entire generation of Australians out of the property market

As the government dithers over money laundering policy, policy which would keep a lid on Chinese buyers whipping ...
Domain on sale as Fairfax topples like the Twelve Apostles

Domain on sale as Fairfax topples like the Twelve Apostles

It is a vile and scurrilous accusation that during Greg Hywood's time as chairman of Tourism Victoria the Twelve ...
Australia’s March To Corporatocracy

Australia’s March To Corporatocracy

Confounding the familiar government narrative of reckless spending binges by Labor, the Coalition actually has the ...
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