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.
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 ...
Talking power prices with Wendy Harmer ABC 702

Talking power prices with Wendy Harmer ABC 702

Both sides of politics are once again engulfed in a fervent energy blame-fest, an ideological battle of coal ...
ABC, SBS duck for cover on taxpayer rip-off

ABC, SBS duck for cover on taxpayer rip-off

ABC managing director Michelle Guthrie and SBS boss Michael Ebeid have refused to answer questions about their ...
Democracy and populism

Democracy and populism

We’re witnessing the rise of populist leaders around the globe. John Keane, Professor of Politics and co-founder ...
Cash lurk: banks skim millions from customers, again

Cash lurk: banks skim millions from customers, again

Australia's banks are a generous lot. They give hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts every year. Spurning ...
AEMO sails under radar amid renewable energy blamefest

AEMO sails under radar amid renewable energy blamefest

Somebody put it nicely on Twitter the other day. When the world moved to cars from the good old horse-and-buggy, ...
Rupert’s results: no end in sight to the destruction of mainstream press

Rupert’s results: no end in sight to the destruction of mainstream press

It is a sad thing for Australian media consumers, indeed for the public interest, that political agendas, ideology ...
Trump, the wannabe king rulilng by ‘Twiat’

Trump, the wannabe king rulilng by ‘Twiat’

Just weeks after his inauguration as US president, it is clear that Donald Trump is making a further bold claim on ...
Gas pipelines: “flea-bitten nothing” or monopoly?

Gas pipelines: “flea-bitten nothing” or monopoly?

APA Group isn't Google, it's not Facebook, Amazon or Microsoft either. It hasn't invented an industry-changing, ...
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