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.
PwC gives bludgers a lesson in corporate welfare

PwC gives bludgers a lesson in corporate welfare

Story by Michael West and Geordie Wilson The numbers are staggering. The Big Four accounting firms have ...
The case for a banks Royal Commission

The case for a banks Royal Commission

The looming bank inquiry and the case for a Royal Commission. Malcolm Turnbull kicks of Australia's parliamentary ...
Email from ANZ boss on record payout to Indian billionaires

Email from ANZ boss on record payout to Indian billionaires

ANZ boss Shayne Elliott opted not to say, "We stuffed up, let's move on". This is his email to the bank's staff in ...
ASIC sale is gold for buyers

ASIC sale is gold for buyers

Until this reporter was fired by Fairfax Media earlier this year, presumably for the crime of journalism, ...
Multinational expenses: it’s all show

Multinational expenses: it’s all show

Since IBM axed 1,500 jobs in Australia three years ago, "offshoring" them for the sake of cheap Asian labour, ...
How MacBank rooked the US Government

How MacBank rooked the US Government

It is hard not to admire the fiendish genius of Macquarie Bank. Schools, roads and bridges in the USA are often ...
Tilting at windmills: the boom in dummy directors

Tilting at windmills: the boom in dummy directors

BHP Billiton - after its incredible feat of being challenged by Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca for compliance ...
Apple and the Peoples’ Tax Revolution

Apple and the Peoples’ Tax Revolution

Opinion piece by George Rozvany In 1964, when Bob Dylan wrote his immortal protest song, ”The times they are ...
Revealed: CBA’s secret deal with Storm victims’ lawyer

Revealed: CBA’s secret deal with Storm victims’ lawyer

The Commonwealth Bank secretly struck a deal with class action lawyers for Storm Financial Group which left ...
Bunnings: perils of the fine print

Bunnings: perils of the fine print

The moral of this story is nobody reads the fine print, nobody. Even the person who wrote the fine print probably ...
Bunnings: lowest acts are just the beginning

Bunnings: lowest acts are just the beginning

“At Bunnings, lower prices are just the beginning, we’ll also take your house!”
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