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.
ASIC Plot: Corporate Database Close to Sale

ASIC Plot: Corporate Database Close to Sale

Flogging the nation’s company database to a monopoly private operator must be one of the zanier ideas to have been ...
George Pell silences PwC, EY, KPMG & Deloitte

George Pell silences PwC, EY, KPMG & Deloitte

Global accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) had won its most illustrious mandate yet, the first ever ...
Blind Injustice

Blind Injustice

National Australia Bank has been charging an elderly blind farmer from rural Victoria 28 per cent interest rates ...
Supermarkets’ “pay-on-scan” scam ups ante on suppliers

Supermarkets’ “pay-on-scan” scam ups ante on suppliers

The supermarket giants are stringing out their suppliers by signing them up to “pay-on-scan” terms where the ...
Why gas prices are through the roof

Why gas prices are through the roof

Interview with analyst Bruce Robertson about rampaging gas prices and Australia's gas cartel who have been driving ...
Pay time: the big squeeze on small business

Pay time: the big squeeze on small business

US cereal giant Kellogg’s and New Zealand milk multinational Fonterra have put the squeeze on local suppliers by ...
Foreign Bribery: Australia’s loss is America’s gain

Foreign Bribery: Australia’s loss is America’s gain

A light chuckle rippled through the audience at a breakfast event last Thursday morning in offices of McGrathNicol ...
Quest for Public Information

Quest for Public Information

https://youtu.be/ePoGhWp3fUM It's up there with the Holy Grail, the Golden Fleece, even Kevin Rudd's crusade for ...
Mine voids: big party, now for the hangover

Mine voids: big party, now for the hangover

Mining companies and regulators have gravely underestimated the costs of mine rehabilitation, leaving taxpayers in ...
eBay Scores Own-Goal on Tax

eBay Scores Own-Goal on Tax

It is an “own-goal” of epic proportions. Ebay Australia has managed to arouse the interest of the Tax Office by ...
It’s a gas! Australian gas is a bargain … if you’re Japanese

It’s a gas! Australian gas is a bargain … if you’re Japanese

In Japan, they pay a lot less for Australian gas than we do in Australia. Last month, the spot price in Japan ...
Corporate Tax Avoidance: Rozvany’s Solution

Corporate Tax Avoidance: Rozvany’s Solution

Blithely disavowing the reality of an annual trillion-dollar global tax racket, and the fact they are right in the ...
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