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.
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 ...
Oligarchs of the Treasure Islands

Oligarchs of the Treasure Islands

The “Big Four” global accounting firms – PwC, Deloitte, KPMG and Ernst & Young - are the masterminds of ...
Independent Investigative Journalism

Independent Investigative Journalism

Michael West is a Walkley Award-winning journalist who began as a cadet on the Australian Financial Review. After ...
How business lobbyists trump your vote

How business lobbyists trump your vote

Today, election day, voters can revel in the knowledge that their elected representatives really are listening to ...
Coal woes push Peabody Energy to brink

Coal woes push Peabody Energy to brink

Adani and Shenhua are still pursuing their spanking new coal projects, Walter-Mitty-like, while the financial ...
How Adidas and its auditors managed to file their accounts late for 16 years

How Adidas and its auditors managed to file their accounts late for 16 years

Investigating multinational tax abuses and shoddy compliance by the world's biggest companies is like shooting ...
The option of paying tax – or not

The option of paying tax – or not

American Express has now paid no net income tax in Australia in eight years. EBay persists with its financial ...
Lawyers, travel bans and money in action over fertilizer group sale

Lawyers, travel bans and money in action over fertilizer group sale

Flamboyant Indian couple Pankaj and Radhika Oswal flew back to Australia to fight their colossal court action ...
The not-so-cool side of Twitter

The not-so-cool side of Twitter

Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and chief executive of Twitter, was in Australia earlier this month spruiking his ...
Beaconsfield-style disasters should put executive bonuses at risk

Beaconsfield-style disasters should put executive bonuses at risk

It was on this day, 10 years ago, that the Beaconsfield gold mine in Tasmania collapsed, killing 44-year-old Larry ...
Net closing on corporate tax dodging

Net closing on corporate tax dodging

The Senate's final report into corporate tax avoidance was due today. Instead, the committee presiding over one of ...
Banks hold on advice challenged

Banks hold on advice challenged

The stranglehold of the big banks and AMP over the nation's financial advice market is finally to meet a ...
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