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.
Clive Palmer’s antics are the very same ones multinationals use

Clive Palmer’s antics are the very same ones multinationals use

The festival of outrage and indignation engulfing Clive Palmer and the collapse of Queensland Nickel constitutes ...
Half a dozen ways out of rehab for coal companies

Half a dozen ways out of rehab for coal companies

A report from Environmental Justice Australia has detailed six ways in which coal companies can sidestep their ...
Is coal giant funded for its mine rehab

Is coal giant funded for its mine rehab

Judgement day may arrive as early as this week for Peabody, as the US coal giant teeters at the precipice of ...
Wilson Parking’s tax numbers appear to defy economic reality

Wilson Parking’s tax numbers appear to defy economic reality

Many readers will know the feeling of being silently, financially assaulted when parking in the city or at the ...
Adani’s Carmichael mine is just not going to happen

Adani’s Carmichael mine is just not going to happen

Adani is not going to happen; the construction, that is, of the leviathan Carmichael mine, the world's largest ...
Powerlink is Queensland government’s golden goose

Powerlink is Queensland government’s golden goose

If Annastacia Palaszczuk and her ministers were smacking their lips at the heroic prices her southern neighbours ...
Inquiries help shine a light, but rarely give rise to reform

Inquiries help shine a light, but rarely give rise to reform

That astute observer of human affairs, SpongeBob SquarePants, once proclaimed, "I smell the smelly smell of ...
Real returns from Gorgon project likely to be half official projections

Real returns from Gorgon project likely to be half official projections

The maiden cargo of natural gas from the gigantic Gorgon project off the coast of Western Australia set sail ...
Macquarie’s junk yard dogs on the prowl

Macquarie’s junk yard dogs on the prowl

There are no flies on those Macbankers. No sooner had they tapped taxpayers for help during the global financial ...
ATO’s private company list kicks up more questions about artistry of tax arrangements

ATO’s private company list kicks up more questions about artistry of tax arrangements

The first thing to note about today's data dump from the Australian Taxation Office is the agility and innovation ...

Wall Street financiers are back in Australia offering US mortgage pools again

They must have the seven year itch. Wall Street financiers are back enticing Aussie mums and dads with the ...

Sold short: Are the hedge funds having a lend on super

To many it may seem implausible, even dead-wrong, that super funds lend their stock – the shares they own on ...
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