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.

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 ...

Taxis and Uber will fight it out over new ground

Cabs as couriers is so obvious, surely somebody else has thought of it. Taxis as a parcel delivery service? Not a ...
The never-ending money laundering review

The never-ending money laundering review

The Attorney-General's department continues to "finalise" its review of the Anti-Money Laundering and ...

The cat is out of the bag on corporate tax avoidance

You would have to have been ensconced in the jungles of Africa on I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here to have ...

Card giant MasterCard lowers local tax bill

The wonderful thing about investigating multinational tax avoidance is that, despite the corporate spin and ...
Sub-standard plan for Defence

Sub-standard plan for Defence

After a welter of strategic press leaks, targeted with the precision of a laser-guided missile, the 2016 Defence ...

Coal advisers dig us a hole

There's a public meeting at Wollar, near Mudgee, this week at which US coal major Peabody will  seek community ...

Our banks are beyond the law: February 20, 2016

Rarely does the heart bleed for insurance companies, but today we confess to mustering a little ...
Digging a deeper hole for coal

Digging a deeper hole for coal

Has the government completely lost the plot? Why are they helping flood the market by backing the opening of 20 ...

Come on! There’s nothing passive about AusSuper’s operation

Glamorous ad campaigns and glitzy sponsorships were once the domain of the retail super funds, the big-fee, ...
PPP plundering takes its toll on love

PPP plundering takes its toll on love

Transurban eyes more roads in Sydney, Melbourne Once again, on this Valentine's weekend, we are reminded of the ...
No results found.

Don't pay so you can read it. Pay so everyone can!

Don't pay so you can read it.
Pay so everyone can!

Pin It on Pinterest