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.

Awards for a year of missteps

The Allco Award for Takeover of the Year goes to law firm Slater & Gordon. Named in honour of the ...

NSW is a doggie death row

"We urgently need your help," wrote Steve Coleman, chief executive of the RSPCA in a plea to Facebook followers ...

Corporate tax avoidance bill may deliver little more than hefty fees for tax lawyers

There will be much "restructuring" going on right now at the big end of town. Under the government's corporate ...

Scott Morrison strikes 11th-hour deal with Greens on tax avoidance laws

It was less the last sitting day of Parliament as the last standing-and-shouting day, as Labor cried foul at a ...
NSW Power Sale Profits could end up in Cayman Islands

NSW Power Sale Profits could end up in Cayman Islands

A goodly chunk of the future corporate profits from the NSW power sale are destined to wend their merry way to the ...
Punters punting our tax pennies offshore

Punters punting our tax pennies offshore

Australian punters will be thrilled to know that when they do their shirts gambling their post-tax dollars, those ...
‘Special purpose’ approach by accountants hides corporate secrets

‘Special purpose’ approach by accountants hides corporate secrets

The accounting profession has failed. It is a failure that comes at a cost to every man, woman and child in this ...
Kidnap amendment helps old money billionaires keep their secrets

Kidnap amendment helps old money billionaires keep their secrets

The Packers, Murdochs, Lowys, Lews, Foxs, Inghams, Hains and Myers and a host of other "old money" billionaires ...
Facts first to fall at Senate’s corporate tax avoidance inquiry

Facts first to fall at Senate’s corporate tax avoidance inquiry

The festival of equivocation and prevarication, otherwise known as the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax ...

The multinationals’ rhetoric isn’t reassuring on tricky tax affairs

It was a day of high obfuscation as some of the world's best known multinationals faced the Senate inquiry into ...

Funds are fattening up on superannuation fees

Fees matter … a lot. The average 30 year old can expect to lose one quarter of his or her retirement savings in ...
Search for the biggest fat cat of the Australian super fund industry

Search for the biggest fat cat of the Australian super fund industry

Being a super fund manager is hard yakka. You have to sit around being showered with millions of dollars of other ...
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