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.

Senate banks inquiry may not fix advice malaise

Queensland businessman John Belling is suing Westpac for misleading and deceptive conduct after the bank ...
Banks ‘plunder’ travellers with forex fees on credit card transactions

Banks ‘plunder’ travellers with forex fees on credit card transactions

Traveller Rob Gower went to an ATM the other day at Phuket Airport in Thailand. He withdrew 10,000 baht in cash. ...

From a famine to a feast – for the gas cartel

Has the feted gas "supply cliff" turned into a gas supply mountain? We were told by the gas lobby there would ...
Corporate tax: ex-ATO official criticises rushed settlements, ‘climate of fear’

Corporate tax: ex-ATO official criticises rushed settlements, ‘climate of fear’

A former Tax Office employee has told the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance that the ATO is giving up ...

Big Four firms consistently ‘unaware’ before tax inquiry

Representatives from "Big Four" accounting firm Deloitte were up before the Senate tax inquiry on Friday morning. ...

Senate tax avoidance inquiry: the secret of its success

Analysis Corporate regulators were asked to explain to the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance on ...

Sandwiches on the menu as corporate chiefs front tax inquiry

Analysis Tech giants insist they pay their taxes Apple, Google, Microsoft cop tax audit There wasn't much ...
Rupert Murdoch’s US empire siphons $4.5b from Australian business virtually tax-free

Rupert Murdoch’s US empire siphons $4.5b from Australian business virtually tax-free

Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the US has siphoned off $4.5 billion of cash and shares from his ...

India’s Sysiphean task

It is both a masterstroke of international financing and yet another blow to thermal coal, a commodity whose ...
Dynamic currency conversion – robbery by choice

Dynamic currency conversion – robbery by choice

As far as bank robberies go, this one is bigger, and just as fiendish, as any. It is called "dynamic currency ...
Bigwigs won’t be held to account in tax avoidance inquiry

Bigwigs won’t be held to account in tax avoidance inquiry

In Washington, they haul the bigwigs up to Capitol Hill for congressional hearings. Nobody is immune from ...

Beyond the spin, the miners are in clover

The Mining Council put forth with its latest public relations extravaganza on Thursday, overstating once again ...
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