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.
Tax strategies may distort power sales

Tax strategies may distort power sales

Along with the man who singly controls a larger chunk of Australia's energy assets than any other – Hong Kong ...
City state Singapore has a taste for our taxpayers

City state Singapore has a taste for our taxpayers

Singapore is more than just a shining city state, a place of untrammelled commerce and cleanliness, and the jewel ...
Economics consulting becomes a new art form

Economics consulting becomes a new art form

Economics consulting truly is art. Look no further than the masterpiece of consulting from the Centre for ...

Metadata retention laws will hurt big-business whistleblowers

The government is about to shove through its data retention laws, with the acquiescence of a self-described ...

The sun isn’t shining on ‘old energy’ sectors

Got a call from AGL the other day offering a 12 per cent discount on the electricity bill. The catch was that, ...
Screen Australia board meetings must be a game of musical chairs

Screen Australia board meetings must be a game of musical chairs

Companies associated with actor and film producer Claudia Karvan were paid $10.5 million by Screen Australia last ...

Labor’s corporate tax avoidance policy is mostly window dressing

The best maxim with which to encapsulate Labor's new policy on corporate tax avoidance is perhaps "deckchairs on ...

LNG lobby has well-oiled spruiking machine

Farmers and environmentalists will be happy. Hong Kong power juggernaut CLP has just written off its stake in ...

Profit-shifting: Tax office settles for patting the elephant in the room

The House of Representatives was consumed for much of the week on the vexing matter of whether Human Rights ...
Watching the watchdog: Secondments spell trouble at ASIC

Watching the watchdog: Secondments spell trouble at ASIC

We know there is a problem: some of the biggest names in Australian finance – Commonwealth Bank, Macquarie and now ...

Watchdogs are no longer tough cops on the beat on white collar crime

When it comes to corporate regulation in this country there are one set of rules for the top end of town and ...

A conspiracy to stiff gas consumers

Coal prices have crashed, the carbon tax has gone, yet the cost of electricity continues to rise. Oil prices ...
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