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.
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 ...
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 ...
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