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.

Vocation debacle a lesson for rent-seekers and their investors

"Australia's Fastest MBA – Graduate MBA in Just 12 Months" says the ad. What next? Cut us a cheque upfront and ...

How to waste company time and get ahead: have a meeting

After many years toiling for large companies and chronicling corporate behaviour this correspondent has only ...

Regulatory shake-up hangs over Medibank float

Is the government availing its prospective investors in Medibank of everything they need to know? Is there any ...

The response to the Commonwealth financial planning scandal shows banks really are above the law

Met a bloke the other day who had lost the lot. He inherited a fortune, trusted a bank to invest it for him. ...

Medibank float a good bet as consolidation looms

It won't be cheap, and it's unlikely to knock the lights out but the float of Medibank should do well in the ...

Tax games when independent – yet separate and dependent

When you buy an internet coupon deal from Groupon Australia you are likely to find the receipt says Groupon ...
A taxing time for Rupert Murdoch

A taxing time for Rupert Murdoch

There was a chap on ABC Radio in a state of high indignation on Wednesday morning. All this reporting from certain ...

The gas club’s deals, like their product, are not to be seen

The fury over the ANU's fossil fuel divestment is the greatest red herring since 19th century English ...

Rorting in the power industry about to be laid bare

The government privatisation train is on course for a head-on collision with the parliamentary inquiry into ...

How UBS leans on its costlier entities

It was just a hunch. Could it possibly be that Australia's top merchant bank was not paying ...

Property Council complaints turn spotlight on its own members

The property lobby has come out swinging at reports in the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age newspapers ...

Tax office not doing punters any favours

While the government, the opposition and Jacqui Lambie were engrossed in days of debate over the burqa this ...
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