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.
Bookmakers’ books seem to add up under the odds

Bookmakers’ books seem to add up under the odds

There is a $55 million black hole in the financial statements of Australia's biggest corporate bookmaker William ...
DORC rort: The art of getting energy infrastructure paid for twice

DORC rort: The art of getting energy infrastructure paid for twice

Select your preferred relaxation technique – a few deep breaths,  a stiff drink perhaps, or some yoga – for you ...

Silence speaks volumes on alleged links between Crown and Echo casinos and organised crime

If governments were looking to orchestrate a seamless increase in economic activity from Asia's organised crime ...

Gas industry’s depreciation formula a ‘licence to print money’

Notwithstanding the confected hysteria from the gas lobby over the impending "cliff" in gas supply, it is now ...

The true issue is how Napthine has kept buried all details of the East West Link

This idea that you can stick an incoming government with an $8 billion bill just weeks before an election is a ...

East West Link: Labor’s sensible U-turn on nation’s most expensive toll road

Labor to dump East-West Link if elected, even if contracts are signed The Victorian government may cry "sovereign ...

Foreign bookmakers cash in as the wagering-tax landscape remains all at sea

William Hill, the global British betting firm whose Australian operations are headed by prominent Sydney racing ...

Adani’s Galilee Basin project ‘not commercially viable’

Concerns over Adani's humanitarian, environment record There is some regrettable news afoot for the ...

IKEA pays a low amount of tax

"I am occasionally reminded by the ATO that tax is a competition issue, and that a late-submitted BAS is unfair ...

Questions over Brisvegas casino tendering

They don't call it Brisvegas for nothing. The Queensland government has three new casino licences out for ...

Sydney Airport and the magical mystery tour

The government should really have just paid those MacBankers a billion dollars in protection money and hung ...
Monopoly money sinks economic theory

Monopoly money sinks economic theory

Contrary to conventional economic theory since the time of Thales, who cornered the market for olive presses in ...
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