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.

Sharemarket darling Vocation hits some speed bumps

There’s good money in government grants. Of the $7 billion which Australian governments shell out for ...

Miners in a royal spin over tax contribution

Australia's mining fraternity is still basking in the era of entitlements but continues to talk up its ...

Sophisticated or not, we’re open for funny business

Australia is unequivocally open for business. It is open for funny business. Camouflaged in an abstruse ...

If you thought using a toll road was costly, try building one

Melbourne’s giant East West Link road project is shaping up to cost $1 billion a kilometre and Sydney’s ...

Australian politicians need reminding they ought be transparent with the public

I hear there's rumours on the, uh, internets - George W. Bush, St Louis, Missouri 2004. ''The Decider'' was ...

Transurban pays just $3 million tax, despite collecting $1 billion in tolls

Malcolm Maiden: An unstoppable money machine Transurban posts 44 per cent lift in profits Australia's ...

Class-action lawyers looming over Macquarie

 The silver doughnut that left a hole in investors' nest eggs Macquarie Group is motoring along in top gear again ...

Victoria’s $1 billion per kilometre road – who wouldn’t rail against that?

Guess which road in Australia is shaping up to cost $1 billion per kilometre to build? Read on. The most ...

One thing is certain in life: Death and tax breaks

Loath to sound ageist but the longer people live, the more it costs the state to look after them. So Joe Hockey's ...

Dumping of Future of Financial Advice reforms shows how bank lobbyists pervert democracy

"Our four big banks never stopped nagging the Commonwealth government to permit only two. When I became treasurer, ...

Sharks circle, but on paper don’t look so good

What a wonderfully rich and diverse eco-system is the sharemarket, teeming with every beast from the apex ...

Taxing change of titles at Google Australia

As any parent will tell a child, the problem with lying is that you may have to lie again to cover up the lie ...
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