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.

Tasmania’s Beaconsfield mine still mired in corporate intrigue

It was a sunny Saturday morning in May 2006. We were in a playground at the beach, pushing our infant on a ...

Explosive claims on JP Morgan conduct

A technical support person who worked for JP Morgan in Australia claims the bank regularly misled its New York ...

Devil in the detail in the jungle out there

The phone rang this week. It was Mary from the Australian Shareholder Centre. She was very bubbly and made us ...

Energy supply deals not always what they seem

In early March, the general manager for sales and marketing at Energy Australia, David Hamilton, wrote to a ...

Big donors leave heavy lifting to mug punters

It was not only the poor, the aged, the sick, the weak and the disabled who copped it in the budget this week. ...

Power sector needs a good dietitian

As a nation debates what can be axed, taxed or sold off to alleviate this rather pseudo budget crisis, it is ...

A closer look at Macquarie’s tax situation

A few points about Macquarie's bizarre tax predicament. The tax bill is up over $500 million in two years, but it ...

Macquarie Bank’s humungous tax bill catches eye

A closer look at Macquarie's tax situation When Macquarie Bank handed down its profit result the other day, ...
Google and Fairfax playing a different tax game

Google and Fairfax playing a different tax game

Google Australia cut the ribbon on its new offices on the foreshore of Darling Harbour in mid 2009. The ...

CFS super calculator misleading, says lawyer

James Wheeldon, the lawyer who exposed the corporate regulator's culture of favours for big banks during an ...

Google pays little tax while Commission of audit goes after poor

It is no small irony that the very day the Commission of Audit report was released this week so too were the ...

Blame the Smurfs: Suspicious trades are fleecing investors

A boy was dragged before the courts this week for stealing two cigarette lighters. He faces a conviction under ...
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