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.

Gushing Glencore converts tax flow into tiny trickle

Peter Freyberg is chief executive of Glencore Xstrata, the biggest coal company in Australia. He is also ...

Entitlement is in the eye of the beholder; just Google it

Warning 'patent box' rules would open new multinational tax dodge Pensioners, uni students, workers, ...

Schoolchildren embroiled in coal-seam gas dispute

Jenni O'Neill, mother of two from Gloucester in NSW, shot off a missive to the Department of Education last ...

Is petrol producer an empty Shell?

While the debate about ‘‘heavy lifting’’ rages over the federal budget, it is timely to look at just how much ...

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, ...
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