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.

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 ...

Demerger price suits all but Westfield Trust security holders

The Westfield demerger is a brilliant deal for shareholders in the Westfield Group, not to mention the Lowy ruling ...
Sultans of super set on ‘developing’ your wealth

Sultans of super set on ‘developing’ your wealth

In the footsteps of the Romans and the Ottoman Turks centuries before them, the hordes of AMP descended upon the ...

Mystery surrounds Energy World Corporation’s coup in Jamaica

The slides for the annual meeting of Energy World Corporation in 2012 depict chairman Stewart Elliott and his ...
Life’s no picnic when the law is in the hands of lawyers

Life’s no picnic when the law is in the hands of lawyers

Ian Humphrey was cycling along a road north of Adelaide when he was hit and killed by barrister Eugene McGee. ...

Online betting unmasked: so, are we all being gamed by an entire industry?

If any further evidence was required to prove how the predatory business of online gaming is rigged against the ...

A ban is no deterrent for bad behaviour

Anybody up for a spot of fraud? How about some forgery for good measure? Doctoring the odd file perhaps? That's ...
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