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.

Has bank lobbying de-fanged FOFA?

COMMENT The single greatest policy challenge in financial markets is the hegemony of the banks. A fluster ...

Ignore page count, just note number on the front

Rural communities riven in dissent, angry blockades, a grazier chained to a drill rig, farmers arm-in-arm at ...

Industry super funds are not all low-cost havens

It is simply untrue to assert that the funds managers of today face no risk. Yes, the money rolls in, and yes, the ...

Watchdog shies away from enforcement

In mid-2008 the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was warned Storm Financial group was going to ...

Gas demand forecasts are completely fracked

In the national energy market, it would appear nothing is ever as it seems. In electricity, they said demand ...

Boart Longyear: Dig deep or pass the hat again

The reason Boart Longyear's share price did not get hammered far harder than it did on Monday comes down to the ...

Boart’s Richard O’Brien finding debt a heavy load to carry

Richard O’Brien, the man who once headed up gold juggernaut Newmont and who now spearheads the Boart Longyear ...

Study shines a light into dark corners of electricity pricing

The Prime Minister said the other day he wanted to make Australia the ''affordable energy capital'' of the ...

Grandmothers, perhaps try ducking for cover

OPINION Got a call from a contact the other day; you'd better have a look at this, he said. There it was: half ...

Creditors sidelined as LM Group Surfers Paradise property sells for a song

The administrators of failed funds management operation LM Group have quietly sold a beachside property to a ...

Drake transferred funds to de facto as his LM group failed

As his billion-dollar fund empire was imploding last year Peter Drake was busy transferring cash to his ...

Here’s an office that’s hardly free with information

OPINION If the government was looking for some low-hanging fruit to make its budget savings, it might be ...
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