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.

Call to pay back hidden dividends

THE peak body for industry superannuation, the Australian Council of Super Investors, has condemned the payment of ...

More questions over ASIC’s super fund insiders

In late 2004, Grant Jones, an in-house lawyer for MLC, went to work for the Australian Securities & ...

Emails reveal special ASIC exemptions for fund managers

Top brass at the Australian Securities and Investments Commission have claimed on a number of occasions that the ...

Tackling the critics over financial service fees

The well-fed passengers on the financial services gravy train have sprung from their premiere classe seats with ...

Trevor Kennedy fought hard to maintain secrecy of his business dealings

COMMENT Sale of 'best-kept secret' art collection under threat Former Kerry Packer confidante Trevor ...

Gas majors, hot air and supply

Gas comes off the backburner with soaring exports and prices Question: what do drop bears and the ...

Management fees take 45% of our savings

Almost half the investment returns made by Australian savers over the past five years has gone on management ...

Environment Protection Agency sidelined after warning of high risks at AGL coal seam gas project

Read the EPA report, the department response and the response from AGL The NSW government has sidelined the ...

Boards under attack from activist funds

Shareholder revolution is on the rise as the ranks of activist funds swell, unleashing a torrent of campaigns ...

Cosy deal calculated to aid fund managers

Comment A few years back, the corporate regulators did the fund managers a big favour. Capitulating to ...

Evasions rub salt into the wound

Comment It might be an idea to rename the EPA the BPA. This minor change, from the Environment Protection ...

Bell Group payout poised to deliver a multibillion-dollar Dutch treat

A very big pay day is soon to arrive for an unlikely trio: the Australian Taxation Office, the Insurance ...
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