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.

Slim pickings for LM investors

Gold Coast impresario Peter Drake has told administrators he cannot repay the $16.9 million loan made to one of ...

Banking boom takes an easy ride on taxpayer guarantee

One of Australia's big banks threatened to withdraw millions of dollars of advertising from a certain media ...
Good haven! Even the government does it

Good haven! Even the government does it

Did you know the Future Fund has no fewer than 43 subsidiaries in foreign tax havens? It is a little-known yet ...
Lehman liquidators and hangers-on the winners in Australian saga

Lehman liquidators and hangers-on the winners in Australian saga

This week marks the five-year anniversary of the fall of Lehman Brothers and the zenith of the global financial ...

Stoush in the hen house

Chicken, wine and almonds tend to go down nicely at the dinner table but would they fare so well in a sharemarket ...

Poultry investors may clip Rural Funds wings

Chicken, wine and almonds tend to go down nicely at the dinner table but would they fare so well in a ...

Banks use tax havens to conceal

Why does BHP have offices in the Swiss town Zug? Why did the Commonwealth Bank previously make such a handsome ...

LM boss Peter Drake ploughs a loan furrow

It's business as usual for Peter Drake. The Gold Coast entrepreneur, whose LM funds management empire bit the ...

Qantas takes a financial flight of fancy on accounting winds

There are many ways to skin a cat, but there are many more ways to present a profit result. Take Qantas, for ...

Promoter may make Ticketek tilt main event

It is not just Coles and Woolies, the big banks or pay TV that spark concerns over dominant market players. The ...

Airport’s pot of gold

Sydney Airport has paid no tax in the 10 years since it was privatised by the government. While other ...

Tax reform needed, not a circus

It's the circus of a thousand sideshows. ''I believe in the Territory, I love the Territory,'' Kevin Rudd ...
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