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.

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 ...

Tale of tax reform just a lot of hot air

Tax reform needed, not a circus The bail-out of Wall Street during the global financial crisis in 2008 set ...

Related-party deal brings back the memories

Ah, how the fond memories have flooded back. In days of yore, the related-party transactions used to flow thick ...

The means test. It’s just not that mean

Comment One sacred and immutable law of business journalism is to bear in mind that nobody ever thought they ...

Inequity of super generosity

Australia boasts what is perhaps the most generous middle-class welfare system in the world, a system where ...
What they are about to receive – from the judge

What they are about to receive – from the judge

pet·ti·fog verb (used without object) 1: to bicker or quibble over trifles or unimportant matters. 2: to ...
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