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.

Big bucks for what?

What does $80 million in liquidators' and lawyers' fees buy you? Answer: Nothing. The settlement, which was ...

ASIC dances around the real questions

More fuel for the ASIC fire The soft underbelly of the regulator FTI Consulting Statement in relation to ...

Latest demerger to cost Murdoch dear

It was the timing of Rupert Murdoch's divorce news that raised the odd eyebrow in financial markets. The ...

Dotcom float shoots the lights out on fee front

When Facebook bought Instagram, it paid a billion dollars for a photo-sharing website with almost zero ...

Right place, wrong time for Murdoch divorce

Rupert Murdoch to divorce Wendi Deng It was the timing of Rupert Murdoch’s divorce news which raised the odd ...
The soft underbelly of the regulator

The soft underbelly of the regulator

There are mates’ deals and there are mates’ deals. The recent revelations by Jeff Knapp from the University of ...

More fuel for the ASIC fire

It was not a pleasant week for the corporate regulator. As if the revelations of the 16-month delay to investigate ...

Duet’s ‘simplification’ more a trick than a transaction

Duet Group responds The Duet Group has unveiled its "Group Simplification Proposal", the documentation for ...

Duet responds to transaction fee claims

1. What does Duet think about the view that this transaction is designed to make fees? Duet: We reject this view ...

Ex-CBA exec heads Macquarie’s ‘Project Linus’

Macquarie Group has hired a former Commonwealth Bank executive to handle its regime of regulatory sanctions. The ...

Lenders accused of ‘systemic fraud’

Veteran consumer rights campaigner Denise Brailey is to make public 2500 private emails and bank documents from ...

Missing pieces in a low-doc lending trail that shattered lives

It was 9am Monday, on a late February day this year, when Denise Brailey arrived at the offices of the ...
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