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.

RBA fast becoming the ultimate Aussie battler

Analysis It’s an Aussie battler’s worst nightmare. You’ve got a macking big loan with the bank but the value of ...

Going cheap: gold worth $170 million up for grabs

If you go to the bank with a bank cheque you might have to wait three days for the cash. If, however, you go to ...

Empire strikes back to shred butterflies by law

The grotesque assault on shareholder democracy by the penny dreadful, Empire Oil and Gas, proceeds apace. ...

How 15,000 investors were swept over the Rubicon

W hen David Coe and his fellow directors made the fateful decision to buy Rubicon they quickened the demise of ...

If it looks like a duck and quacks like one .

''Let me say a little about this facility. It is not a 'bailout' fund for banks. 'Bailouts' usually mean ...

Companies use loopholes to buy shares

Australia's top companies spent $1.5 billion last year buying shares for executives, exploiting loopholes in ...

A bit more enforcing would help

What do you tell a person who just lost their life savings in a managed investment scheme; a mortgage fund, a ...

All-star cast likely to include the fat lady

As Kelly Slater was knocking out Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson in the finals of the Quiksilver Pro on the ...

Explosive email rocks Java gold mine fight

It is a salutary tale of sovereign risk. At stake is Tujuh Bukit, the jumbo gold and copper project on the island ...

Intrepid ‘pressured partner’ to sign away rights: claim

When Intrepid Mines faces off in court in Indonesia with its former partner Paul Willis in May, at the core of the ...

Goose is cooked, but you didn’t hear it from me

The Murdoch press had one of its vintage hissy fits this week over the plan to establish a government media ...

Dressing down local rag traders

Comment Lisa Ho hit the wall last week. It was only last month that the fashion designer jettisoned plans to ...
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