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.

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 ...

The spotter, the sniper and taking out the competition

In Hollywood, the sniper is depicted as a loner. In real life, though, snipers rarely work alone. The sniper ...

The Professor v The Banks

The big banks' big lies All pluses in banking numbers game Last Monday, Milind Sathye, a former ...

How the ASX saw off all comers

When accused of monopoly, the ASX argued that the sharemarket was now open to competition. Look, Chi-X has a ...

Market in the gun if it comes to competition

In Hollywood, the sniper is depicted as a loner. In real life, snipers rarely work alone. They operate with a ...

Bank-land, a fey world that doesn’t add up

MODERN thinking portrays the Land of Narnia as a mythical place, a place vivid in the imagination of children, ...

Bailout fund does the big banks plenty of favours

Anybody keen for a loan of $380 billion at, let's say, an interest rate of 3.4 per cent? Sounds nice, eh? Well, ...
Mother of all bailout funds

Mother of all bailout funds

Anybody keen for a loan of $380 billion at, let’s say, an interest rate of 3.4 per cent? Sounds nice eh? Well, ...

Bankers’ claims over high funding costs face renewed scrutiny

The major banks are supercharging their profits at the expense of their customers, according to a leading ...

All pluses in banking numbers game

The maths don't seem to add up. The big four banks made a combined pre-tax profit of $22.6 billion in 2008 and $33 ...

Watchdog eyes mystery man Drake’s funds firm

The corporate watchdog is investigating one of Australia's biggest mortgage fund operators, LM Investment, for ...

The big banks’ big lies

The major banks are supercharging their profits at the expense of customers. Their funding costs have fallen, ...
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