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.

Time right for a QBE confession session

NOT one big cyclone, earthquake or flood. Nary one major catastrophe marred QBE's latest result, only four minor ...

League legend’s punt kicked out of bounds by a full bench

Corporate life seems to imitate football for former rugby league champion Benny Elias. Benny Elias has hit the ...

Car makers in race to reduce disclosure

Aussie car profits driven overseas Taxpayers taken on long car ride The raw speed of a Ford or Holden V8 ...

Taxpayers taken on a long car ride

THE first thing to notice about Australia's three car makers is how jealously they guard their accounts. It's ...

Car profits driven overseas

Michael West: Taxpayers taken on a long car ride A BUSINESSDAY analysis of the latest financial accounts for ...

Elders old enough to remember better times, too proud to beg

The rural services company is a remnant of its younger self and is pitching around amid the undertow of a debt ...

Tragedy and executive bonuses in uneasy mix

IT WAS 9am on the Stena Clyde drill rig in Bass Strait when things went horribly wrong. Workers had been trying ...

No danger money, just big, big bonuses

A tragic coincidence at Origin Energy raises the question: would linking executive pay to safety lessen the ...

Foreign multinationals happily plugged into our energy grid

Alphabet soup obscures power price facts Regulated returns guarantee power prices In a spin over soaring ...

Chiefs on a power trip to higher salaries

ALREADY smarting from bill shock, electricity customers found reason to cuss last month when they heard that AGL ...

Offshore profit sparked by power bills

POWER company bosses and state governments, quietly drawing annual dividends from their utilities, have done well ...

Energy World does fine line in hot air, but not much LNG

HAS anybody seen an LNG facility lying about? We seem to be missing a couple of liquefied natural gas plants. In ...
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