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.

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 ...

Macquarie’s ‘super-smart’ rising star in the spotlight

IT WAS barely noticed when Macquarie shifted $4.74 billion out of one division into another earlier this week. ...

Shemara Wikramanayake – Macquarie’s rising star

It was barely noticed at all when Macquarie shifted $4.74 billion out of one division into another the other ...

Lawyers the big victors in Lehman saga

"SET it down for hearing. The plaintiff will lose. They've proved no damages because they haven't even ...

No need for bare knuckles as Twiggy sways his bankers

Andrew Forrest thrives on his underdog image, but he produced the goods in New York. ''He was a stick-thin ...

Alphabet soup obscures facts on power prices

It's the blind leading the blind. Please excuse this bevy of eye-glazing acronyms but while energy bills hit ...

Regulated returns guarantee price rises

IT DOESN'T happen often, but sometimes, somewhere, somebody gives the game away. This time it was Peter McIntyre ...
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