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.

Ski operators snug with sky-high prices

FANCY a nice carton of hot chips for $11.50? How about a $5 cappuccino, after you've forked out $110 for a ski ...

When ‘big law’ turns to bullying

It took a government to bring down Big Tobacco but there's no bringing down Big Law. On the same day the High ...

Bloated power sector needs a regulatory jolt

Both Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are holding out in the face of calls from the Greens leader Senator Christine ...

Country customers cop raw power deal

The “gold-plating” of Australia's power grid is exacting a far heavier toll on electricity customers in rural ...

How Australia topped the medal tally

Who was the real winner from the London Olympic Games? According to a ground-breaking analysis of the official ...

Beaconsfield mine plan a murky risk

Two weeks ago, we wrote the story about plans to dump 300,000 tonnes of toxic waste into the historic Tasmania ...

Downward revisions indicate another sharemarket shake-up

(Note: this article has been updated to add corrections at the end.) IT IS earnings season again. This is the ...

Full compliance is no petitesse

Whether for reasons of modesty, camouflage or sheer laziness, the large Australian arm of French water giant Suez ...

Trust becomes a rare commodity when credit ratings go on sale

'We rate every deal. It could be structured by cows and we would rate it'.  THAT email, from one employee of ...

The horror, the horror … Company’s ‘maker’ could be a breaker

Business in Indonesia can be fraught, and sovereign risk is rampant. WHAT goes around comes around. In a ...

Hidden treasure in mine with no future

The planned closure of the troubled Beaconsfield site ignores the risks and the potential buried below. AS ...

Buried treasure and toxins at Beaconsfield

As if befitting its tumultuous history of corporate conflict and human tragedy, the life of the Tasmania Mine ...
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