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.
Keeping tabs on land grabs

Keeping tabs on land grabs

IT IS hard to tell exactly when the deal was done, but a group of Chinese businessmen have quietly put their ...

Mysterious Chinese deal highlights FIRB secrecy

It is hard to tell exactly when the deal was done, but a group of Chinese businessmen has quietly put their ...

Anxiety pervades skittish markets

A sharemarket dabbler would have done well this year to adhere to the old adage "sell in May and go away", ...

Mayday, mayday! the sharemarket’s sinking

Last month's stock slump and a sluggish US recovery are raising fears of an 'Armageddon scenario'. A ...

Power sector primed for overload

It was just before Christmas when Bruce and Belinda Robertson got the news. The letter from Transgrid arrived ...

Beyond the visage, Joyce begs a flying leap of faith

Qantas' chief has the hardest corporate gig in Australia and the airline's latest restructure is another test of ...

Let the numbers tell the story

Corporate hero or union villain; who cares? When it comes to winning glossy magazine covers, Alan Joyce is without ...
Power play a winner for AGL

Power play a winner for AGL

Should the Coalition roll into office and repeal the carbon tax, as it has pledged, Australia's biggest ...

Rescue service in need of a lifeline

On July 1, a new government regulator opens its doors, the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, ...

Politics is just a diversion as BHP whacks the zombie

LADIES and gentlemen, we have the great pleasure to unveil today a landmark charitable initiative which will ...

BHP story that almost never was

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the great pleasure to unveil today a landmark charitable initiative that will assist ...

The Scarlet Pimpernel of funds management

The scene was the Grand Ballroom of the Rydges Hotel, at Sydney's World Square, a venue considerably grander by ...
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