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.

How ASIC went astray in the faulty Compass case

As shareholders and creditors in the collapsed Compass Resources were kept wallowing in an information vacuum last ...

The regulator’s broken compass

Readers may recall revelations late last year about Compass Resources' stealthy disclosure on Melbourne Cup ...

Big risks, questionable profits

The highlands of Papua New Guinea are the most expensive place in the world to drill for oil, onshore that ...

The quintessential selling tool

WARNING: this is not a parody. Fraudsters have conferences too. We have a conference program here to prove it. ...

Free and open information? The gag is on us

''The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. ...

A bureaucracy gone berserk

''The keyword here is blackwhite. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. ...

No joy in a prophecy realised

It would be churlish and cowardly of your humble essayist, having lampooned the market's soothsayers last week ...

Financial advice moves in-house at leading banks

As the first generation of financial planners retire and sell their businesses, after a long career of upfront ...

Threat to arm’s-length advice

AS THE first generation of financial planners retire and sell their businesses, after a long career of upfront ...

Another crack in a rotten system

It's the season for gongs, those cheesy "best and worst of the year that was" wrap-ups. Worse even than gongs, ...

Hidden pay condemned

The more prolific practitioners include Wesfarmers, Emeco, United Group and Perpetual. Photo: Louie Douvis THE ...

Bosses gain ‘unearned’ bonuses

EXCLUSIVE LEADING Australian companies are hiding payments to their senior management teams by paying ...
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