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.
Heads I win, Tails you Lose: hand-outs for Australia’s biggest coal plant Eraring a smoking example of the folly of privatisation

Heads I win, Tails you Lose: hand-outs for Australia’s biggest coal plant Eraring a smoking example of the folly of privatisation

Are taxpayers on the hook to bail out Australia’s largest coal plant, Eraring, after just ten years of ...
Inside the Housing Crisis | The West Report

Inside the Housing Crisis | The West Report

A generation locked out of home ownership. Westy talks about Alan Kohler's quarterly essay - reasons for nosebleed ...
Hands off the Future Fund, says Costello. Sorry … why?

Hands off the Future Fund, says Costello. Sorry … why?

"Governments must not be allowed to use the $200 billion sovereign wealth fund to support nation building," ...
How they killed journalism | The West Report

How they killed journalism | The West Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GelgBaAvS3I It wasn't just Google that killed journalism. It was management, ...
Say No to War: why Australia needs to stay clear of Biden and Netanyahu’s genocide of the Palestinians

Say No to War: why Australia needs to stay clear of Biden and Netanyahu’s genocide of the Palestinians

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed up Australia for another US war on false pretences. Australia’s history ...
Dutton the hypocrite | Scam of the Week

Dutton the hypocrite | Scam of the Week

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfA9cfnOn1o What's up with the Right? Peter Dutton calls for a boycott of ...
Is the Coalition really ‘superior economic managers’? | The West Report

Is the Coalition really ‘superior economic managers’? | The West Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09ewg8DQ3I8 How are Albo and Jim Chalmers going with Australia's economy? Westy ...
Inequality: how dithering over money-laundering reforms is fuelling Australia’s house affordability crisis

Inequality: how dithering over money-laundering reforms is fuelling Australia’s house affordability crisis

Government is still dithering over laws slated to come in 16 years ago which would make Australian property more ...
Sky and Qantas Pin!

Sky and Qantas Pin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gQO0JBrv34 Murdoch mob gees up 6,000 people to demand Qantas sack a flight ...
Australian business and politics Scam of the Year

Australian business and politics Scam of the Year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s1OCsWdNWU What with Qantas, PwC and assorted political chicanery, it's a tough ...
Fossils in Arms: solar project slammed as white elephant, really a raging success

Fossils in Arms: solar project slammed as white elephant, really a raging success

It’s the war of a generation, fossil fuels and fossil media in a battle to the death against new energy and new ...
Australia Day is coming | The West Report

Australia Day is coming | The West Report

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZKwy7afNIU Peter Dutton's got a policy! Don't be Unaustralian! Protect Straya ...
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