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.
The Case for a Federal ICAC

The Case for a Federal ICAC

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Great Timing: inside the ASIC investigation into Westpac’s jumbo capital raising

Great Timing: inside the ASIC investigation into Westpac’s jumbo capital raising

ASIC investigates Westpac's $2.5 billion capital raising, executed just before AUSTRAC's lawsuit against the bank ...
Tanna & Taxation: correcting the Fin Review and Energy Australia

Tanna & Taxation: correcting the Fin Review and Energy Australia

The Australian Financial Review attacked Senator Rex Patrick this week after Patrick attacked Energy Australia ...
Ranking Australia’s billionaires as taxpayers

Ranking Australia’s billionaires as taxpayers

Which billionaires pay the most tax, and which pay the least?
Coronavirus: containment to mitigation. Virologists use the P word

Coronavirus: containment to mitigation. Virologists use the P word

Global response to the coronavirus is about to shift from containment to mitigation - that is, things are about to ...
Scott Morrison Scorecard: before Triple Black Swan of bushfires, floods and virus

Scott Morrison Scorecard: before Triple Black Swan of bushfires, floods and virus

Economic growth has halved, debt has rocketed, but the share market is up and bond yields have collapsed. Female ...
Lendlease trumps Qantas on aggressive tax capers as ATO mulls retirement village rort

Lendlease trumps Qantas on aggressive tax capers as ATO mulls retirement village rort

Like Qantas, Lendlease paid no tax for years while rewarding its executives with large bonuses and spending ...
Australia’s Top 40 Tax Dodgers 2020: fossil fuels dominate once more

Australia’s Top 40 Tax Dodgers 2020: fossil fuels dominate once more

It's Top 40 Tax Dodgers time and Exxon has topped the charts again. This year, we are announcing all 40 in one go
The Living Dead: Babcock emerges as mystery cinema owner

The Living Dead: Babcock emerges as mystery cinema owner

For two years, the people of of Westborough, Massachusetts, tried to find out who owned their town cinema. They ...
Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered the firefighting?

Budgets and Bushfires: has government cost-cutting hindered the firefighting?

"How come we only had four trucks to defend our town?" pleaded the distressed resident of Cobargo to Prime ...
Who Pays: should ordinary taxpayers foot the bill for bushfires or the fossil fuel giants who pay no tax?

Who Pays: should ordinary taxpayers foot the bill for bushfires or the fossil fuel giants who pay no tax?

Five of Australia's top coal companies - Peabody, Yancoal Sumitomo, Citic and Whitehaven - racked up $54 billion ...
Smithereens: Australia’s climate commitments blown if giant fossil fuel projects proceed

Smithereens: Australia’s climate commitments blown if giant fossil fuel projects proceed

As bushfires rage and the demands for action on climate rise, the gas cartel is developing a suite of enormous ...
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