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.
Virgin Australia: buy the business, don’t bail out the shareholders

Virgin Australia: buy the business, don’t bail out the shareholders

Virgin Australia is pleading for a bail-out twice what its shares a worth. Its wealthy foreign shareholders can ...
Cufflinked Comrades: neo-conservative socialists and the victims of the big bail-out

Cufflinked Comrades: neo-conservative socialists and the victims of the big bail-out

We’re all socialists now. Or are we? Michael West investigates the biggest bail-out in Australia’s history.
CoronaRorts: rescue measures a free kick or fee kick for the banks?

CoronaRorts: rescue measures a free kick or fee kick for the banks?

Aren't the banks lovely to let their home loan customers take a six month break from mortgage repayments! Only one ...
Small business bail-out package favours higher paid over low paid workers

Small business bail-out package favours higher paid over low paid workers

There is a flaw in the Government’s small business bail-out package; it encourages employers to discard the lowest ...
Doctors and nurses exposed, medicines run short, while profiteers run rampant

Doctors and nurses exposed, medicines run short, while profiteers run rampant

Incredibly distressing footage of thousands of Australians, across the country, queueing around the block for ...
Bankster Bailout: will the trickle-down package trickle beyond the banks and big business?

Bankster Bailout: will the trickle-down package trickle beyond the banks and big business?

The Morrison Government’s emergency measures to protect the economy are another massive subsidy from embattled ...
Too Big To Fail II: airline bail-outs today, who’s next in corporate triage?

Too Big To Fail II: airline bail-outs today, who’s next in corporate triage?

The Morrison government just bailed out Australia's airlines with a $715 million relief package. This corporate ...
Too Big To Fail: Qantas, the corporate elite and the coronavirus

Too Big To Fail: Qantas, the corporate elite and the coronavirus

Alan Joyce is a canny operator. As the ravages of the coronavirus began to hit the airline hard, the Qantas boss ...
GFC v Corona Crash: why it’s different this time

GFC v Corona Crash: why it’s different this time

Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg can kiss their cherished budget surplus goodbye. They never quite got there. ...
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 ...
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