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
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.
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