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.
Pokie Profits Investigation: clubs put executive pay, the state and empire building before community service

Pokie Profits Investigation: clubs put executive pay, the state and empire building before community service

Huge gaming profits versus a minuscule return to the community. Vaulting pay for their executives and billions for ...
Government and Debt: do as we say, not as we do

Government and Debt: do as we say, not as we do

The Government campaigned on a platform of surplus. "Superior economic management," they claimed. Now, with the ...
Indiore and Twitter: one good suspension deserves another

Indiore and Twitter: one good suspension deserves another

Lawyers are fond of sending threat letters and demanding those who receive them keep it "Private and ...
Hospital Pass: Josh Frydenberg and the Coalition as, ahem, superior economic managers

Hospital Pass: Josh Frydenberg and the Coalition as, ahem, superior economic managers

Measuring the track record of Australia's treasurers by worst growth figures detonates the Coalition myth of ...
Pay Day: Christopher Pyne’s Defence bonanza a fee fillip for EY

Pay Day: Christopher Pyne’s Defence bonanza a fee fillip for EY

It dwarfs all other government spending. It is secretive. A huge chunk of it does not even go out to tender. The ...
MW30: an election shakeup as economic clouds gather

MW30: an election shakeup as economic clouds gather

The big economic indicators are all pointing south: GDP, interest rates, the currency, inflation. The ranking of ...
Shine Energy: behind the push for a new coal-fired power station

Shine Energy: behind the push for a new coal-fired power station

"This ticks so many boxes," an adamant George Christensen told Seven News. "Local jobs, indigenous ...
Can APRA defend AMP Life against the “spawn of the devil”?

Can APRA defend AMP Life against the “spawn of the devil”?

The Cayman Islands is the destination du jour for Australian hospitals and water profits but far more is bound for ...
Australia’s Most Wanted: Rex Patrick and the Senate’s new power-block

Australia’s Most Wanted: Rex Patrick and the Senate’s new power-block

Six people exercise extraordinary power in the current parliament. They are the Senate cross-benchers, senators ...
Unveiled: Australia’s Most Hopeless Regulator

Unveiled: Australia’s Most Hopeless Regulator

"A million dead fish can't be beat", proclaimed one nomination for the inaugural Australia's Most Hopeless ...
Investigation: The Sydney Institute’s Gala Balls-up

Investigation: The Sydney Institute’s Gala Balls-up

"The Annual Dinner is an occasion for a prominent personality to present a serious lecture to an audience of some ...
Taxman closes in on Lendlease’s “magnificent” $1 billion tax dodge

Taxman closes in on Lendlease’s “magnificent” $1 billion tax dodge

Lendlease has had the same auditor since 1958. Back in the day when doctors and pregnant women were still ...
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