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.
Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean

Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean

It is extraordinary that the profit from Barnaby Joyce's record payment for Australian water rights, an $80 ...
KPMG: “do as I say, not as I do” just check out Aldi

KPMG: “do as I say, not as I do” just check out Aldi

Quod ego dico, non quod ego faciam. That should be KPMG's motto. Do what I say, not what I do. It has a ring to ...
Whose Budget? Fill This Space

Whose Budget? Fill This Space

The Budget was never passed. Australia has no budget, but it has an election. And the money allocated last year ...
Breaking Bad: Hells Angels’ venture on ASX passes ASIC muster

Breaking Bad: Hells Angels’ venture on ASX passes ASIC muster

Investors were furious to find their high-tech battery lab in Thailand was stocked, not with high-tech batteries, ...
Shorten to Frydenberg: I’ll see you, raise you and raise the tax-free threshold

Shorten to Frydenberg: I’ll see you, raise you and raise the tax-free threshold

It seems nobody has picked up the "fake cash splash" angle on Tuesday's Budget, that is, Treasurer Josh ...
Still Waiting: Budget figures remain a mystery

Still Waiting: Budget figures remain a mystery

Media majors yet to explain their publication of the Government's exaggerated cash splash numbers. Here is a radio ...
Look Over There! How Josh Frydenberg’s Budget tricked the media

Look Over There! How Josh Frydenberg’s Budget tricked the media

"Back in Black"! Fawningly, the Australian newspaper cut and pasted the Liberal Party press release. The Fin ...
Franking Credits: why no government payment for bank interest?

Franking Credits: why no government payment for bank interest?

John: Shares are riskier than Australian bank interest, right? Peter: Correct. John: It looks to me that the ...
Hurley Berlei: Adani’s desperate compo claim doesn’t stack up

Hurley Berlei: Adani’s desperate compo claim doesn’t stack up

The price of a solar module has crashed 90 per cent since 2010. That was the year when Adani bought into its ...
Why there’s not much in store for small business this Budget

Why there’s not much in store for small business this Budget

The Government has been working its small business base hard. As they say; “small business votes”, and the changes ...
Bizarre: your true pay brackets revealed

Bizarre: your true pay brackets revealed

An election budget looms Tuesday, surely chock with goodies.  Is your marginal rate what you think it is? There ...
Conflicts of Interest”R”Us: KPMG pursues PwC back into insolvency

Conflicts of Interest”R”Us: KPMG pursues PwC back into insolvency

The Big Four, the relentless architects of global tax avoidance, have returned to the insolvency business, despite ...
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