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 Kitchen Table: Penny the pensioner pays the kids’ private school fees with her franking credits pension

The Kitchen Table: Penny the pensioner pays the kids’ private school fees with her franking credits pension

Brenda: So the government would give me $6,478 if I stopped working and owned shares instead. Peter: Seeing that ...
Santos Limited

Santos Limited

Ludicrously generous exploration incentives help Santos, along with its multinational gas peers, pay little or no ...
Franking credits: if you’re old enough to understand super, you’re too late

Franking credits: if you’re old enough to understand super, you’re too late

John: Didn’t Kelly O’Dwyer put some sort of limit on how much you could end up with in your super fund? Peter: ...
Pomi Pty Limited

Pomi Pty Limited

Sydney day-trader Philip Tauberman is the man behind the mysterious Pomi and its humongous income of $14 billion ...
Peabody Australia Holdco Pty Ltd

Peabody Australia Holdco Pty Ltd

America's biggest coal company Peabody reported a $1 billion jump in coal sales to $3.3 billion for its Australian ...
Democracy Gamed: how Tasmania was sold to a pokies family from interstate

Democracy Gamed: how Tasmania was sold to a pokies family from interstate

I don’t know of any Australian election since the democratic reforms of the late nineteenth century, that was so ...
Amcor Limited

Amcor Limited

Amcor switched head office from Australia to Switzerland three years ago, a move which is emblematic of the ...
Fletcher Building (Australia) Pty Ltd

Fletcher Building (Australia) Pty Ltd

How, during the biggest building boom in history, when you’ve booked $11.5 billion in total income over four ...
Chicago Exchange giant clears deal with FEX to compete with ASX

Chicago Exchange giant clears deal with FEX to compete with ASX

The world’s largest exchanges group, the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), is poised to begin operating in ...
Saving the Deal: cover-up over Northern Beaches Hospital sale to the Caribbean

Saving the Deal: cover-up over Northern Beaches Hospital sale to the Caribbean

Premier Gladys Berejiklian cut the ribbon at the Northern Beaches Hospital on a Monday afternoon last November. ...
Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd

Ford Motor Company of Australia Ltd

Ford has booked over $11 billion in total income yet paid zero tax, despite producing a small taxable profit of ...
From the Northern Beaches of Sydney to the Northern Beaches of George Town, Cayman Islands

From the Northern Beaches of Sydney to the Northern Beaches of George Town, Cayman Islands

Barack Obama once described it as “either this is the largest building in the world or the largest tax scam in the ...
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