Rupert Murdoch’s US empire siphons $4.5b from Australian business virtually tax-freeBy Michael West | April 6, 2015Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the US has siphoned off $4.5 billion of cash and shares from his ...
India’s Sysiphean taskBy Michael West | April 4, 2015It is both a masterstroke of international financing and yet another blow to thermal coal, a commodity whose ...
Dynamic currency conversion – robbery by choiceBy Michael West | March 30, 2015As far as bank robberies go, this one is bigger, and just as fiendish, as any. It is called "dynamic currency ...
Bigwigs won’t be held to account in tax avoidance inquiryBy Michael West | March 28, 2015In Washington, they haul the bigwigs up to Capitol Hill for congressional hearings. Nobody is immune from ...
Beyond the spin, the miners are in cloverBy Michael West | March 26, 2015The Mining Council put forth with its latest public relations extravaganza on Thursday, overstating once again ...
Tax strategies may distort power salesBy Michael West | March 23, 2015Along with the man who singly controls a larger chunk of Australia's energy assets than any other – Hong Kong ...
City state Singapore has a taste for our taxpayersBy Michael West | March 21, 2015Singapore is more than just a shining city state, a place of untrammelled commerce and cleanliness, and the jewel ...
Economics consulting becomes a new art formBy Michael West | March 17, 2015Economics consulting truly is art. Look no further than the masterpiece of consulting from the Centre for ...
Metadata retention laws will hurt big-business whistleblowersBy Michael West | March 13, 2015The government is about to shove through its data retention laws, with the acquiescence of a self-described ...
The sun isn’t shining on ‘old energy’ sectorsBy Michael West | March 9, 2015Got a call from AGL the other day offering a 12 per cent discount on the electricity bill. The catch was that, ...
Screen Australia board meetings must be a game of musical chairsBy Michael West | March 7, 2015Companies associated with actor and film producer Claudia Karvan were paid $10.5 million by Screen Australia last ...
Labor’s corporate tax avoidance policy is mostly window dressingBy Michael West | March 3, 2015The best maxim with which to encapsulate Labor's new policy on corporate tax avoidance is perhaps "deckchairs on ...
Rupert Murdoch’s US empire siphons $4.5b from Australian business virtually tax-freeBy Michael West | April 6, 2015Rupert Murdoch's media empire in the US has siphoned off $4.5 billion of cash and shares from his ...
India’s Sysiphean taskBy Michael West | April 4, 2015It is both a masterstroke of international financing and yet another blow to thermal coal, a commodity whose ...
Dynamic currency conversion – robbery by choiceBy Michael West | March 30, 2015As far as bank robberies go, this one is bigger, and just as fiendish, as any. It is called "dynamic currency ...
Bigwigs won’t be held to account in tax avoidance inquiryBy Michael West | March 28, 2015In Washington, they haul the bigwigs up to Capitol Hill for congressional hearings. Nobody is immune from ...
Beyond the spin, the miners are in cloverBy Michael West | March 26, 2015The Mining Council put forth with its latest public relations extravaganza on Thursday, overstating once again ...
Tax strategies may distort power salesBy Michael West | March 23, 2015Along with the man who singly controls a larger chunk of Australia's energy assets than any other – Hong Kong ...
City state Singapore has a taste for our taxpayersBy Michael West | March 21, 2015Singapore is more than just a shining city state, a place of untrammelled commerce and cleanliness, and the jewel ...
Economics consulting becomes a new art formBy Michael West | March 17, 2015Economics consulting truly is art. Look no further than the masterpiece of consulting from the Centre for ...
Metadata retention laws will hurt big-business whistleblowersBy Michael West | March 13, 2015The government is about to shove through its data retention laws, with the acquiescence of a self-described ...
The sun isn’t shining on ‘old energy’ sectorsBy Michael West | March 9, 2015Got a call from AGL the other day offering a 12 per cent discount on the electricity bill. The catch was that, ...
Screen Australia board meetings must be a game of musical chairsBy Michael West | March 7, 2015Companies associated with actor and film producer Claudia Karvan were paid $10.5 million by Screen Australia last ...
Labor’s corporate tax avoidance policy is mostly window dressingBy Michael West | March 3, 2015The best maxim with which to encapsulate Labor's new policy on corporate tax avoidance is perhaps "deckchairs on ...