Far from free, gas is becoming the ‘risible’ market – all the way to the bankBy Michael West | April 25, 2015Adam Smith was right, a free market is best. If there is no market however, there can be no free market. Such ...
Senate banks inquiry may not fix advice malaiseBy Michael West | April 20, 2015Queensland businessman John Belling is suing Westpac for misleading and deceptive conduct after the bank ...
Banks ‘plunder’ travellers with forex fees on credit card transactionsBy Michael West | April 18, 2015Traveller Rob Gower went to an ATM the other day at Phuket Airport in Thailand. He withdrew 10,000 baht in cash. ...
From a famine to a feast – for the gas cartelBy Michael West | April 13, 2015Has the feted gas "supply cliff" turned into a gas supply mountain? We were told by the gas lobby there would ...
Big Four firms consistently ‘unaware’ before tax inquiryBy Michael West | April 10, 2015Representatives from "Big Four" accounting firm Deloitte were up before the Senate tax inquiry on Friday morning. ...
Senate tax avoidance inquiry: the secret of its successBy Michael West | April 9, 2015Analysis Corporate regulators were asked to explain to the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance on ...
Sandwiches on the menu as corporate chiefs front tax inquiryBy Michael West | April 9, 2015Analysis Tech giants insist they pay their taxes Apple, Google, Microsoft cop tax audit There wasn't much ...
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 ...
Far from free, gas is becoming the ‘risible’ market – all the way to the bankBy Michael West | April 25, 2015Adam Smith was right, a free market is best. If there is no market however, there can be no free market. Such ...
Senate banks inquiry may not fix advice malaiseBy Michael West | April 20, 2015Queensland businessman John Belling is suing Westpac for misleading and deceptive conduct after the bank ...
Banks ‘plunder’ travellers with forex fees on credit card transactionsBy Michael West | April 18, 2015Traveller Rob Gower went to an ATM the other day at Phuket Airport in Thailand. He withdrew 10,000 baht in cash. ...
From a famine to a feast – for the gas cartelBy Michael West | April 13, 2015Has the feted gas "supply cliff" turned into a gas supply mountain? We were told by the gas lobby there would ...
Big Four firms consistently ‘unaware’ before tax inquiryBy Michael West | April 10, 2015Representatives from "Big Four" accounting firm Deloitte were up before the Senate tax inquiry on Friday morning. ...
Senate tax avoidance inquiry: the secret of its successBy Michael West | April 9, 2015Analysis Corporate regulators were asked to explain to the Senate Inquiry into Corporate Tax Avoidance on ...
Sandwiches on the menu as corporate chiefs front tax inquiryBy Michael West | April 9, 2015Analysis Tech giants insist they pay their taxes Apple, Google, Microsoft cop tax audit There wasn't much ...
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 ...