Transurban nabs WestConnex: winners and losersBy Ian Bell | September 3, 2018"It will require a politician the likes of a Keating or a Kennett, somebody with the will to bulldoze vested ...
Aged care, Allity and the Jersey connectionBy Michael West | August 31, 2018It is said that private equity players are so ruthless they would sell their own grandmothers. The question is, ...
Are bank-owned wealth management groups a busted flush?By Sandi Keane | August 23, 2018Having acted as rapacious fee gougers for more than two decades, are banks and insurance companies now sitting ...
Sydney Opera House: Australia’s gambling treasureBy Michael West | August 20, 2018Deloitte valued the Sydney Opera House at $4.6 billion. That might be "replacement cost" if you had to raze it to ...
Royal Commission: extortionate bank fees even on cashBy Michael West | August 6, 2018The gaze of Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne will be fixed upon industry funds for the next couple of weeks.
Travel insurance: beware bogus clauses which deny your claimBy Michael West | July 18, 2018After years of paying for travel insurance with Travel Insurance Direct, the time finally came to make a claim. My ...
WestConnex: Labor’s triumph of politics over policyBy Michael West | July 10, 2018Towering behind them was The Grand Organ, the world's largest organ. As they rose to address the Labor Party ...
Hobson’s choice: corporate reputation, secrecy and identity theftBy Michael West | July 1, 2018Corporations rarely fess up to data-breaches and identity theft. To do so might invite a public relations ...
Royal Commission: it’s the farmers’ turn but they only get ten daysBy Michael West | June 25, 2018One mystery of the Royal Commission into the banks is why it does not extend to system risk; the overwhelming ...
Lend Lease: double dipping and Dutch trippingBy Michael West | June 11, 2018What Lendlease has been doing is buying villages, claiming a bonanza of deductions by changing the contracts from ...
CBA’s BankWest takeover debacle and APRA’s “appalling” regulatory failBy Nathan Lynch | June 1, 2018When the HBOS Group collapsed in 2008, UK taxpayers were left to fund a £17 billion bank bail-out. It was a ...
Senate: less debt-loading, much more disclosure and tighten that PRRT!By Michael West | May 30, 2018Four years ago, Christine Milne, then Greens leader, rang out of the blue to chat about multinational tax ...
Transurban nabs WestConnex: winners and losersBy Ian Bell | September 3, 2018"It will require a politician the likes of a Keating or a Kennett, somebody with the will to bulldoze vested ...
Aged care, Allity and the Jersey connectionBy Michael West | August 31, 2018It is said that private equity players are so ruthless they would sell their own grandmothers. The question is, ...
Are bank-owned wealth management groups a busted flush?By Sandi Keane | August 23, 2018Having acted as rapacious fee gougers for more than two decades, are banks and insurance companies now sitting ...
Sydney Opera House: Australia’s gambling treasureBy Michael West | August 20, 2018Deloitte valued the Sydney Opera House at $4.6 billion. That might be "replacement cost" if you had to raze it to ...
Royal Commission: extortionate bank fees even on cashBy Michael West | August 6, 2018The gaze of Royal Commissioner Kenneth Hayne will be fixed upon industry funds for the next couple of weeks.
Travel insurance: beware bogus clauses which deny your claimBy Michael West | July 18, 2018After years of paying for travel insurance with Travel Insurance Direct, the time finally came to make a claim. My ...
WestConnex: Labor’s triumph of politics over policyBy Michael West | July 10, 2018Towering behind them was The Grand Organ, the world's largest organ. As they rose to address the Labor Party ...
Hobson’s choice: corporate reputation, secrecy and identity theftBy Michael West | July 1, 2018Corporations rarely fess up to data-breaches and identity theft. To do so might invite a public relations ...
Royal Commission: it’s the farmers’ turn but they only get ten daysBy Michael West | June 25, 2018One mystery of the Royal Commission into the banks is why it does not extend to system risk; the overwhelming ...
Lend Lease: double dipping and Dutch trippingBy Michael West | June 11, 2018What Lendlease has been doing is buying villages, claiming a bonanza of deductions by changing the contracts from ...
CBA’s BankWest takeover debacle and APRA’s “appalling” regulatory failBy Nathan Lynch | June 1, 2018When the HBOS Group collapsed in 2008, UK taxpayers were left to fund a £17 billion bank bail-out. It was a ...
Senate: less debt-loading, much more disclosure and tighten that PRRT!By Michael West | May 30, 2018Four years ago, Christine Milne, then Greens leader, rang out of the blue to chat about multinational tax ...