Land titles office: another privatisation for the Caymans?By Michael West | April 3, 2017Profits from the NSW land titles registry may soon be heading to the Cayman Islands to be controlled by one of the ...
Land titles: the folly of privatising an essential monopolyBy Michael West | March 20, 2017Sensibly, the federal government abandoned plans to privatise the database of the corporate regulator just before ...
ScoMo tells the truth about real estate, gets the sin binBy Michael West | March 10, 2017On Monday, Treasurer Scott Morrison told the truth. On Friday he was gone, gone as the government's chief ...
The Lucky Country: how inheritance and the property boom sharpened inequality – reportBy Michael West | March 8, 2017Inequality is on the rise, perpetuated by government policies such as negative gearing, where ordinary taxpayers ...
Hotel Macquarie: you can check out any time you like but you can never leaveBy Michael West | March 6, 2017It is not hard to harbour a sneaking admiration for Macquarie Bank and its relentless ingenuity in finding new ...
Talking multinational tax avoidance with Brent Bultitude, 2SM Super NetworkBy Michael West | March 6, 2017One-third of Australia's biggest companies paid no income tax over the past two years. Here's the who how and ...
Banks in denial about cash scamBy Michael West | March 3, 2017The inquiry into the banks, the Clayton's Royal Commission if you like, kicked off today with NAB boss Andrew ...
Taxing multinationals: no new laws needed, just execute the ones we haveBy Michael West | March 2, 2017Some excellent response to the piece on Goldman Sachs and Australia's biggest brewer SABMiller skiving out of tax ...
How Goldman Sachs and Australia’s biggest brewer SAB pay no taxBy Michael West | February 28, 2017Nowhere is the impotence of politicians and regulators more costly than in their failure to stand up to ...
Corporate tax reform stalls while government axes welfareBy Michael West | February 26, 2017As the government takes the long-handle to penalty rates, family benefits and climate-change funding - while ...
Splendid! Let’s lock an entire generation of Australians out of the property marketBy Michael West | February 23, 2017As the government dithers over money laundering policy, policy which would keep a lid on Chinese buyers whipping ...
Cash lurk: banks skim millions from customers, againBy Michael West | February 13, 2017Australia's banks are a generous lot. They give hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts every year. Spurning ...
Land titles office: another privatisation for the Caymans?By Michael West | April 3, 2017Profits from the NSW land titles registry may soon be heading to the Cayman Islands to be controlled by one of the ...
Land titles: the folly of privatising an essential monopolyBy Michael West | March 20, 2017Sensibly, the federal government abandoned plans to privatise the database of the corporate regulator just before ...
ScoMo tells the truth about real estate, gets the sin binBy Michael West | March 10, 2017On Monday, Treasurer Scott Morrison told the truth. On Friday he was gone, gone as the government's chief ...
The Lucky Country: how inheritance and the property boom sharpened inequality – reportBy Michael West | March 8, 2017Inequality is on the rise, perpetuated by government policies such as negative gearing, where ordinary taxpayers ...
Hotel Macquarie: you can check out any time you like but you can never leaveBy Michael West | March 6, 2017It is not hard to harbour a sneaking admiration for Macquarie Bank and its relentless ingenuity in finding new ...
Talking multinational tax avoidance with Brent Bultitude, 2SM Super NetworkBy Michael West | March 6, 2017One-third of Australia's biggest companies paid no income tax over the past two years. Here's the who how and ...
Banks in denial about cash scamBy Michael West | March 3, 2017The inquiry into the banks, the Clayton's Royal Commission if you like, kicked off today with NAB boss Andrew ...
Taxing multinationals: no new laws needed, just execute the ones we haveBy Michael West | March 2, 2017Some excellent response to the piece on Goldman Sachs and Australia's biggest brewer SABMiller skiving out of tax ...
How Goldman Sachs and Australia’s biggest brewer SAB pay no taxBy Michael West | February 28, 2017Nowhere is the impotence of politicians and regulators more costly than in their failure to stand up to ...
Corporate tax reform stalls while government axes welfareBy Michael West | February 26, 2017As the government takes the long-handle to penalty rates, family benefits and climate-change funding - while ...
Splendid! Let’s lock an entire generation of Australians out of the property marketBy Michael West | February 23, 2017As the government dithers over money laundering policy, policy which would keep a lid on Chinese buyers whipping ...
Cash lurk: banks skim millions from customers, againBy Michael West | February 13, 2017Australia's banks are a generous lot. They give hundreds of millions of dollars in gifts every year. Spurning ...