Game-changer for oil giants and multinational tax avoidersBy Michael West | April 24, 2017It was a superb win for the the Australian Tax Office against Chevron in the Federal Court last week but there is ...
Hornswoggler Chevron hit by historic court caseBy Michael West | April 23, 2017Chevron's top brass touched down in Australia last September in a fleet of five private jets, here to visit their ...
Exxon pays no tax, record dividends, as gas prices soarBy Michael West | April 4, 2017Oil and gas leviathan Exxon Mobil has managed to pay zero tax in Australia for two years, despite making $18 ...
Tick & flick: PwC embroiled in Vocation collapseBy Michael West | April 4, 2017Public trust in the independence of the major audit firms to manage their conflicts of interest is once again in ...
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 ...
Game-changer for oil giants and multinational tax avoidersBy Michael West | April 24, 2017It was a superb win for the the Australian Tax Office against Chevron in the Federal Court last week but there is ...
Hornswoggler Chevron hit by historic court caseBy Michael West | April 23, 2017Chevron's top brass touched down in Australia last September in a fleet of five private jets, here to visit their ...
Exxon pays no tax, record dividends, as gas prices soarBy Michael West | April 4, 2017Oil and gas leviathan Exxon Mobil has managed to pay zero tax in Australia for two years, despite making $18 ...
Tick & flick: PwC embroiled in Vocation collapseBy Michael West | April 4, 2017Public trust in the independence of the major audit firms to manage their conflicts of interest is once again in ...
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 ...