How business lobbyists trump your voteBy Michael West | July 2, 2016Today, election day, voters can revel in the knowledge that their elected representatives really are listening to ...
Wilson Parking’s tax numbers appear to defy economic realityBy Michael West | April 8, 2016Many readers will know the feeling of being silently, financially assaulted when parking in the city or at the ...
Powerlink is Queensland government’s golden gooseBy Michael West | April 4, 2016If Annastacia Palaszczuk and her ministers were smacking their lips at the heroic prices her southern neighbours ...
‘Special purpose’ approach by accountants hides corporate secretsBy Michael West | November 27, 2015The accounting profession has failed. It is a failure that comes at a cost to every man, woman and child in this ...
Anyone for tennis? Australia’s greatest local government stoush rolls onBy Michael West | October 5, 2015In the winter of 2009, then shadow treasurer Joe Hockey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Seven Network celebrity ...
Adani a dud candidate for government supportBy Michael West | June 6, 2015The best-performing infrastructure venture during the reign of Australia's "Infrastructure Prime Minister" ...
DHR International leaves bill with Australian governmentBy Michael West | May 30, 2015Things are stirring in the land of the headhunters. Nestled just beneath the majors of global executive ...
Corporate tax: ex-ATO official criticises rushed settlements, ‘climate of fear’By Michael West | April 10, 2015A former Tax Office employee has told the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance that the ATO is giving up ...
Wise investment or fossil fools? Queensland backs coal as G20 moves the game onBy Michael West | November 17, 2014The very day after the G20 concluded, with its recommendations about ending government subsidies to fossil fuels, ...
Good haven! Even the government does itBy Michael West | September 14, 2013Did you know the Future Fund has no fewer than 43 subsidiaries in foreign tax havens? It is a little-known yet ...
Flush with cash, News is cut looseBy Michael West | June 22, 2013Here in newspaper-land, we do not luxuriate in billion-dollar government handouts, as do the big car makers ...
For dark pools, just wade into the ASXBy Michael West | November 24, 2012 ONE distinct disadvantage of longevity in journalism is the persistent exposure to that annoying phenomenon ...
How business lobbyists trump your voteBy Michael West | July 2, 2016Today, election day, voters can revel in the knowledge that their elected representatives really are listening to ...
Wilson Parking’s tax numbers appear to defy economic realityBy Michael West | April 8, 2016Many readers will know the feeling of being silently, financially assaulted when parking in the city or at the ...
Powerlink is Queensland government’s golden gooseBy Michael West | April 4, 2016If Annastacia Palaszczuk and her ministers were smacking their lips at the heroic prices her southern neighbours ...
‘Special purpose’ approach by accountants hides corporate secretsBy Michael West | November 27, 2015The accounting profession has failed. It is a failure that comes at a cost to every man, woman and child in this ...
Anyone for tennis? Australia’s greatest local government stoush rolls onBy Michael West | October 5, 2015In the winter of 2009, then shadow treasurer Joe Hockey climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Seven Network celebrity ...
Adani a dud candidate for government supportBy Michael West | June 6, 2015The best-performing infrastructure venture during the reign of Australia's "Infrastructure Prime Minister" ...
DHR International leaves bill with Australian governmentBy Michael West | May 30, 2015Things are stirring in the land of the headhunters. Nestled just beneath the majors of global executive ...
Corporate tax: ex-ATO official criticises rushed settlements, ‘climate of fear’By Michael West | April 10, 2015A former Tax Office employee has told the Senate inquiry into corporate tax avoidance that the ATO is giving up ...
Wise investment or fossil fools? Queensland backs coal as G20 moves the game onBy Michael West | November 17, 2014The very day after the G20 concluded, with its recommendations about ending government subsidies to fossil fuels, ...
Good haven! Even the government does itBy Michael West | September 14, 2013Did you know the Future Fund has no fewer than 43 subsidiaries in foreign tax havens? It is a little-known yet ...
Flush with cash, News is cut looseBy Michael West | June 22, 2013Here in newspaper-land, we do not luxuriate in billion-dollar government handouts, as do the big car makers ...
For dark pools, just wade into the ASXBy Michael West | November 24, 2012 ONE distinct disadvantage of longevity in journalism is the persistent exposure to that annoying phenomenon ...