Quantum Collapse, Private Hospital fails, and Trump’s Film Tariff | The Media Blindspot

by Michael West | May 17, 2025 | The West Report

While the mainstream media obsesses over mushroom meals and political reshuffles, the real stories get buried.

This week on The West Report, we uncover:
• A $940 million taxpayer-funded quantum tech deal that’s falling apart before it begins
• How Northern Beaches Hospital put profits before patients
• And why Donald Trump’s new tariff threats could gut Australia’s film industry exposing our reliance on Hollywood

These stories are about more than headlines. They’re about corporate capture, media failure, and Australia’s vanishing cultural sovereignty.

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00:00 – Intro: What the media missed this week
00:44 – Quantum Tech Gamble Turns to Roadkill
02:25 – Profits Over Patients at Northern Beaches Hospital
04:22 – Trump’s Film Tariffs and Australia’s Creative Crisis

#auspol #independentmedia #thewestreport #mediablindspot #australianpolitics

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Michael West established Michael West Media in 2016 to focus on journalism of high public interest, particularly the rising power of corporations over democracy. West was formerly a journalist and editor with Fairfax newspapers, a columnist for News Corp and even, once, a stockbroker.

 

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