Michael West

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.
Exxon confirms Tax Office in pursuit as it and Chevron rip $13bn dividends out of Australia

Exxon confirms Tax Office in pursuit as it and Chevron rip $13bn dividends out of Australia

Woohoo! Two of the biggest tax cheats, ExxonMobil and Chevron (auditors PwC) have begun to pay a mite of income ...
Government gutted as PwC, Big 4 pick up $1.4b a year for giving advice

Government gutted as PwC, Big 4 pick up $1.4b a year for giving advice

The Centre for Public Integrity has published analysis of political donations and government contract work for Big ...
Gas lobby APPEA calls for transparency while its own financial reports vanish. What’s the scam?

Gas lobby APPEA calls for transparency while its own financial reports vanish. What’s the scam?

There is no noisier, whingier bunch of lobbyists in Australia than APPEA, the town criers for multinational oil ...
Innovation Evangelist: Stockland and Mirvac roped, bound by Bricklet property rorts

Innovation Evangelist: Stockland and Mirvac roped, bound by Bricklet property rorts

As far as property scams go, it's a slick one, although you might say almost accidental. Giuseppe Porcelli, the ...
Google Australia pays pittance in tax, pays media moguls instead

Google Australia pays pittance in tax, pays media moguls instead

Taxpayers stump up for "man shot in buttocks" story as Google Australia pays a pittance in tax again thanks to ...
Fake Reform: Jim Chalmers’ itsy-bitsy tax “hit” is a gift for foreign fossil fuel giants

Fake Reform: Jim Chalmers’ itsy-bitsy tax “hit” is a gift for foreign fossil fuel giants

Jim Chalmers long-awaited tweaks to the PRRT are the itsy-bitsyist “reforms” about, the equivalent of recycling ...
Another year of record fossil fuel subsidies. What’s the scam?

Another year of record fossil fuel subsidies. What’s the scam?

Government subsidies for fossil fuel companies have hit records again - more money than is spent on Australia's ...
World Press Freedom Day! But for Julian Assange, David McBride, where is the freedom?

World Press Freedom Day! But for Julian Assange, David McBride, where is the freedom?

If only the media would cover the persecution of Julian Assange with the same the same zeal as the wedding of ...
Because You’re Worth It: L’Oréal, Aesop and the perils of the beauty myth

Because You’re Worth It: L’Oréal, Aesop and the perils of the beauty myth

When French cosmetics juggernaut L'Oréal pounced on Aesop - Australia’s skincare success story - in a record $4bn ...
Australia wins plaudits for move on multinational tax dodgers but much more is needed on fossil front

Australia wins plaudits for move on multinational tax dodgers but much more is needed on fossil front

Amid fossil fuel corporate fury at any move to tax them or cap their soaring price rises, the tax reform moves of ...
The amazing Giuseppe Porcelli hits the CEO big-time without the help of a single customer

The amazing Giuseppe Porcelli hits the CEO big-time without the help of a single customer

How a fast-talking tech entrepreneur turned a $4m company into a $100m company overnight - without the assistance ...
“Let’s drop this now”: calls rise for Albo to ask Joe Biden for release of Assange in tonight’s AUKUS talks

“Let’s drop this now”: calls rise for Albo to ask Joe Biden for release of Assange in tonight’s AUKUS talks

There will be no better opportunity than now for Anthony Albanese to ask US President Joe Biden for the release of ...

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