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.

Rollicking times for con artists

Warning: what follows is not a parody. Fraudsters have conferences too. We have a conference program here to prove ...

Web gives rise to doomsday pedlars

As Australia's ''miracle economy'' chugs along at twice the clip of its first-world counterparts, markets remain ...

Gloomy news easy fodder for wolves

AS AUSTRALIA'S miracle economy chugs along at twice the clip of its developed-world counterparts, markets ...

Are the wolves about to get it right?

As Australia's “miracle economy” chugs along at twice the clip of its first-world counterparts, markets remain ...
Keeping tabs on land grabs

Keeping tabs on land grabs

IT IS hard to tell exactly when the deal was done, but a group of Chinese businessmen have quietly put their ...

Mysterious Chinese deal highlights FIRB secrecy

It is hard to tell exactly when the deal was done, but a group of Chinese businessmen has quietly put their ...

Anxiety pervades skittish markets

A sharemarket dabbler would have done well this year to adhere to the old adage "sell in May and go away", ...

Mayday, mayday! the sharemarket’s sinking

Last month's stock slump and a sluggish US recovery are raising fears of an 'Armageddon scenario'. A ...

Power sector primed for overload

It was just before Christmas when Bruce and Belinda Robertson got the news. The letter from Transgrid arrived ...

Beyond the visage, Joyce begs a flying leap of faith

Qantas' chief has the hardest corporate gig in Australia and the airline's latest restructure is another test of ...

Let the numbers tell the story

Corporate hero or union villain; who cares? When it comes to winning glossy magazine covers, Alan Joyce is without ...
Power play a winner for AGL

Power play a winner for AGL

Should the Coalition roll into office and repeal the carbon tax, as it has pledged, Australia's biggest ...

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