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.

Politics is just a diversion as BHP whacks the zombie

LADIES and gentlemen, we have the great pleasure to unveil today a landmark charitable initiative which will ...

BHP story that almost never was

Ladies and gentlemen, we have the great pleasure to unveil today a landmark charitable initiative that will assist ...

The Scarlet Pimpernel of funds management

The scene was the Grand Ballroom of the Rydges Hotel, at Sydney's World Square, a venue considerably grander by ...
The devil and the deep blue sea

The devil and the deep blue sea

''On the surface, they can still exercise their iniquitous laws, fight, devour each other, and indulge in all ...

Centro payout gives major auditors a sinking feeling

PwC's settlement will not only raise professional indemnity fees, but damages the industry's reputation, writes ...

Spreading the pain of PPPs

Two privatisations, neither quite as they seem. One, the Ararat Prison Project in Victoria, is being hammered as ...

Time to come clean on public-private finances

The Victorian government's partner in the $1 billion Royal Children's Hospital project was none other than Babcock ...

Centro settlement raises more questions than it answers

The irking thing about this Centro settlement is that it raises more questions than it answers. The price to shut ...

Time for disclosure on PPPs

The Victorian Government's partner in the $1 billion Royal Children's Hospital project was none other than Babcock ...

Detention firm’s profits booming

THE surge in boats carrying asylum seekers last year has delivered an explosion in profits for the company that ...
ASIC’s death by a thousand cuts

ASIC’s death by a thousand cuts

Over the past nine years, 800 million people have been born into the world, YouTube and Facebook were invented and ...
One man’s cry for freedom disappears into a black pit

One man’s cry for freedom disappears into a black pit

OVER the past nine years, 800 million people have been born into the world, YouTube and Facebook were invented and ...

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