JobKeeper v JobSeeker: do Australians fill out the form for Treasurer Josh Frydenberg?
Do we keep him on? As Josh Frydenberg's employers, should Australians put Josh on JobKeeper? Or JobSeeker, which ...
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.
The Virgin Brides: fee-fest time in the Virgin Australia showroom
The cuff-linked bottom-feeders are now preying over the carcass of Virgin Australia, 10,000 jobs are on the line, ...
Qantas first, daylight second, taxpayers a distant third
Just because Alan Joyce has a Masters degree in mathematics and Michael McCormack is one of two of Australian ...
For Whom the Tolls Bell: traversing Transurban’s $20 billion debt and tricky tax lurks
Toll road behemoth Transurban pays no tax and controls 18 toll roads. How sustainable is this suite of tolling ...
Virgin Australia: buy the business, don’t bail out the shareholders
Virgin Australia is pleading for a bail-out twice what its shares a worth. Its wealthy foreign shareholders can ...
Cufflinked Comrades: neo-conservative socialists and the victims of the big bail-out
We’re all socialists now. Or are we? Michael West investigates the biggest bail-out in Australia’s history.
CoronaRorts: rescue measures a free kick or fee kick for the banks?
Aren't the banks lovely to let their home loan customers take a six month break from mortgage repayments! Only one ...
Small business bail-out package favours higher paid over low paid workers
There is a flaw in the Government’s small business bail-out package; it encourages employers to discard the lowest ...
Doctors and nurses exposed, medicines run short, while profiteers run rampant
Incredibly distressing footage of thousands of Australians, across the country, queueing around the block for ...
Bankster Bailout: will the trickle-down package trickle beyond the banks and big business?
The Morrison Government’s emergency measures to protect the economy are another massive subsidy from embattled ...
Too Big To Fail II: airline bail-outs today, who’s next in corporate triage?
The Morrison government just bailed out Australia's airlines with a $715 million relief package. This corporate ...
Too Big To Fail: Qantas, the corporate elite and the coronavirus
Alan Joyce is a canny operator. As the ravages of the coronavirus began to hit the airline hard, the Qantas boss ...
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