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.
OGNAP: how the Government protects its donors and tax dodgers

OGNAP: how the Government protects its donors and tax dodgers

Bring out yer dead, bring out yer dead. Tis' the season to bury the news. Michael West reports on OGNAP. If you ...
Fleecing Australia: Tax Office data dump shows the usual large culprits paying no tax

Fleecing Australia: Tax Office data dump shows the usual large culprits paying no tax

The giant foreign corporations who extract the most from Australian soils and seabeds have once again paid the ...
Operation Slippery: Russian aviation magnate diverts Australian Defence profits to tax havens

Operation Slippery: Russian aviation magnate diverts Australian Defence profits to tax havens

Australia’s Department of Defence is keeping silent. Yet it has serious questions to answer over its dealings with ...
Uppercut: call for violence at Parliamentary Inquiry into accountants

Uppercut: call for violence at Parliamentary Inquiry into accountants

It was hardly the venue for violence, the Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into Regulation of Audit in Australia. The ...
The Barangaroo Triangle: inside Westpac’s invisible banking regime

The Barangaroo Triangle: inside Westpac’s invisible banking regime

Westpac has been running an invisible banking system, invisible to regulators, where multinational company clients ...
WA brings Brookfield to heel but no excuse for privatising essential services

WA brings Brookfield to heel but no excuse for privatising essential services

Governments flogging essential services, particularly monopolies, to private operators has always been a "no-no" ...
Hardly Normal: appalling insults by Gerry mar Harvey Norman meeting amid activist revolt

Hardly Normal: appalling insults by Gerry mar Harvey Norman meeting amid activist revolt

"Are you are sexual predator?" asked Gerry Harvey of a dissident shareholder who was politely though persistently ...
Stephen Mayne on Gerry Harvey’s fans in the Murdoch media as fiery shareholder showdown looms

Stephen Mayne on Gerry Harvey’s fans in the Murdoch media as fiery shareholder showdown looms

The culture wars have engulfed the stock market. As a fiery shareholder showdown looms at the Harvey Norman annual ...
MWI: Economic Recovery or The New Ordinary?

MWI: Economic Recovery or The New Ordinary?

Australia's economy looks like it has bottomed out, or perhaps this is the beginning of The New Ordinary. This is ...
Johnson & Johnson’s implant failures mirrored in its reporting failures

Johnson & Johnson’s implant failures mirrored in its reporting failures

The Johnson & Johnson company which was found to be negligent in today's historic court case over faulty pelvic ...
Audit Blackout: gatekeepers cuddled while sleeping on the job

Audit Blackout: gatekeepers cuddled while sleeping on the job

Why the secrecy? Most of the Big Four's audit inspections are blacked out; huge chunks redacted by the corporate ...
Love Island Australia: Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello dunks Hugh Marks

Love Island Australia: Nine Entertainment chairman Peter Costello dunks Hugh Marks

It was the Nine Entertainment Company annual general meeting yesterday and Peter Costello, federal treasurer ...

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