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 Streisand Effect: lawyers’ threats backfire amid the rising trade in hurt feelings

The Streisand Effect: lawyers’ threats backfire amid the rising trade in hurt feelings

Clive Palmer is suing Youtube sensation Jordan Shanks for defamation. Instead of capitulating however, Shanks ...
Brookfield’s Aveo takeover: Australia’s loss and Bermuda’s gain

Brookfield’s Aveo takeover: Australia’s loss and Bermuda’s gain

The furtive financial wizards from Brookfield may soon take $3 billion of retirement village loans to Bermuda, and ...
Whither the Economy? the MWI measures the Government on its own priorities

Whither the Economy? the MWI measures the Government on its own priorities

Where is the Australian economy heading? The new MW Index rates the Government according to the things which it ...
The Mist: Netflix accounting fantasy conceals half a billion dollars

The Mist: Netflix accounting fantasy conceals half a billion dollars

Following questions to Netflix from michaelwest.com.au last week, the US streaming giant has sprung into action ...
A Netflix Original: Dreams of Theft Downunder

A Netflix Original: Dreams of Theft Downunder

Dreams of Tax Theft Downunder is the story of Netflix Inc, a company from  the United States which lusts after ...
Mates Deal: ASIC tweaks the law, #Watergate data buried

Mates Deal: ASIC tweaks the law, #Watergate data buried

The company at the centre of the #Watergate scandal has been gifted a cushy exemption from filing financial ...
Corporatocracy: inside the Cash Ban

Corporatocracy: inside the Cash Ban

The Government and Opposition are about to push through laws to hobble the cash economy, laws based on advice from ...
MW30: Josh Frydenberg’s quest for a surplus holds a nation to ransom

MW30: Josh Frydenberg’s quest for a surplus holds a nation to ransom

The Morrison Government has put the entire economy at risk to get his "balanced budget". Instead of spending to ...
Smoke and Mirrors: how the ABS tarted up the numbers for Josh Frydenberg

Smoke and Mirrors: how the ABS tarted up the numbers for Josh Frydenberg

Someone is not getting their funding cut. It's the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Quiet Australians! It has ...
Black holes, high-rises and the Meatloaf Principle: Australia’s top audit fails

Black holes, high-rises and the Meatloaf Principle: Australia’s top audit fails

Rupert Murdoch's $7 billion soufflé, a billion-dollar retirement village ruse by Lendlease, Pfizer's Bottom of the ...
Big Four the winners as cosy journalist clique conceals mountain of tax haven data

Big Four the winners as cosy journalist clique conceals mountain of tax haven data

Hollywood stars descended on the Venice Film Festival at the weekend for the opening of The Laundromat. Featuring ...
Australian nursing homes off to Bermuda as Brookfield swallows Aveo

Australian nursing homes off to Bermuda as Brookfield swallows Aveo

Control of Australia's largest aged care and retirement village company is poised to fall to the tax haven of ...

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