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Michael
Michael West is the founder of michaelwest.com.au, focusing on journalism of high public interest. He spent eight years as a commentator with The Australian and another eight years with the Sydney Morning Herald as a journalist and editor, Michael is a Walkley-award winner and Adjunct Professor at the University of Sydney’s School of Social and Political Sciences.
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MICHAEL WEST. Goldman Sachs & News Corp tax tricks as Canberra claims battle won
Peering at the local accounts of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Goldman Sachs … is the government’s claim to have sorted multinational tax avoidance correct? As they gaze down from their glass eyries, partners of the Big Four accounting firms must be chuckling. Continue reading »
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MICHAEL WEST. Gas crisis? Or glut? Why Japan pays less for Australian LNG than Australians do.
It is bizarre that gas customers in Japan buy Australian gas more cheaply than Australians. Some of this gas is drilled in the Bass Strait, piped to Queensland, turned into liquid and shipped 6,700 kilometres to Japan … but the Japanese still pay less than Victorians. Continue reading »
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MICHAEL WEST. Australia’s march to corporatocracy.
Confounding the familiar government narrative of reckless spending binges by Labor, the Coalition actually has the record of greater profligacy when it comes to showering billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money on external consultants. Continue reading »