Michael West

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The shame is big tax dodgers slip the net

Michael West Hollywood star Mel Gibson is among the celebrities, sportsmen and prominent business types named by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists for having business dealings in the tax...

CBA led banks' charge on ABC Learning

Michael West The banks did a sneaky thing as Eddy Groves' childcare empire was about to collapse in 2008.

Search to unearth Google Australia directors returns '0'

Michael West The profits 'from' Google Australia are not the same as the profits Google makes 'in' Australia.

Laws of the land make Facebook fantasies come true

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Laws of the land make Facebook fantasies come true

Michael West Facebook the company decided it didn't want to be known as a large company any more.

Glencore tax bill on $15b income: zip, zilch, zero

Michael West Australia's largest coalminer, Glencore, paid almost zero tax over the past three years, despite income of $15 billion, as it radically reduced its tax exposure by taking large, unnecessarily...

Glencore tax bill on $15b income: zip, zilch, zero

Michael West Australia's largest coalminer, Glencore, paid almost zero tax over the past three years, despite income of $15 billion, as it radically reduced its tax exposure by taking large, unnecessarily...

Consumers unlikely to benefit in NSW electricity sell-off

Michael West Plans by NSW to sell off its electricity networks will not likely bring lower prices for consumers.

Resources

Gushing Glencore converts tax flow into tiny trickle

Michael West Glencore booked cash of almost $15 billion from coal mining and had effectively paid zero tax.

Analysis

Entitlement is in the eye of the beholder; just Google it

Michael West For digital juggernaut Google the halcyon days of entitlement remain in full swing.

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Schoolchildren embroiled in coal-seam gas dispute

Michael West AGL's ploy is not so much about saving energy as rallying the community behind its plans.

Is petrol producer an empty Shell?

Michael West It is timely to look at just how much heavy lifting multinational companies are doing on the tax front.

Tasmania's Beaconsfield mine still mired in corporate intrigue

Michael West A report by a geotechnical expert about seismic events recommended bolstering the ground-support mechanisms in the mine five months before its collapse.