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Michael West Media is an Australian independent publisher that focuses on investigations into big business; particularly multinational tax avoidance, banking and the energy sector, holding big business and government to account. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

  1. BHP’s $25m Threat to Albo | The West Report

    1D AGO

    BHP’s $25m Threat to Albo | The West Report

    Is Australia missing out on a proper gas tax because the mining lobby scared Labor off before Budget night? Michael West reports that Labor was looking at winding back diesel fuel rebates for big miners and taxing gas exporters, before both ideas suddenly junked. An insider told MWM that "We can’t afford another fight with BHP” echoing the campaign that helped bring down Kevin Rudd in 2010. BHP is currently suing MWM to muzzle our coverage of wage theft allegations. #auspol #bhp Support independent journalism ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻ Articles mentioned Budget: whopping subsidies, private health profiteering as waiting lists rise https://michaelwest.com.au/budget-whopping-subsidies-private-health-profiteering-as-waiting-lists-rise/ Hanson lashes gas tax ‘vandalism’, reveals energy plan https://michaelwest.com.au/hanson-lashes-gas-tax-vandalism-reveals-energy-plan/ Murdoch’s Tax Whinge, Exxon’s Gas Heist and Labor’s Budget Panic | The West Report https://michaelwest.com.au/murdochs-tax-whinge-exxons-gas-heist-and-labors-budget-panic-the-west-report/ The Minerals Council, coal and the half a billion spent by the resources lobby https://michaelwest.com.au/the-minerals-council-coal-and-the-half-a-billion-spent-by-the-resources-lobby/ Resource tax deal shows power of advertising and public relations https://michaelwest.com.au/resource-tax-deal-shows-power-of-advertising-and-public-relations/ Mining lobby busted for “fake tax paid” claims https://michaelwest.com.au/murdoch-media-nine-entertainment-mining-lobby-busted-for-record-bullartistry-go-into-hiding/ Fossil fuel fiesta: Australia’s coal and gas giants get more in subsidies than they pay in royalties https://michaelwest.com.au/fossil-fuel-fiesta-australias-coal-and-gas-giants-get-more-in-subsidies-than-they-pay-in-royalties/ ⸻ 00:00 Is this why Australia has no gas tax? 03:12 BHP’s diesel rebate billions 07:18 Madeleine King rules it out 09:16 Labor backs away from gas tax 12:02 The mining lobby playbook 13:17 Pauline Hanson’s gas plan 15:15 Cricket Australia conflict scandal 15:39 Private health profiteering Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    17 min
  2. Israel Kidnapped Gaza Flotilla Activists, A Father Demands Answers | The West Report

    2D AGO

    Israel Kidnapped Gaza Flotilla Activists, A Father Demands Answers | The West Report

    Gemma O’Toole was aboard the Freedom Flotilla when it was intercepted by Israeli forces. Her father, Patrick Kaiser, says the family went more than 64 hours without hearing from her, while the main footage they had seen showed detained activists zip tied, placed in stress positions and taunted by Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir. As Australia summons the Israeli ambassador and condemns Ben Gvir’s behaviour, Gemma’s family is calling for stronger action, sanctions, and a serious reckoning with Australia’s selective approach to international law and human rights. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Gemma O’Toole Kidnapped 00:42 Ben Gvir’s taunting video 01:28 No contact from Australian officials 03:28 Australia’s response and calls for sanctions Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    6 min
  3. Murdoch’s Tax Whinge, Exxon’s Gas Heist and Labor’s Budget Panic | The West Report

    4D AGO

    Murdoch’s Tax Whinge, Exxon’s Gas Heist and Labor’s Budget Panic | The West Report

    Check it out: https://taxdata.michaelwest.com.au/data_analytics Australia’s media has gone into full budget meltdown mode, with screaming front pages about death taxes, trust limbo and Labor betrayal. But while the Murdoch press and the Financial Review howl about modest tax changes, the low-hanging fruit is sitting somewhere else entirely, multinational gas giants making billions from Australian resources while paying a fraction back to the public. Michael West looks at the latest ExxonMobil Australia accounts, the numbers the gas lobby does not want discussed, and why the real budget scandal is not small business trust changes, it is the continuing failure to properly tax the companies exporting Australia’s gas. #auspol #budget Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au *some of the assets in the thumbnail were made with AI* ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Budget hysteria hits the papers 01:36 Murdoch’s zero tax record 03:44 ExxonMobil’s $15.8 billion revenue 09:39 The $1 billion dividend Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    12 min
  4. Budget Whingers, Gambling Ads and the Israel Lobby | Scam of the Week

    6D AGO

    Budget Whingers, Gambling Ads and the Israel Lobby | Scam of the Week

    The Budget pearl-clutchers had a pearler this week. Michael West looks at the budget backlash over negative gearing and capital gains tax, the Liberal Party’s latest by-election disaster, Angus Taylor’s numbers problem, the government burying its response to gambling ads reform on Budget Day, and the biggest winner from Budget by far ... a foreign lobby group. #auspol #royalcommission #budget #economy Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻ Articles mentioned The Bondi Royal Commission. Truth telling and uncontested falsehoods https://michaelwest.com.au/the-bondi-royal-commission-truth-telling-and-uncontested-falsehoods/ Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean https://michaelwest.com.au/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean/ Who benefits from negative gearing? Hint: probably not you. https://michaelwest.com.au/who-benefits-from-negative-gearing-cgt-pbo/ Chalmers’ Budget in search of more productivity and less rent-seeking https://michaelwest.com.au/chalmers-budget-in-search-of-more-productivity-and-less-rent-seeking/ BHP wanted us silenced NOW. The Federal Court said no https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-wanted-us-silenced-now-the-federal-court-said-no/ ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Budget whingers 02:29 Negative gearing 06:04 Farrer’s Liberal wipeout 07:48 Angus Taylor’s reply 09:08 Gambling report dumped 11:04 Budget’s big winners 13:59 Scam of the Week 14:57 BHP lawsuit update Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    16 min
  5. BHP’s Bullying Backfires in Federal Court | The West Report

    MAY 15

    BHP’s Bullying Backfires in Federal Court | The West Report

    BHP tried to rush Michael West Media and injured coal miner Simon Turner into the Federal Court, seeking urgent orders to take down reporting on a story we believe is firmly in the public interest. The court declined to hear BHP’s urgent application, leaving the matter on its ordinary timetable. At the centre of this fight is a coal miner who broke his back at a BHP mine site, a small independent newsroom, and one of the biggest companies in the world trying to muzzle coverage rather than answer basic questions. Story: https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-wanted-us-silenced-now-the-federal-court-said-no/ Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻ Articles mentioned Pauline, Please Explain | The West Report https://michaelwest.com.au/pauline-please-explain-the-west-report/ BHP wins orders to keep coal miner’s evidence out of Court https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-wins-orders-to-keep-coal-miners-evidence-out-of-court/ BHP is suing us. Here is the File Number. https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-is-suing-us-here-is-the-file-number/ Wild Accusations. BHP has even its own evidence muzzled by Court https://michaelwest.com.au/wild-accusations-bhp-has-even-its-own-evidence-muzzled-by-court/ Case Muzzled. Court strikes out injured coal miner, backs BHP https://michaelwest.com.au/case-muzzled-court-strikes-out-injured-coal-miner-backs-bhp/ BHP threatens coal miner for leaking in David v Goliath court stoush https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-threatens-coal-miner-for-leaking-in-david-v-goliath-court-stoush/ ⸻ Chapters 00:00 BHP sues MWM 01:24 Court says not so fast 03:49 Simon Turner’s story Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    9 min
  6. Negative Gearing, AUKUS Billions and Gas Giants Laughing All The Way | The West Report

    MAY 13

    Negative Gearing, AUKUS Billions and Gas Giants Laughing All The Way | The West Report

    Jim Chalmers’ 2026 Budget has landed and, despite the pearl clutching from the Rich Boomers Lobby and Murdoch press, the sky has not fallen in. Westy looks at the modest but meaningful move on negative gearing and capital gains tax, the failure to properly tax Australia’s gas exporters, the ever expanding AUKUS gravy train, Budget deficits, NDIS cuts, fossil fuel subsidies, private health insurance rorts and the latest on BHP’s lawsuit against Michael West Media. The Budget takes a small step toward rebalancing an economy tilted toward investors and asset owners, but the biggest rort in the country remains untouched, foreign gas giants making billions from Australian resources while paying crumbs back to the public. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻ Articles mentioned: Chalmers’ budget. From landlord paradise to clever country? https://michaelwest.com.au/chalmers-budget-from-landlord-paradise-to-clever-country/ Scary alert! Like negative gearing? Buy shares! https://michaelwest.com.au/scaremongers-alert-like-negative-gearing-buy-shares/ Tax relief for workers and pain for investors in budget https://michaelwest.com.au/tax-relief-for-workers-and-pain-for-investors-in-budget/ Supercharged inequality: rich investors stifle budget https://michaelwest.com.au/supercharged-inequality-rich-investors-stifle-budget/ Who benefits from negative gearing? Hint: probably not you. https://michaelwest.com.au/who-benefits-from-negative-gearing-cgt-pbo/ Negative Gearing explained https://michaelwest.com.au/negative-gearing-explained/ ‘Playing us for fools’: foreign gains fuel gas tax push https://michaelwest.com.au/playing-us-for-fools-foreign-gains-fuel-gas-tax-push/ Small beer: revenue from gas export tax set to plummet https://michaelwest.com.au/small-beer-revenue-from-gas-export-tax-set-to-plummet/ Time to make ’em pay! The big bludgers are the corporate tax dodgers https://michaelwest.com.au/taxdata-corporate-tax-dodgers-revealed/ The Verdict: some progress on the looming multinational tax dodging reforms but “enormous” task ahead https://michaelwest.com.au/progress-on-looming-multinational-tax-dodging-reforms-but-enormous-task-ahead/ Corporate tax avoidance. Who helps fund Australia, and who doesn’t? https://michaelwest.com.au/corporate-tax-avoidance-who-helps-fund-australia-and-who-doesnt/ Budget 2026 coverage, Michael West Media https://michaelwest.com.au ⸻ Chapters 00:00 Budget 2026 01:17 Negative gearing 03:44 Gas tax failure 05:16 AUKUS billions 06:40 Trump and Netanyahu war 07:41 NDIS cuts 08:14 LNG royalties 10:17 Royal Commission 11:07 Updates Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    13 min
  7. We are Getting Sued by BHP | The West Report

    MAY 11

    We are Getting Sued by BHP | The West Report

    Michael West Media is being sued by BHP, The Big Australian, for our reporting on the case of injured coal miner Simon Turner. At the centre of the fight are questions of public interest journalism, confidentiality orders, labour hire, coal mining, and whether a $300 billion corporate giant should be using the courts against a small independent media outlet. Michael West breaks down the claim, the role of BHP’s lawyers Minter Ellison, the long running story of Simon Turner, and why MWM is preparing to fight back, possibly with the inaugural BHP Ball and Minter Ellison Press Freedom Oration. Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Articles mentioned Simon’s story Black Hole: CFMEU, governments, BHP, black coal giants in $2.5B worker wage swindle https://michaelwest.com.au/black-hole-cfmeu-governments-bhp-black-coal-giants-collude-in-2-5b-worker-wage-swindle/ Same Job, Lame Pay: BHP and the black coal wage swindle https://michaelwest.com.au/same-job-lame-pay-bhp-and-the-black-coal-wage-swindle/ BHP wage theft cover-up in the shadows of Christmas https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-fwc-keep-wage-theft-secret/ BHP’s big wage theft unveiled, the whistleblower and the coal miner https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-buries-wage-theft-as-fair-work-commission-showdown-kicks-off/ David v the Goliaths. Lone coal miner tackles BHP & co in Court over massive wage theft https://michaelwest.com.au/david-v-the-goliaths-lone-coal-miner-tackles-bhp-co-in-court-over-massive-wage-theft/ Is BHP making wild accusations about “wild accusations”? https://michaelwest.com.au/is-bhp-making-wild-accusations-about-wild-accusations/ Wild Accusations. BHP has even its own evidence muzzled by Court https://michaelwest.com.au/wild-accusations-bhp-has-even-its-own-evidence-muzzled-by-court/ Judge takes pity on BHP in case against injured coal miner https://michaelwest.com.au/judge-takes-pity-on-bhp-in-case-against-injured-coal-miner/ Hoodwinked. How BHP bulldozed a coal miner in court https://michaelwest.com.au/hoodwinked-how-bhp-bulldozed-a-coal-miner-in-court/ David v Goliath. Court gets real evidence from miner v BHP by accident https://michaelwest.com.au/david-v-goliath-court-gets-real-evidence-from-miner-v-bhp-by-accident/ Behind the coal miner v BHP, 20,000 miners and a bunch of giant mining corporations https://michaelwest.com.au/behind-the-lone-coal-miner-v-bhp-20000-miners-and-a-bunch-of-giant-mining-corporations/ BHP threatens coal miner for leaking in David v Goliath court stoush https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-threatens-coal-miner-for-leaking-in-david-v-goliath-court-stoush/ BHP is suing us. Here is the File Number. https://michaelwest.com.au/bhp-is-suing-us-here-is-the-file-number/ ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ Chapters 00:00 BHP sues MWM 01:13 The BHP Ball 02:08 Simon Turner’s story 06:02 Mike to Mike 08:52 More legal threats 09:51 Support independent media Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    11 min
  8. Albo’s First War, ISIS Brides and Budget Scare Campaigns | Scam of the Week

    MAY 9

    Albo’s First War, ISIS Brides and Budget Scare Campaigns | Scam of the Week

    The Brides are back, the ISIS brides are back in the headlines, and what a convenient distraction it is. This week’s Scam of the Week takes aim at the media frenzy, the antisemitism Royal Commission, the looming budget revelations on negative gearing and CGT, and the week of inevitable scare campaigns from prominent vested interests. Meanwhile, Trump celebrates war won, again. That means Albo has won his first war as Australia has backed Operation Epstein Fury. Next! Support us ❤️ https://www.patreon.com/thewestreport Our Journalism 📰 https://michaelwest.com.au Merch 👕 https://lonelykidsclub.com/collections/michael-west Linktree 🌐 https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻— Articles mentioned: Transparency wins as Tribunal rebukes government secrecy https://michaelwest.com.au/transparency-wins-as-tribunal-rebukes-government-secrecy/ Aussie John’s $200m mansion sale pinpoints critical problem with real estate market https://michaelwest.com.au/soaring-real-estate-housing-crisis-family-home-rort/ ‘Most responsible’: Labor pledge for high-stakes budget https://michaelwest.com.au/most-responsible-labor-pledge-for-high-stakes-budget/ Budget handout claims fuel fears of further rate pain https://michaelwest.com.au/budget-handout-claims-fuel-fears-of-further-rate-pain/ Labor plots budget housing boost to fend off One Nation https://michaelwest.com.au/labor-plots-budget-housing-boost-to-fend-off-one-nation/ Israel lobby sells stolen Palestinian land to Australian investors https://michaelwest.com.au/israel-lobby-sells-stolen-palestinian-land-to-australian-investors/ ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻— ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapters: 00:00 ISIS Bride Distraction 02:09 Syria and ISIS 03:22: Lobby Spin 05:56 Royal Commission Theatre 07:08 Education and Anti-Semitism 09:40 Budget Panic 10:13 Negative Gearing Scare 13:26 Julie Bishop and ABC 15:22 Hidden Budget Spending 16:31 Operation Epic Fury Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

    18 min
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Michael West Media is an Australian independent publisher that focuses on investigations into big business; particularly multinational tax avoidance, banking and the energy sector, holding big business and government to account. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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    The West Report
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    377
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