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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.

11h ago

$368 Billion for Nothing, War Criminals Sydney Marathon, Palantir in Government | Scam of the Week

Richard Marles and US War Secretary Pete Hegseth have agreed to accelerate force posture initiatives at Australian bases, on top of the $368 billion committed to AUKUS submarines that have not arrived. Forty former IDF soldiers and associates ran the Sydney Marathon under police escort in the same week Bassem Youssef's visa was blocked. And Palantir is now inside 25 Australian government agencies, in through the Fraud Fusion Taskforce and into the NDIS, alongside Israeli phone-cloning firm Cellebrite. 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 00:00 Marles and Hegseth 00:35 $368 Billion AUKUS 01:07 Bases Everywhere 02:09 Both Leaders 03:07 The D******d Friend 04:19 Bonds and Bessent 04:36 Gaza and Blumenthal 06:11 Epstein and Maxwell 07:20 Super Money to America 07:43 Venezuela's Oil 08:08 Shanghai Summit 10:04 Australia as Target 10:28 IDF Marathon Runners 12:10 Gaza Riviera 13:04 Police Punch Footage 14:42 Palantir Inside Government 16:14 In Their Own Words 19:02 Scam of the Week Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
4d ago

Why Cookers Are Just Normal People | The West Report

Cookers are just normal people. Michael West argues the cooker versus leftist fight is identity politics sold to Australians by political parties and vested interests, with Pauline Hanson running as an advertising phenomenon backed by paid influencers and News Corp, and comedian Dave Hughes turned voice of the right, calling Anthony Albanese a socialist and the neoliberal Labor Party far left. Australians are told to punch horizontally at each other while the boot comes down vertically. 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 00:00 Cookers Are People 00:18 Pauline Hanson 00:46 Dave Hughes 01:56 A Huge Distraction 02:27 Wise Words Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
5d ago

Iran War Never Ended: Rice Up 57%, Wheat Up 51% | The West Report

The US bombed Iran again this morning and Iran hit back at US assets across the Middle East. The war never ended, it just stopped being called one. Michael West looks at what the fighting has done to prices at home: rice up 57 per cent, wheat up 51, cotton up 41, rubber up 32, soybeans up 24, wool up 21, palm oil up 20. Oil sits underneath all of it, because transport costs feed into everything else we buy. The winners are the ones who can bury a price rise inside a commodity resale. In Australia that means the oil and gas exporters, who pay little tax, less again in royalties, and nothing at all on offshore production. The argument we're offered instead is Pauline versus Albo. 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 00:00 Opening 00:26 Prices Since The Invasion 00:57 The Commodity Numbers 01:37 Who Benefits 02:34 Still Paying Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Aug 29

Palantir Inside the NDIS, ICAC Amnesia and the Private Credit Crash | Scam of the Week

Palantir's software now sits inside 25 Australian government agencies, the NDIS among them. It's the same Gotham system the IDF used in Gaza, and the mainstream press hasn't written a word about it. Michael West also has Michaelia Cash demanding to know what Albanese is hiding from the Bondi Royal Commission without ever saying what she thinks it is, the ABC's interview with the Israeli officer who ordered the strike on three marked World Central Kitchen vehicles and isn't sorry, and the $900 million Australia has handed Elbit. Then to NSW ICAC, where a witness couldn't recall the texts, the shares, the sign-on fee or a $220,000 invoice. Plus a private credit fund freezing redemptions after nine loans to a collapsed Sydney developer, and a leaked cabinet document on Melbourne Water. 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 00:00 Michaelia Cash 00:13 What's Albo Hiding 01:47 The Concern Meter 03:19 World Central Kitchen 04:27 Sydney Uni Revolt 06:03 Inquiry Induced Amnesia 08:09 ICAC vs NACC 10:10 The Private Credit Crash 13:29 Melbourne Water 14:16 Pauline's Numbers 15:02 Nick McKim 18:36 Palantir 20:44 Thanks Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Aug 27

How Palantir has infiltrated the Government | Michael West

Austrac uses Palantir's Gotham and Foundry platforms. The agency has confirmed it, there is at least a $12 million contract, and Services Australia's own internal documents name Palantir as the software Austrac relies on to manage its financial data holdings. Austrac's NDIS Financial Crime Guide instructs banks to file suspicious matter reports tagged with NDIS keywords. Austrac's own privacy documentation confirms those reports carry the personal details of NDIS participants. Austrac sits on the Fraud Fusion Taskforce, the body driving the crackdown on NDIS spending that MWM has been reporting on for the past fortnight. What nobody in government will say is whether NDIS participant data reaches Palantir, or whether it gets there through Austrac's back door. We put questions to both Austrac and the NDIS. Two days on, neither has answered. Gotham is the same platform the IDF uses in Gaza. It identifies hidden networks, maps the relationships between people, and tracks money flows and movement over time. Palantir chief executive Alex Karp says his company is proud of the role it plays "especially in places we can't talk about". 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 Palantir and the NDIS Robodebt encore? Palantir lurks as MPs shirk vote, NDIS Bill passes (Claudia Weisenberger) https://michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-encore-palantir-lurks-as-mps-shirk-vote-ndis-bill-passes/ Robodebt on Steroids. Palantir eyes NDIS (Claudia Weisenberger) https://michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-steroids-palantir-infiltrates-ndis/ NDIS Bill hits the disabled harder than the fraudsters (Claudia Weisenberger) https://michaelwest.com.au/ndis-bill-hits-the-disabled-harder-than-the-fraudsters/ NDIS cuts could restrict some people from work access https://michaelwest.com.au/ndis-cuts-could-restrict-some-people-from-work-access/ 'This cannot have been for nothing': NDIS report due https://michaelwest.com.au/this-cannot-have-been-for-nothing-ndis-report-due/ All of Claudia Weisenberger's reporting https://michaelwest.com.au/author/claudia-weisenberger/ Zomi Frankcom Zomi Frankcom killing. Press Club takes on Israel's ambassador (Joshua Barnett) https://michaelwest.com.au/zomi-frankcom-killing-press-club-takes-on-israels-ambassador/ Elbit: how Australia helped finance the IDF killing of Zomi Frankcom and the slaughter in Gaza (Michael West) https://michaelwest.com.au/elbit-how-australia-financed-the-idf-killing-of-zomi-frankcom-and-the-gaza-slaughter/ PM to push for investigation into aid worker's death https://michaelwest.com.au/pm-to-push-for-investigation-into-aid-workers-death/ Outrage: Israel clears soldiers over Australian's death https://michaelwest.com.au/outrage-israel-clears-soldiers-over-australians-death/ Thiel and Jason Arday Thiel-linked 'race science' network penetrated Cambridge, targeted Jason Arday (Nafeez Ahmed) https://michaelwest.com.au/peter-thiel-race-science-cambridge-and-jason-arday/ Jason Arday. Young, autistic, black academic bullied to death (Michael West and Aleta Moriarty) https://michaelwest.com.au/jason-arday-young-autistic-black-academic-bullied-to-death/ Two more that belong here and weren't in your screenshot, both directly referenced on camera. Add or cut as you like: Human v Algorithm. NDIS wrecking ball misses target (Claudia Weisenberger) https://michaelwest.co...
Aug 26

What is going on with Police Surveillance? | The West Report

A NSW bill introduced on 6 August 2026 would let police enforce an order to unlock your phone at an arrest, a roadside stop or other lawful detention, with no search warrant sitting underneath it. Refusing on the grounds that complying would incriminate you is not a reasonable excuse under the bill. The order can be made against someone police only believe has knowledge of an organised crime offence, not just a suspect. Nobody publishes how many phones get opened. The NSW Police annual report doesn't count them, the NSW Crime Commission says it does not publish the figure, and nothing in the bill requires the data to ever be deleted. Digital evidence access orders have been law since February 2023 without a single published number. We asked the Police Minister's office about this. It said it would come back to us. It hasn't. 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 00:00 Opening 02:02 The Bill 02:54 No Reasonable Excuse 04:12 A Second Regime 06:23 Barrett's Ask 07:09 Cellebrite Genesis 08:18 Nobody Counts 09:41 Used On Protesters 11:13 Where This Lands Articles Mentioned: https://michaelwest.com.au/phones-seized-by-abf-cloned/ https://michaelwest.com.au/the-police-state-of-nsw-legislation-to-enable-warrant-less-phone-suriveilance/ Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Aug 22

Palantir eyes NDIS | The West Report

The NDIS is denying it has done a deal with the data pirates from Palantir. The document trail suggests otherwise. It may be another government agency which has opened the door for this war crimes company to put Australians under surveillance. Stay tuned. This is a developing story #auspol #ndis Story: https://michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-steroids-palantir-infiltrates-ndis/ https://michaelwest.com.au/human-v-algorithm-ndis-wrecking-ball-misses-target/ 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Aug 20

Slide into Police State The West Report

Australia is tilting perilously towards a police state with yet another government executive overreach - the ASIO Amendment Bill 2. The major parties ganged up, stifled debate. No committee, no community consultation. They 'guillotined' it. Now the spy agency has powers to arrest citizens without a warrant, on the say of a politician, detain and question them. And you can't tell anybody, or else face jail. #auspol #asio 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 Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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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