Michael West

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social

Independent journalist covering the rise of corporations over democracy.

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@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:35 AM

Little wonder Labor is suffering in the polls when the best defender of its economic management is a former Liberal leader.

https://michaelwest.com.au/albos-support-down-could-he-really-lose-his-seat/

Little wonder Labor is suffering in the polls when the best defender of its economic management is a former Liberal leader.

“I think of our system of electoral democracy as a system of competitive disinformation. Each major party spins against its opponents lest their opponents spin more successfully against them. Witness innumerable deflations of left-sympathetic public opinion once the competitive d

The success of “competitive disinformation” on top of compromised principles means it’s not just One Hanson voters who want something different.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:27 AM

On the first occasion, you might give the government the benefit of the doubt and call it an aberration.

https://michaelwest.com.au/shakedown-at-transparency-corral-government-brings-out-the-money-gun/

On the first occasion, you might give the government the benefit of the doubt and call it an aberration.

They are sending a signal to the public and journalists that they want the price of accessing government information to be high … very high.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 9:24 PM

What are these data centres really for, who is paying for them, who profits, who is accountable, and what happens when the systems inside them cause harm?
Claudia Weisenberger
#auspol #Firmus
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@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 8:31 PM

AI data centre frenzy. Is the Firmus IPO failure a sign of worse to come?

Claudia Weisenberger reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/ai-data-centre-frenzy-is-the-firmus-ipo-failure-a-sign-of-worse-to-come/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 9, 2026, 2:27 AM

High Court exposing Attorney-General Rowland’s poor judgement

Rex Patrick reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/high-court-exposing-attorney-general-rowlands-poor-judgement/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 10:06 PM

One person has been in a Queensland public hospital for more than 1,000 days.

https://michaelwest.com.au/stranded-thousands-in-hospital-beds-as-ndis-cuts-bite-home-support/

One person has been in a Queensland public hospital for more than 1,000 days.

Most are older Australians waiting for aged care placement. Approximately 1,140 are NDIS participants — younger people with disability who should be living in the community with appropriate support. The cost does not appear on the NDIS or aged care budget.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:24 PM

Privatised refugee detention centres: a billion dollar failure

Kim Wingerei reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/privatised-refugee-detention-centres-a-billion-dollar-failure/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 9:02 PM

"$3.2B to support the detention of around 1000 people.'"
The privatisation of Australia's detention centres has been a deadset failure
@kimwingerei.bsky.social #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/privatised-r...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 8:07 PM

Last week, former La Trobe and Wollongong VC, John Dewar, left KordaMentha, the consultancy embroiled in accusations of university mismanagement and over-reliance on consultants.

https://michaelwest.com.au/university-governance-flaws-exposed-end-of-consultants-bonanza/

Last week, former La Trobe and Wollongong VC, John Dewar, left KordaMentha, the consultancy embroiled in accusations of university mismanagement and over-reliance on consultants.

The report treats these problems as interconnected. It highlights widespread transparency issues requiring systemic policy reforms to improve accountability and public trust in Australian public universities.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 2:19 AM

Three years from October 7. Cover-ups and lies still shielding Netanyahu

Andrew Brown reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/three-years-from-october-7-cover-ups-and-lies-still-shielding-netanyahu/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 8, 2026, 1:29 AM

"Israel failed to protect its people and demanded the world accept Gaza’s devastation as the price of their deaths." Andrew Brown

"October 7 has become Benjamin Netanyahu’s shield."
michaelwest.com.au/three-years-...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:49 PM

NDIS [cuts] not saving money. Transferring the costs [to health system - feds to states]
Claudia Weisenberger
michaelwest.com.au/stranded-tho...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 10:08 PM

“Double the fun, half the cost,” reads Amber’s stock description for a shared student room at Accolade on Gibbons in Redfern, Sydney.

https://michaelwest.com.au/future-fund-earns-big-returns-on-extortionate-student-accommodation/

“Double the fun, half the cost,” reads Amber’s stock description for a shared student room at Accolade on Gibbons in Redfern, Sydney.

The maximum Youth Allowance for a single student aged 18 or over who has to live away from home is $677.20 a fortnight. Austudy’s basic maximum for a single student is the same.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:06 PM

The pitch from Axon Enterprise must sound irresistible to police commissioners everywhere.

https://michaelwest.com.au/ai-and-the-police-axons-phantom-officers-and-a-vanishing-audit-trail/

The pitch from Axon Enterprise must sound irresistible to police commissioners everywhere.

“In one example we have seen, an otherwise excellent report included a reference to an officer who was not even at the scene.

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 8:10 AM

ABC misses the story of the century, does war crimes PR, hammers journalist for questioning the Israel narrative on #flydubai
#auspol
youtu.be/otHwmeLAzIo?...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:43 AM

Stranded. Thousands in hospital beds as NDIS cuts bite home support

Claudia Weisenberger reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/stranded-thousands-in-hospital-beds-as-ndis-cuts-bite-home-support/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 7, 2026, 3:30 AM

"More than 3,700 Australians are stranded in public hospital beds". Hospitals (run by states) clogged as massive NDIS cuts (by Feds) mean patients can't survive at home
Claudia Weisenberger investigates
#auspol #ndis #medicare
michaelwest.com.au/stranded-tho...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:40 PM

Shakedown at Transparency Corral. Government brings out the money gun

Rex Patrick reports.

Read it here:
https://michaelwest.com.au/shakedown-at-transparency-corral-government-brings-out-the-money-gun/

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 11:03 PM

"They lost, appealed, and want me to pay their legal costs". Govt gets nasty fighting @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social access to *public information*
#auspol
michaelwest.com.au/shakedown-at...

@michaelwestbiz.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 10:07 PM

Ben Chifley started it, Robert Menzies kept it, in Vienna and Singapore, they never stopped.

https://michaelwest.com.au/the-public-housing-answer-australia-already-knows/

Ben Chifley started it, Robert Menzies kept it, in Vienna and Singapore, they never stopped.

OECD average today is 6 to 7% of homes. In Britain it is 16% even after Thatcher sold the council houses; the Netherlands is above 30%. Australia sits at 4% with the Americans and Canadians.

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