Michael West is a Walkley award-winning journalist who has worked as a stockbroker and business editor.
He started his career with the Financial Review and worked most recently with the Sydney Morning Herald where he conducted investigations into multinational tax avoidance and bank fraud among other things.
Read more from Michael on his website michaelwest.com.au. You can also follow him on twitter @MichaelWestBiz.
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