Michael West

Michael West is an Australian investigative journalist. He is the founder of Michael West Media, a news website specialising in investigative journalism in the areas of business, finance, tax, and energy. His sister is Catherine West, a British MP.

In November 2016, he received the honorary title of adjunct professor from the University of Sydney.

Journalism career West's career in journalism began at The Australian Financial Review. for which he was praised by the founder of Crikey, Stephen Mayne; as being 'one of the few financial journalists out there having a go at some of the business practices employed by the likes of Macquarie Bank and Babcock & Brown'. In 2005, he won the business journalism Walkley Award for his article at The Australian titled "Allstate".

He later became business editor and commentator at the Sydney Morning Herald. At the SMH his writing was particularly focused upon the Australian tax interests of multinational companies including Twitter, Google, and Facebook. His stories about tax evasion by multinationals, and corruption in the Australian electricity sector contributed to the establishment of two Senate Inquiries.