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  • A Shadow of Doubt - Episode 1: The Crime

    A Shadow of Doubt - Episode 1: The Crime
    2026/05/04
    The first episode reconstructs the murder of Cabramatta MP John Newman and the volatile environment in which it occurred. Set in a suburb defined by drugs, gang violence, and rising anti-Asian sentiment, the episode presents Newman as both a crime-fighting politician and a deeply divisive figure with many enemies.

    In the immediate aftermath, suspicion quickly narrows onto local councillor Phuong Ngo. Despite limited evidence, media narratives and public fear begin to shape the case against him. The episode establishes the central tension of the series: a complex murder reduced to a simple story, and a suspect formed as much by perception as proof.

    This series draws on publicly available court records and archival reporting. The primary source is Carlotta McIntosh’s book “A Marked Man: The Questionable Conviction of Phuong Ngo”.

    Comng soon: Episode 2 - The Trial & Evidence

    Creator & Narrator:
    Paul Searles
    Producer:
    Will Halliday
    Voice actors:
    Adam Andrews
    Phan Win
    Original score:
    Paul Searles

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    20 分
  • Helen Clark Warns Democracy Is Taking an Authoritarian Turn | Michael West Media

    Helen Clark Warns Democracy Is Taking an Authoritarian Turn | Michael West Media
    2026/05/04
    Helen Clark at the Women Deliver conference in Melbourne, where 6,000 people from 189 countries gathered to confront the global rise of authoritarianism, attacks on human rights, war, inequality and the collapse of the international humanitarian system. Interviewed by Aleta Moriarty for The West Report and MWM. 

    Clark warned that restrictions on free speech and protest are no longer confined to authoritarian states, but are increasingly appearing in democratic societies too. She also spoke about inequality, populism, the erosion of universal human rights, and the need for leaders to act with consistency rather than hypocrisy. 

    https://michaelwest.com.au/women-deliver-conference-glimmers-of-hope-amid-the-doom-and-gloom/

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    6 分
  • Don’t Say the G Word, Pauline’s Jet and Albo’s Gas Cave | Scam of the Week

    Don’t Say the G Word, Pauline’s Jet and Albo’s Gas Cave | Scam of the Week
    2026/05/02
    Pauline gets a plane from Gina, Albo caves to the gas cartel, Snowy Hydro blows out to absurd new heights, and the Bondi Royal Commission somehow tiptoes around the one word at the centre of the whole political storm. This week’s Scam of the Week is the “owned edition”, a tour through Australian politics where donors, fossil fuel giants, media monopolies and vested interests all get better representation than the public.

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    Articles mentioned:

    Tech giants forced to strike deals for news content
    https://michaelwest.com.au/tech-giants-forced-to-strike-deals-for-news-content/

    From stick to carrot. The News Media Bargaining Incentive
    https://michaelwest.com.au/from-stick-to-carrot-the-news-media-bargaining-incentive/

    Snow Job, Snowy Hydro 2.0 in a fathomless crevasse of costs
    https://michaelwest.com.au/snow-job-snowy-hydro-2-0-in-a-fathomless-crevasse-of-costs/

    The Bondi massacre interim report is out. Don’t mention the G word
    https://michaelwest.com.au/the-bondi-massacre-interim-report-is-out-dont-mention-the-g-word/

    Bondi Royal Commission. What this report refuses to see
    https://michaelwest.com.au/bondi-royal-commission-what-this-report-refuses-to-see/

    Fiscal restraint to define federal budget as costs rise
    https://michaelwest.com.au/fiscal-restraint-to-define-federal-budget-as-costs-rise/

    PM cool on gas tax as companies prepare for grilling
    https://michaelwest.com.au/pm-cool-on-gas-tax-as-companies-prepare-for-grilling/

    Burke gets Netflixed. Secret lobbying did the trick for the big streamers
    https://michaelwest.com.au/burke-gets-netflixed-secret-lobbying-did-the-trick-for-the-big-streamers/

    Netflix, streamers, do the government cold on Aussie TV production quotas
    https://michaelwest.com.au/netflix-streamers-do-the-government-cold-on-aussie-tv-production-quotas/

    Burke’s backyard. Local content deal for streamers not what it seems.
    https://michaelwest.com.au/burkes-backyard-local-content-deal-for-streamers-not-what-it-seems/

    The NetFix is in. Streaming production quotas no bonanza
    https://michaelwest.com.au/the-netfix-is-in-streaming-production-quotas-no-bonanza/

    Dithering over local TV content plays into hands of global streamers
    https://michaelwest.com.au/dithering-over-local-tv-content-plays-into-hands-of-global-streamers/

    Inpex and Australia’s gas rip-off. Billions in revenue, crumbs in tax
    https://michaelwest.com.au/inpex-and-australias-gas-rip-off-billions-in-revenue-crumbs-in-tax/

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    00:00: Introduction
    00:37: The Owned Edition
    00:59: Pauline’s Gina Jet
    03:56: Albo’s Gas Cave
    05:14: Negative Gearing Panic
    08:16: Don’t Say the G Word
    10:19: Snowy Hydro Blowout
    11:00: Coalition Costings Chaos
    12:33: Media Bargaining Code
    15:05: AUKUS Spending Questions
    16:38: Scam of the Week

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    19 分
  • The IDF Kidnapped and Assaulted an Australian Citizen in International Waters | Michael West media

    The IDF Kidnapped and Assaulted an Australian Citizen in International Waters | Michael West media
    2026/05/02
    Australian activist Zack Schofield recounts the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla, seized on the high seas roughly 600 nautical miles from Israel while attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. He describes detention aboard a prison ship, allegations of violence by Israeli forces, and the broader legal and political implications of the operation.

    The account raises serious questions about maritime law, the treatment of civilians, and Australia’s ongoing support for Israel, as pressure builds on the government to respond.

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    8 分
  • How Bluey Became Another Australian Ripoff | The West Report

    How Bluey Became Another Australian Ripoff | The West Report
    2026/04/29
    Bluey became one of Australia’s biggest cultural exports, a Brisbane-made kids show watched for billions of minutes overseas. But while Australia got the pride, BBC Studios got the global distribution and merchandising machine. Josh breaks down how the ABC helped commission a global phenomenon, why the BBC ended up with the rights that compound, and how this fits a much bigger Australian habit: funding the risk, creating the value, then watching the serious money flow offshore.

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    00:00 - Bluey, Gas and the Ripoff
    03:22 - How the Deal Worked
    05:44 - Australia’s Bad Deals
    10:29 - Why Didn’t the ABC Back Itself?

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    15 分
  • Shell’s Tax Dodge, Albo’s Gas Spin and Ken Henry’s Blast | Scam of the Week

    Shell’s Tax Dodge, Albo’s Gas Spin and Ken Henry’s Blast | Scam of the Week
    2026/04/25
    We are on the biggest heist and media/political snowjob in Australia today. Shell’s Australian boss fronted a parliamentary inquiry into gas this week and somehow could not say what revenue her company made or how much Australian gas it exported. Meanwhile, Ken Henry, one of the country’s most respected tax experts, told the same inquiry to “just do it” and “stop the crap” on taxing Australia’s finite natural resources.

    The gas lobby has spent years convincing politicians, media and the public that foreign multinationals should keep exporting Australian gas while paying little in the way of income tax and royalties. Now they are making super profits thanks to the US/Israel war on Iran. 

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    Chapters:
    0:00 - Scam Contenders
    00:54 - Shell Boss Fronts Inquiry
    01:23 - No Revenue Answers
    02:39 - Shell Tax Data
    04:29 - Ken Henry Says Stop The Crap
    06:46 - Media Ignores Gas Tax
    09:02 - Politicians And Gas Lobby
    12:14 - Mining Tax Spin
    14:25 - Albanese’s $22 Billion Claim
    17:43 - Democracy Bought By Gas
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    Articles mentioned:

    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/

    Fossocracy Australia: government of the people, by the fossil fuel companies for the fossil fuel companies
    https://michaelwest.com.au/fossocracy-australia-government-of-the-people-by-the-fossil-fuel-companies-for-the-fossil-fuel-companies/

    Worried about agents of foreign influence? Just look at who owns Australia’s biggest companies
    https://michaelwest.com.au/worried-about-agents-of-foreign-influence-just-look-at-who-owns-australias-biggest-companies/

    Energy crisis: gas lobby cries wolf at gas export tax
    https://michaelwest.com.au/energy-crisis-gas-lobby-cries-wolf-at-gas-export-tax/

    PM cool on gas tax as companies prepare for grilling
    https://michaelwest.com.au/pm-cool-on-gas-tax-as-companies-prepare-for-grilling/

    Gas exporters face grilling amid 25 per cent levy push
    https://michaelwest.com.au/gas-exporters-face-grilling-amid-25-per-cent-levy-push/

    Corporate Tax Transparency Data
    https://taxdata.michaelwest.com.au/

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    23 分
  • How One Nation and the Coalition sold out Australians | The West Report

    How One Nation and the Coalition sold out Australians | The West Report
    2026/04/22
    Drill baby drill! Are Angus and Pauline being unAustralian? Angus Taylor and Pauline Hanson want us to drill more. But who is "us", who does this drilling? Foreign multinationals, that's who.

    We follow the money, from the foreign influence operation which is News Corp - which is owned by Americans and pays no tax - to the Australian Energy Producers gas lobby which represents foreign players such as Exxon, Shell, INPEX, Chevron and others.

    Are Angus and Pauline patsies for a foreign influence operation designed to rake out massive profits from the export of our gas without paying royalties and tax? Surely not! 

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    Articles Mentioned:

    Barnaby Joyce signed off $80m for Angus Taylor’s old company after zero was paid for same sort of water nearby
    https://michaelwest.com.au/barnaby-joyce-80m-valuation-discrepancy/ 

    ASIC searches show Angus Taylor was a director and secretary of Eastern Australia Agriculture
    https://x.com/MichaelWestBiz/status/1116465879921725440 

    Barnaby Joyce, Angus Taylor, Australia and the Caribbean
    https://michaelwest.com.au/barnaby-joyce-angus-taylor-australia-and-the-caribbean/ 

    Hold my beer. Uniparty votes down Senate gas inquiry
    https://michaelwest.com.au/hold-my-beer-uniparty-votes-down-senate-gas-inquiry/ 

    Top 40 Tax Heroes
    https://michaelwest.com.au/top-40-tax-heroes-who-pays-the-most-tax-in-australia/ 

    Origin of the gas gouge
    https://michaelwest.com.au/origin-of-the-gas-gouge/ 

    Undue Influence: oil and gas giants infiltrate Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology
    https://michaelwest.com.au/undue-influence-oil-and-gas-giants-infiltrate-australias-bureau-of-meteorology/ 

    Gas Empire: how Australians are paying for foreign profiteers
    https://michaelwest.com.au/gas-report-how-australians-are-paying-for-foreign-profiteers/ 

    ‘Playing us for fools’: foreign gains fuel gas tax push
    https://michaelwest.com.au/playing-us-for-fools-foreign-gains-fuel-gas-tax-push/ 

    Business Council of Australia … or Business Council of Foreign Multinationals?
    https://michaelwest.com.au/business-council-of-australia-or-business-council-of-foreign-multinationals/ 

    Gas lobby APPEA calls for transparency while its own financial reports vanish. What’s the scam?
    https://michaelwest.com.au/gas-lobby-appea-calls-for-transparency-while-its-own-financial-reports-vanish-whats-the-scam/ 

    A gas betrayal. King plan favours foreign buyers, gas cartel over mums and dads
    https://michaelwest.com.au/king-plan-favours-foreign-buyers-gas-cartel-over-electricity-buyers/ 

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    15 分
  • The Gas Cartel is Panicking | The West Report

    The Gas Cartel is Panicking | The West Report
    2026/04/21
    "Never let a good crisis go to waste". Albo and Jim Chalmers have a unique opportunity right now to fix the Budget and reshape Australia by taxing the foreign gas exporters properly. A big majority in Parliament - a 25% gas export tax is a no-brainer for $10B a year.

    Standing in their way is a powerful gas lobby which lies and bribes hard .. and the fossil media. #auspol

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    19 分