LIVE: How Australian Voting Really Works | The West Report 🗓 Wednesday, 23rd April 2025 🕕 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM (AEST) 🎥 Streaming live on The West Report YouTube Channel Join host Stephanie Preston alongside special guests: • Michael West – Investigative Journalist • Leo Puglisi – Founder of 6 News Australia @6NewsAU • David Cox – Creator of AusPol Explained @AuspolExplained This episode breaks down Australia’s complex voting system, exposing the power of preference deals, political advertising, and misinformation campaigns targeting young voters. We cover: ✅ Astroturfing and the dark money behind preference machines ✅ How preferential voting actually works ✅ What the parties are (and aren’t) doing to win young voters ✅ Live Q&A with our audience and Patreon members 💬 Got a question? Drop it in the live chat or join us on Patreon for priority questions: Patreon.com/thewestreport Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

join us from 6-7pm Wednesday nights where we go through the biggest news Stories of the week @purplepingers Welcome to the very first episode of Michael West Live, your new weekly stream for unfiltered news, sharp commentary, and independent journalism that cuts through the spin. In this episode, Josh and Michael dive into the biggest headlines of the week, unpack the latest in housing policy, and take a look at how the media is framing the national conversation. Guests this week: Jordan van den Berg (aka Purplepingers), founder of ShitRentals.com, joins us to talk about rental reform and the push for better tenant protections Bonnie Harvey, Greens councillor for Warringah, shares her take on local government, climate action, and what it’s like running for re-election in a media landscape stacked against minor parties Plus, we’ll answer audience questions, break down biased headlines in real time, and talk about what’s really going on behind the news. Support our work: https://patreon.com/thewestreport Subscribe for more: Independent media, every week, no spin. Support Us here https://linktr.ee/michaelwestmedia.com.au Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The housing crisis isn’t a bug, it’s a feature. Australia’s housing market has been hijacked — turned into a slow-motion wealth transfer that punishes renters and first home buyers while rewarding investors, landlords, and the politicians who protect them. In this West Report, Josh breaks down how decades of tax policy, political cowardice, and media spin turned homes into tax shelters, not shelter. We look at the real causes of the crisis — negative gearing, capital gains discounts, supply failure, and land hoarding — and ask why neither major party will touch them. Spoiler: they’re all in on it. From “housing Hunger Games” to face-eating leopards running the economy, this isn’t just unaffordable — it’s unsustainable. Support independent journalism: 📣 Patreon.com/TheWestReport Chapters 00:00 – The Australian Dream (Is Dead) 02:00 – How the System Was Rigged 05:00 – Investors Win, Everyone Else Loses 08:00 – The Political Class Owns the Crisis 12:00 – Immigration Scapegoats 17:00 – A Generation Locked Out 21:00 – What Needs to Change #HousingCrisis #TheWestReport #AustralianPolitics #CostOfLiving #NegativeGearing #FaceEatingLeopards Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Donald Trump’s latest - a 104% tariff on China - raises the stakes. But China has the nuclear option, the US debt. But who advised him? #auspol #bonds #tariffs [Events moved quickly since this story was published. Trump backflipped on global tariffs, the bond market forced his hand, saying reciprocal tariffs would be paused for 90 days – as an insider trading scandal erupted over buyers ‘front-running’ the news. Besides global market uncertainty, heavy tariffs on Australia’s biggest customer China remain.] 👉 Like, share, and comment below. 🎥 Full video above. 💸 Support us on Patreon if you value independent media. #TheWestReport #TradeWar #Tariffs #Trump #Australia #China #Economy #BondMarket #MediaBlindSpot #MichaelWestMedia Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

The bizarre truth about Australia's energy market. We unpack all the scams, how it is rigged against consumers, who is making the money, why power bills are so high. #auspol 🎥 Watch the full report. 📢 Share it with your mates. 💬 Drop a comment with your thoughts. 🔔 And don’t forget to subscribe to The West Report for more investigations they’d rather you didn’t see. #EnergyScam #GasCartel #TheWestReport #MichaelWest #AustralianPolitics #PowerBills #GoldPlating #Privatization #WhoProfits Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

🚨 SCAM OF THE WEEK: WAR CRIMES, DEAD FISH & FAKE TAX CUTS 🐟💸 Buckle up besties, the Aussie political circus is in full swing and this week’s scams are so cooked we’re serving them with a side of dead salmon 🐠 👉 Senator Michaelia Cash says Netanyahu is welcome Down Under? Girl, be serious. 👉 Albo’s handing out $5 tax cuts like it’s 2004 pocket money — meanwhile Gina Rinehart’s getting energy rebates. Equality, babes. 👉 Peter Dutton’s doing a gas reservation U-turn — slay? Or suss? 👉 Influencers got invited to the budget lock-up but journos didn’t. Priorities. 👉 Teal drama! Monique Ryan’s husband nabbed a Liberal poster and somehow made front-page news. 👉 And yes, the Human Rights Commission is busy… stonewalling actual rights issues while the Israel lobby clogs their inbox. All this and more on Scam of the Week, your weekly dose of political gaslighting, corporate welfare, and general late-stage capitalism chaos. 💀 It’s giving “we live in a society”. 📢 SUBSCRIBE to help us hit 100K and maybe — just maybe — get an algorithm boost instead of an AFP raid. 🛎 Hit the bell, wear the merch, and never trust a tax cut that costs $7 billion for $5 returns. Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Senator David Shoebridge in full-flight tackling evasive bureaucrats in Parliament. Politicians at their finest, holding government to account #auspol #dps #law Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Imagine saving the country $300 million, blowing the whistle on Australia's biggest tax scam ... then losing your home to lawyers. This is the story of Tony Watson, former Lendlease tax adviser #PwC, #KPMG, #Freehills #auspol #Mallesons 👉 Support Tony Watson’s legal fight: https://www.gofundme.com/f/legal-costs-in-whistleblower-litigation 📰 Read the full investigations on the Website: • Lendlease Double Dipping and Dutch Tripping • Lendlease ASX Tax and Profits Hijinx Unveiled 🔔 Subscribe to help us hit 100,000 and keep publishing stories they don’t want you to see. 📣 Share, comment, and help keep independent media alive. #Whistleblower #Lendlease #TaxFraud #PwC #KPMG #MichaelWestMedia #TonyWatson #WestReport #JusticeForWhistleblowers #ATO Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Why are Aussie music festivals vanishing? Another one, Good Life, bit the dust today From Splendour to Groovin the Moo, iconic festivals are collapsing under the weight of insurance hikes, dodgy policing fees, and a rigged ticketing system dominated by corporate giants. In this episode of The West Report, we follow the money, expose the monopoly, and ask the big question — is this the end of live music as we know it? Or is there a new model emerging to show the way forward #festival #splendor #australianmusic #music Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Welcome to another episode of Scam of the Week Peter Dutton launches a referendum idea to deport people as well antisemitism tests for new citizens. Do you support Zimbabwe, sorry Israel, as well as Australia? #auspol #ACCC #groceries #antisemitism #aukus Like, subscribe, support us on Patreon, Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.