Matt Mckenzie

Matt Mckenzie and Jordan Murray discuss the RBA review, inflation, rate rise forecasts, and recession risks.

Gold play Wiluna Mining has appointed administrators after months of growing pressure.

Another showdown looms between Woodside Energy and environmentalists after 600 submissions to appeal the EPA's recommendation to approve Karratha LNG plant running to 2070.

Clive Palmer’s Mineralogy paid more than $700 million of dividends in the past 18 months, as iron ore prices defied the pandemic gloom.

Moves to lift the official cash rate show no sign of slowing, with the Reserve Bank indicating interest rates will need to be much higher to stop inflation.

There’s hope that families and small businesses could soon get a reprieve from high petrol prices, with Commsec predicting a 19 cent per litre drop ahead.

Economic troubles in China, a falling iron ore price and cost pressures loom as problems for the state’s big iron ore miners as their shares dive.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie returns to At Close of Business to discuss WA's tourism priorities, Qantas, and the domestic value of direct international flights.

ANALYSIS: Living standards are being hit and wealth shredded by rocketing inflation in the United States, but there’s dramatic, and potentially telling, differences across countries.

About 9,100 fewer Western Australians were in work in June as the state’s jobless rate defied an improvement nationally.

Researchers have warned 10,000 Australian workers could develop lung cancer from silica dust, mostly males, from industries including mining and construction.

Short-seller J Capital Research has blasted lithium hopeful Lake Resources, warning of technical challenges and highlighting delays at its brine project in Argentina.

Online job ads hit the highest level since 2008 in June, according to the National Skills Commission, although growth in Western Australia was slower.

When administrators from Deloitte walked into the West Perth offices of WBHO Infrastructure in February, they knew speed would be critical to rescuing the business.

Attracting young workers to civil construction will help WA complete a big pipeline of infrastructure projects.

A hopeful developer who threw their hat in the ring to buy the South Fremantle Power Station site has said they believe the sale process was “a complete stitch up”.

Journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie review the collapse of WA's blue wall, "Independents' Day" and where next for the Liberal Party.

Journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie debate the merits of the Liberal Party's super-for-housing policy and give their thoughts on whether there's a mood for change ahead of tomorrow's poll.

The unemployment rate in WA has fallen to 2.9 per cent in April, amid an environment of soaring inflation.

Senior editor Mark Beyer delves into how staffing changes behind the scenes have shaken up the law sector in WA.

Wages in WA have performed worse than any state in the year to March, and were running more than 5 per cent behind inflation.

Alannah MacTiernan has returned from promoting WA’s green hydrogen potential in Europe more confident than ever the state can develop the industry, including manufacturing electrolysers.

Wiluna Mining is hoping to complete a capital raising, likely to be $25 million or more, as it seeks to complete development works at its Mid West gold operation.

Acting Synergy boss David Fyfe has been appointed chief executive, with the state enterprise set to work through coal closures and a lift in government funding.

Opposition spokesperson Tjorn Sibma has expressed doubts about the government’s ability to deliver Metronet, as the package’s cost passes $9 billion.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, journalists Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie discuss how two Labor leaders differ in their approach on wages, and the factors businesses will consider when assessing pay.

Almost 9 million hectares of grain crops have been planted for this growing season, close to last year’s record level.

Eric Streitberg will hand over the reins of Buru Energy to an executive moving from Beach Energy, later this year.

40under40: The journey from an idea to an approved medication is as difficult as putting a person on the moon, Rohan Hockings says.

A special royalty rebate for potash producers was announced in the budget today, as big hopefuls such as BCI Minerals develop projects.

On today's episode of At Close of Business, political editor Gary Adshead and senior journalist Matt Mckenzie review the highlights from today's budget announcement.

Five years after the state government declared it wanted to make electricity prices cost reflective, Synergy is set to receive about $1.7 billion of subsidies over the next four years.