Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie worked for Business News from 2014 to 2023. He covered economics, resources, energy, major projects, and insolvencies; at times he was also responsible for manufacturing, agribusiness, politics and technology. Matt was editor of the Limitless and Cutting Edge publications, and for a period cohosted the At Close of Business podcast.
In 2018, Matt won a WA Media Award for business reporting, while in 2022, he won the AMEC excellence in journalism award for revealing huge delays to project approvals.
He also jointly won two AABP awards in 2022: with Jesinta Burton for coverage of the Pindan collapse; and with Jordan Murray and Jesinta for a podcast on the Belmont Park racecourse redevelopment.
A University of Western Australia graduate in economics and politics, he has been on the board of a community radio station and the finance committee of a local non-profit. Matt would also like to declare he is a member of a political party.
Almost 50 years after the first field was discovered, and following international intrigue, Woodside Energy and partners are moving on a concept select program for the Sunrise LNG project.
It took less than 10 minutes on average for Perth ambulances to respond to emergencies in the year to June 2022, the second best performance in the country.
US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will visit Perth later this month, the first such visit since former secretary of state Hillary Clinton touched down in 2012.
Western Australian governor Chris Dawson, former politicians Clive Brown and John Hyde, public health leader Helen Milroy and construction entrepreneur Harry Xydas are among those who received Australia Day honours.
State government contracts are impacted after liquidators were appointed to Individual Developments, while another builder, WA Housing Group, has also gone under.
Woodside banked almost $US5.2 billion of revenue in the December quarter, while the company has flagged first gas at its huge WA growth project in 2026.
Protesters have sprayed a Woodside logo on an iconic painting at the Art Gallery of WA as they continue campaigning against the state’s biggest energy project.
Roy Hill has lodged plans to expand its Pilbara rail network as it aims to hit 100mtpa production and build long-awaited third-party export infrastructure.
Chris Ellison’s Mineral Resources has said its 19.2 per cent stake in Warrego Energy is “strategic”, and claimed gas assets in the Perth Basin are now overpriced.
Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie discusses his recent analysis of the state's infrastructure pipeline and explains the opportunity cost that comes with prioritising projects.
Liv Declerck talks about her recent conversation with fashion designer and artist Aurelio Costarella, who graces the cover of the latest edition of Business News.
Lower inflation numbers in the US this week give hope that price pressure is slowing, according to Pitcher Partners executive director Christian Golding.
Matt Mckenzie with the latest news including Devwest's lifeline, Australian Mines' court settlement, home lending and a local start up with a $3m deal.
Matt Mckenzie with today's headlines including a defamation claim by Senator Linda Reynolds, private M&A deals, and a plan for social housing in the city.
WA exports have doubled over five years to be $256 billion in the 12 months to November, while the national trade surplus was $13.2 billion in that month alone.