Matt Mckenzie

Matt Mckenzie with today's top headlines including Sun Cable, the Forrestfield-Airport Rail Link and data on inflation and job vacancies.

Updated: The WA gas market has been boosted by the restart of Chevron's Wheatstone domestic gas plant, but Alcoa will not yet return to full alumina production.

More jobs are available in Western Australia than the number of people looking for work, as strong demand propels the economy.

Food, housing and transport costs continue to smash households with inflation hitting 7.3 per cent nationally in the 12 months to November.

David Honey says the state will need to fast-track new gas projects, and warned industry could take weeks to recover from ongoing outages.

Matt Mckenzie with today's top stories including the record harvest, changes to national emissions policy, rising rental prices and a Civmec contract win.

Matt Mckenzie reads the latest news about the state's gas supply crunch, Julian Walter's big Kojonup property deal, Tianqi Lithium, and Fortescue Metals Group.

Alcoa has slashed alumina production following a big disruption to the state’s gas supply, but Energy Minister Bill Johnston is confident the power grid will keep running.

Documents filed as part of a restructure of Chevron’s Australian operations have given a glimpse into the finances of the $13 billion-a-year oil and gas producer.

Senex Energy’s $1 billion Atlas gas development has moved to the next stage of approvals as the company reconsiders expansion plans following major government intervention in gas markets.

Business News values the assets of WA’s richest people, and explores how they’ve used that wealth in 2022.

Limitless: Business News visits the warehouse where Fortescue hopes to reshape the future of energy.

Limitless: For more than a century, scientists believed the western swamp tortoise was extinct.

An anaesthetist, a surgeon and a gastroenterologist have led a $3 million deal to rescue a private hospital from administration.

A series of cash rate hikes by the central bank has not dented Australia’s job market, with unemployment in WA at 3.5 per cent.

Limitless: WA could become a globally significant supercomputing hub on the back of the $3 billion Square Kilometre Array development.

Rapid approvals proposed for green energy projects should also be available to gas producers, the industry has said, as a major shortage of the fuel is forecast for WA.

Almost a quarter of WA’s gas needs could be unmet in 10 years, the market operator has warned, while a smaller shortage looms as soon as 2023.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie talks about Business News' latest rich list and delves into what went into this year's edition.

Revealed: New numbers offer the clearest picture yet inside Griffin Coal’s finances, with liquidators suspecting the miner may have been insolvent for two years before its September collapse.

The Rhodes family office made a profit of $82.8 million for the year to June, with a portfolio of assets nearing half a billion dollars.

Plans to invest in LNG import terminals and boost exploration on the east coast could be jeopardised by a shock intervention in gas markets, Woodside Energy has warned.

On the ground in rural America, where politics is done a little differently.

ANALYSIS: There are warnings price caps may worsen shortages as Australia’s energy mess looks set to get worse.

Jordan Murray and Matt Mckenzie talk about the upcoming cabinet reshuffle and takeaways from the federal government's energy market interventions.

A plan promising a cap on gas and coal prices, potential subsidies for miners, and $1.5 billion for households, has been labelled a “radical intervention” by industry.

Jordan Murray dissects Business News' latest executive remuneration survey and discusses trends and highlights from this year's data.

Matt Mckenzie and Simone Grogan discuss this morning's Success & Leadership event with Pilbara Minerals managing director Dale Henderson.

The state’s economy grew 0.6 per cent in the three months to September, despite a fall in business investment.

Potential buyers are assessing bids to rescue Firm Construction, which entered administration in late November.

The cash rate has hit its highest level since December 2012, with a $500,000 home loan now costing $880 more per month than before the hikes started in May.

Matt Mckenzie talks about what he learned when he covered a political rally while in the US, and Jordan Murray discusses his recent conversation with the Washington's new top diplomat in WA.