Mathew Dunckley

Melbourne

Deputy Editor at The Age

Deputy editor @theage. Former @theage digi editor, @smh @theage business editor, @financialreview politics journo. Views my own. [email protected]

Articles

Better call Bartho: Your must-read man in a financial meltdown

1 week ago | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. AS51 GP GO. GRR GO. MOV GO. These are not typos they are computer commands familiar to many workers in the financial world and its watchers, including journalists. Plugging them into a Bloomberg terminal produces instant, live and incredibly rich information about markets here and around the world.
James Paterson says he is not intimidated by Mick Gatto threats to sue

1 month ago | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley |Olivia Ireland

By Mathew Dunckley and Olivia Ireland March 25, 2025 — 6.01pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Opposition frontbencher James Paterson has declared he will stand by his assessments of underworld figure Mick Gatto and his conduct in the construction industry.
James Paterson says he is not intimidated by Mick Gatto threats to sue

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Mathew Dunckley |Olivia Ireland

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeOpposition frontbencher James Paterson has declared he will stand by his assessments of underworld figure Mick Gatto and his conduct in the construction industry. Gatto has featured repeatedly in reporting by this masthead and 60 Minutes as part of the Building Bad investigation into the CFMEU and the building sector. Want to unlock unlimited news? Read more award-winning journalism from as little as 50c a day.
After a lazy summer, school is back. So is the juggle – and an important piece of cardboard

2 months ago | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

After a lazy summer, school is back. So is the juggle – and an important piece of cardboardOpinion February 14, 2025 — 7.30pm February 14, 2025 — 7.30pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It’s back. After a largely dormant summer, the family calendar is once again at the centre of our household.
Looking forward to a summer of cricket action

Nov 29, 2024 | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley |Daniel Brettig

By Mathew Dunckley and Daniel Brettig November 29, 2024 — 4.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Is there a better job than following a cricket team around the world? It certainly looked appealing as I contemplated a life in journalism. I know now, of course, that it can be pretty unrelenting and gruelling, too. I also know that our readers love it.
How the CFMEU scandal unfolded

Nov 18, 2024 | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley |Michael Bachelard

Part of that, McKenzie revealed, was the corporate links between Setka’s then fiancee and Gatto’s then business partner – links dismissed by all parties at the time. The wall of denials and obfuscation did not stop there, but neither did the investigations of the CFMEU in Melbourne and Sydney.
I fell in love on grand final day but not with football

Sep 27, 2024 | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The AFL grand final holds a special place in my life. Of course for plenty of us it’s a steady marker, like Christmases or, for political tragics like me, elections. You can usually remember who you were with and how it panned out. For me, the grand final holds more significance than that. It wasn’t the first one I saw that stands out.
Balaclava-wearing gang stab boy in broad daylight

Jul 30, 2024 | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 14-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a daylight machete attack in Springvale, the second such assault on the suburb’s main road within days. Victoria Police confirmed they were called to a Springvale Road supermarket about 4.50pm after reports a male had been stabbed.
Balaclava-wearing gang stab boy in broad daylight

Jul 30, 2024 | smh.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

A 14-year-old boy has been taken to hospital after a daylight machete attack in Springvale, the second such assault on the suburb's main road within days. Victoria Police confirmed they were called to a Springvale Road supermarket about 4.50pm after reports a male had been stabbed. In a statement, police said that when they arrived they found a 14-year-old boy with "lacerations to his shoulders". He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Lifting rates won’t save cash-strapped councils because residents can’t afford it

Jul 30, 2024 | theage.com.au | Mathew Dunckley

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Save articles for laterAdd articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. From mowing weeds to rubbish dumping fees, supervising pedestrian crossings to aged care and libraries, the demands on councils have so far outstripped their revenue that even abolishing the state’s cap on rates wouldn’t solve the problem.