ADAO Audio Interview with Matt Peacock, author of “Killer Company,” which Inspired “Devil’s Dust”

Matt Peacock has been a journalist for more than 30 years, mostly for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). He began his career as a current affairs television researcher before becoming a reporter with the ABC Radio Science Unit, where he produced a pioneering series of programs about the dangers of asbestos, Asbestos: Work as a Health Hazard. He has worked for a wide range of ABC radio and TV programs, including as chief political correspondent in Canberra, and has been posted in Washington, New York, and London. He also worked in Australia’s Northern Territory, specializing in indigenous affairs and co-founding an Aboriginal video production house.

Matt is Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Sydney’s University of Technology (UTS), and has authored numerous newspaper and magazine articles, including the book Killer Company, a history of Australia’s largest asbestos manufacturer. ABC’s TV miniseries Devil’s Dust is based on Killer Company.