Jack McGinn joined Business News in 2023 as a senior journalist, covering resources (gold), energy, defence and state politics.
Since entering the WA media industry in 2014, his various roles have included a regional stint as a subeditor at the Geraldton Guardian newspaper and resources reporting at Mining News.
Then, Mr McGinn spent five years aseditor, assistant editor, senior journalist and content manager across a range of print publications spanning resources, business, politics, homebuilding, real estate and travel at Seven West Media.
Prior to Business News, he carried out writing, editing, social media and investor communications duties at Stockhead for more than two years.
Mr McGinn studied at Curtin University, where he graduated with a double major in Journalism and International Relations.
An application by the West Coast Eagles football club to trademark the term ‘Western Derby' has been transferred into the hands of the Australian Football League.
Mark Pownall is joined by Sean Cowan, Jack McGinn, Isabel Vieira, Sam Jones and Claire Tyrrell to talk about the big events of the week in WA business and politics.
The state opposition has accused the government of trying to bury its delayed Whole of System Plan for the energy grid, after the initiative's name was quietly changed.
Nedlands-based Pilot Energy has called in administrators, after failing to secure finance for its Cliff Head carbon storage project in the state's Mid West.
Regis Resources has bowed out of the battle for goldmining peer Vault Minerals, opting not to match a bid by Raleigh Finlayson's Genesis Minerals for the company.
The Perth Scorchers Big Bash League franchise will open its upcoming Australian season in Chennai, amid heightened speculation over the privatisation of teams in the league.
Alinta Energy has struck its second domestic gas supply deal in a week, agreeing to buy 46 petajoules from Chevron over five years from 2027 as it plots a Cataby power station.
Wood Mackenzie has warned a mooted 20 per cent national gas reservation policy would undermine WA's long-standing policy, if forced on the state's LNG exporters.
GOLD WRAP: Pantoro Gold shares slid as the junior goldminer blamed several factors for a guidance miss, while peer Catalyst Metals has notably moved to hedge ounces.
The offshore industry regulator has hit Inpex with a warning over its management of mercury, after a toxic discharge incident into the Indian Ocean last year.
Greatland Resources has tapped a key figure at Northern Star Resources to join its executive suite, as it works to develop its Havieron gold project in the Pilbara.
Tim Goyder-chaired Minerals 260 will spend $180 million before a final investment decision is taken at its Bullabulling gold project, as it pushes towards a restart.
Forrest family-backed Greatland Resources beat its revised full-year gold production guidance last financial year, while ending June with almost $1.3 billion in the bank.
Raleigh Finlayson's Genesis Minerals has swooped in with a $5.6 billion offer to merge with Vault Minerals, placing it head-to-head with Jim Beyer's Regis Resources.
Mark Pownall, Gary Adshead, Jack McGinn and Claire Tyrrell discuss events funding, Colin Barnett's memoir, Alcoa and Worsley, the Eagles' IP game, Bill Beament, onshore gas, house prices and more.
Shares in goldminers Vault Minerals, Genesis Minerals and Catalyst Metals soared this morning, as the companies unveiled production figures and healthy bank balances.
Capricorn Metals has sold its Big Springs gold project in Nevada to Mark Williams-chaired Sentinel Metals, in a cash and scrip deal worth up to $26 million.
The state government could use privately-owned Parkeston power plant near Kalgoorlie to support the city's grid, three years after knocking back a bid by its owners to do just that.
Northern Star Resources has announced new leaders to succeed Stuart Tonkin and Michael Chaney, but detail in the terms has left the door ajar to a potential buyer.
Perth-headquartered Woodside has formally taken over as operator of the Gippsland Basin gas assets, giving it a critical role in supply of the resource to the east coast.
LGC Traffic Management has taken control of regional peer CB Traffic Solutions, expanding its operational footprint in a deal worth nearly $10 million.
Alcoa will assume ownership of South32's Boddington mine and Worsley alumina refinery, as part of a global $8 billion deal for its alumina and aluminium assets.
Bill Beament's Develop Global expects to sell lithium product from Pioneer Dome by the end of 2026, after locking in MLG Oz on a $70 million mining and crushing contract.
The state's Environmental Protection Authority has waved through Gina Rinehart-chaired Hancock Prospecting's $850 million Belisama gas hub in the Perth Basin.