Former ABC journalist and foreign correspondent Matt Peacock has died, the broadcaster confirmed on Thursday afternoon.
Formerly London, New York and Washington correspondent, Peacock was also the ABC’s chief political correspondent for current affairs radio, appearing on programs including AM and The World Today.
Former ABC journalist Matt Peacock has died.
He died following a pancreatic cancer diagnosis. He was perhaps best known for his book Killer Company, which exposed how James Hardie Industries concealed an asbestos tragedy.
Peacock was voted by his colleagues as the staff-elected director on the ABC’s board in 2013, following a vote of 1800 employees.
Peacock’s book Killer Company was later turned into an ABC mini-series.Credit: Supplies
He began his career with the ABC in 1973 as a trainee, before later becoming the broadcaster’s top political reporter in Canberra for its radio channels.
Killer Company was later turned into an ABC miniseries, Devil’s Dust.
ABC chair Kim Williams said the broadcaster was deeply saddened to hear about Peacock’s passing.
“Since starting at the ABC as a cadet in 1973, he was dedicated to pursuing the health impacts of asbestos in different communities, defending the marginalised and giving a voice to people who needed their story to be told,” Williams said.