Millie Muroi

Economics Columnist and Workplace Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

About

Millie Muroi is an economics columnist and workplace relations reporter for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. She has worked in Canberra's press gallery as an economics correspondent, and was formerly a business reporter covering banks, financial services and markets in Sydney. Prior to that, Millie was a graduate economist with the WA Chamber of Commerce and Industry based in Perth. She has been Master of Ceremonies, moderated and appeared on panels, delivered speeches at schools and industry events and featured on radio and video platforms. Millie completed a degree majoring in English Literary Studies (Hons) and Economics at the University of Western Australia.☕ Contact: [email protected] 🎥 Instagram/TikTok: @millie.muroi

Experience

  • The Sydney Morning Herald (4 yrs 5 mos)
    • Economics Writer
      Dec 2025 - Present · 8 mos

      The Sydney Morning Herald is the oldest continuously published newspaper in Australia and the most-read masthead in the country. • Economics column writer • Business reporting focused on workplace trends and misconduct • Regular stand-in for economics editor duties (weekly newsletter, additional columns)

    • Economics Correspondent
      Aug 2024 - Nov 2025 · 1 yr 4 mos

      • Reported for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age on economics, policy and federal politics based out of the press gallery in Parliament House. • Co-finalist for the Quill Award for business reporting (2025) • Wrote a weekly economics column • Appearances on podcasts, video and radio platforms and panels across various networks.

    • Business Reporter: Banking
      Jun 2023 - Aug 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

      • Covered banks, financial services and markets • Wrote regular columns focused on economics • Reviewed live music (major acts: Taylor Swift, Elton John, Ed Sheeran)

  • Master of Ceremonies at Freelance
    Aug 2025 - Aug 2025 · 1 mo

    • MCed the Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s (IHACPA) annual three-day conference in Adelaide including interviewing and moderating panel discussions.

  • Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (Perth, Western Australia, Australia)
    • Graduate Economist
      Nov 2021 - Mar 2022 · 5 mos

      CCIWA is a not-for-profit, member driven organisation providing quality, cost-effective information, professional services and advice for businesses. The organisation undertakes the only non-government economic forecast for WA and produces quarterly business and consumer confidence survey reports. • Analysed data and authored quarterly Business and Consumer Confidence Survey Reports and the Regional Pulse Report. • Sourced and visualised data for economic presentations and provided input to media releases.

    • Graduate Economist
      Jul 2021 - Nov 2021 · 5 mos

  • Business News (1 yr 5 mos)
    • Freelancer
      Dec 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr

      Business News is a trusted, independent source for quality news and information about commerce and industry in WA, empowering business owners, directors and leaders with critical data, timely information and ability to connect, enabling well informed commercial decisions. • Online news, feature articles, advertorials, morning and afternoon headline/update emails, data sourcing/entry

    • Journalism Intern
      Jul 2020 - Nov 2020 · 5 mos

      • Reported on education, government, economics, and small business.

  • Pelican Magazine (1 yr 11 mos)
    • Co-Editor-in-Chief
      Nov 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 1 mo

      Pelican is UWA's editorially independent student magazine and the second-oldest student publication in Australia, with 6000 physical copies distributed annually and a constant stream of online and multimedia content. • Managed team of more than 30 sub-editors, artists and photographers. • Edited and produced six 70-page print editions of the magazine. • Managed, commissioned and edited online content and social media distribution (more than 100,000 website views over the year). • Organised events and development workshops. • Covered breaking news and campus stories.

    • Contributor
      Jan 2020 - Nov 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

      • Researched and wrote student-oriented articles across finance, lifestyle, politics, arts, campus news, and comedy sections for online and/or print publication.

    • Finance & Economics Editor
      Jan 2020 - Nov 2020 · 11 mos

      Passionate about economics and writing, I re-introduced a Finance & Economics section to engage commerce students in reading and contributing ideas and content. • Edited and sourced relevant student-written pieces, including fortnightly online content and two to three pieces for bimonthly print editions of the magazine. • Recruited and trained an additional sub-editor for the section.