Matthew De Angelis.
Investigative researcher. Founder.
I bring research, innovation and creative work to the same question: what can we actually change, and how do we make it work?
Fifteen years of building.
I’m a founder with 15 years in innovation, working across family business, media and professional services, including heavily regulated sectors. A new idea has to survive more than a pitch: it has to work within rules, constraints and systems that other people rely on.
That is the approach I bring to this district. Explain the mechanism. Name the limits. Show what can be tested and what still needs to be proved.
Different Worlds.
Same Instincts.
Common Monster is my IP and entertainment media studio.
Everything I produce starts the same way: strip an idea back to its nuts-and-bolts premise, then keep looking until the attention pays off.
It is the same approach I bring to the social issues residents raise with me. It is also how I ended up making a tabletop party card game about escaping Bunnings on a Saturday morning.
If you would like to give the prototype a crack once we have stuck a fork in this election, fill out the contact form and mention the game.
Sports.
- 1993
Vic Kick, Waverly Oval, Footscray Bulldogs. One kicking-in-danger call. -14 AF.
Dad did not entertain Red Rooster on the drive home that day.
- 1999
1st Dan Black Belt, Shukokai Karate.
- 2002
Freestyle wrestling. Snapped my ankle playing crab soccer during qualification for the Manchester Commonwealth Games team.
- 2015
UFN Liverpool, professional MMA bout. De Angelis d. Subria via second-round KO.
Anne and Vinnie’s boy.
My parents came from Italy and made a life in the West. Dad drove a curtain slider by day and studied for his Master’s at night. Later he built shops across the West and hired mates, relatives and eventually their kids.
Mum was a decorated chef, then cooked in aged-care kitchens and school cafeterias. Nonno worked on the GM assembly line until retirement. Their work is part of where I come from.
Why time matters.
Mum was taken from us this year. Dad has dementia. That is part of the urgency behind this campaign, not a claim on anyone’s sympathy.
My name is on it.
I’m contesting the Sydenham District. If I’m asking for your support, you should be able to see what I’ve done, follow the evidence and contribute to what comes next.
If it carries my name, I answer for it. What worked, what didn’t and what changed should be visible.
My number is on the page. If you want to talk or SMS about how things should play out, concerns, policy or getting involved, please give me a ring or send me a text.