Matthew and his wife have lived in the City of Vincent for 5 years, not far from where his father grew up. Matthew currently works as a solicitor in the Litigation Practice Group at Freehills, having previously worked as a Principal Legal Officer with the Perth Office of the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions in the Commercial Prosecutions branch. In 2009 Matthew was the Australian Young Lawyer of the Year.

Matthew is currently the Chairperson of the Australian Young Lawyers Committee of the Law Council of Australia and Convenor of the Young Lawyers Committee of The Law Society of Western Australia, of which he is also a Member of Council. In addition, Matthew is a member of the Society's Access to Justice, Education, Equal Opportunity and Brief Editorial Committees as well as a member of the Law Council of Australia's Australian Young Lawyers Committee. Matthew also helps out locally as a member of the Financial Advisory Committee for the Sisters of Mercy (Amalgamated) Inc and is a member of the Sacred Heart Parish in Highgate.

Matthew completed a Bachelor of Arts with First Class Honours at the University of Notre Dame Australia, where he also obtained a Bachelor of Law. Whilst at university, Matthew was Communications Director (2001) and Secretary (2002) of the Student Association of the University of Notre Dame Australia, was involved in a prison outreach program at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre run by Young Vinnies (an arm of St Vincent de Paul) and completed part of his course at the London campus of the University of Notre Dame (US).

Matthew's other work within the community includes work as the Chairperson and a Board member of Starick Services Inc., which works to help women and children who are the victims of domestic violence through refuges and various outreach and support services. Matthew was also a member of the Supported Accommodation Assistance Program (SAAP) State Advisory Committee.