Lily Ford, holistic wellness advocate, opens up to 6PR’s Gary Adshead about her struggle with vape addiction and reflects on how ignorant she was at the age of 15, not realising that she was being targeted by vape companies. “Secretly, our age bracket knew something wasn’t quite right, but it wasn’t a big deal because […]
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‘Keep Cash King in Australia’
Federal MP says the Government’s plan to mandate cash doesn’t go far enough. Andrew Gee, Federal Independent MP, explains to 6PR’s Gary Adshead how only big businesses will be required to accept cash. ‘The way it’s going, the slide against cash and the slide into electronic transactions is just going to continue,’ he said.” Click […]
Backstories: Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev, life after the Iron Curtain
Associate Professor Alexey Muraviev is an award-winning senior academic in National Security and International Relations. Russian-born but having called Perth home for over 30 years, Associate Professor Muraviev spoke to 6PRs Gary Adshead about his unique perspective on the relationship between the two countries. “The listeners and readership want authentic information from you; they want […]
The Lord Mayor continues to rattle the WA Labor government
6PR’s Gary Adshead questions why the WA Labor government is allowing Basil Zempilas to get under their skin after Member for Cannington, Bill Johnson, spent a substantial amount of time criticising the Lord Mayor during Question Time. “What he should do is forget about me and just make it about the people of Western Australia,” […]
Magnitude 4 earthquake felt in WA’s south-west
Locals felt the tremors from a magnitude 4 earthquake recorded just off WA’s south coast. Peter Rowe, a 6PR listener, described the strange sensation he felt while staying in Augusta: ‘I recognised it instantly; everything was just rocking back and forth, and I thought, this is an earthquake, I’ve felt this before. It was a […]
Thirty-seven schools across Australia last week took part in the launch of the New Metrics project – a style of learning and assessment which is part of the “paradigm shift” away from ATAR as a measurement tool. All Saints’ College is the only WA school to join the program and Dean of Teching and Learning […]
Childhood chess and its links to risk-taking and strategy later in life
New research by Monash University and Deakin University has found chess boosted children’s foresight, caution and arithmetic, and reduced risk aversion. Chess Association of WA President Alan Wolstencroft joined Liam Bartlett to share first hand the benefit of playing chess for young people.
Why teens are “future forecasting” and how you can help
Youth coach Founder of ROC Coaching Claire Eaton joins Liam Bartlett to explore why a growing number of teens are “future forecasting” and how parents can help their kids to worry less about their future.
“We need to up our game”
AMA WA President Dr Andrew Miller told Liam Bartlett Western Australia needs to get “super serious” about its preparedness for a COVID-19 outbreak. Dr Miller said measures such as ensuring staff working in hotel quarantine weren’t working elsewhere and bus drivers had appropriate respiratory equipment were simple measures that weren’t being taken. “These are just […]
Australia Post Licensees still standing behind CEO Christine Holgate
Licensed Post Office Group Executive Director Angela Cramp says the 2850 community post office owners she represents have been appalled by the Prime Minister’s potential attack on their viability. Cramp told Jane Marwick on Mornings the licensees had been struggling for 15 years to develop a viable business model and Ms Holgate had finally brought […]
This year on Mornings with Gareth Parker, we want to recognise the Random Acts of Kindness being performed everyday in our communities. We are asking listeners to get in touch and let us know when they witness a random act of kindness. Thanks to WA Assett – the Bathroom Renovators, each month we will pick […]
We have our first winner!
This year on Mornings with Gareth Parker, we want to recognise the Random Acts of Kindness being performed everyday in our communities. We are asking listeners to get in touch and let us know when they witness a random act of kindness. Thanks to WA Assett – the Bathroom Renovators, each month we will pick […]
Random Acts of Kindness
This year on Mornings with Gareth Parker, we want to recognise the Random Acts of Kindness being performed everyday in our communities. We are asking listeners to get in touch and let us know when they witness a random act of kindness. Thanks to WA Assett – the Bathroom Renovators, each month we will pick […]
WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson joined Gareth in studio to discuss ammonium nitrate, GTG passes, the border and a stash of guns found on a northern suburbs property.