Finals are set to kick off at Optus Stadium next week. Click PLAY to hear from the Optus Stadium CEO. Following recent reports of a patron accosting Andy Maher at the MCG and the ‘Siren Lady’ causing problems at Collingwood, Perth Today host Simon Beaumont spoke with Optus Stadium CEO Mike McKenna about the types […]
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New funding and tenders have been allocated to Western Australia as part of the push to hit renewable targets
The government has revealed a significant new investment in Western Australia’s renewable energy sector, launching two new tenders under the Capacity Investment Scheme. Click PLAY to hear about the tenders. Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Josh Wilson, told Perth Today host Simon Beaumont that this initiative is aimed at boosting both renewable energy […]
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29/08/2025
Rottnest 80kg cobia officially breaks world record
After seven months of ratification, it is now official: 18-year-old Koby Duncan has set a new World Record for catching the largest Cobia on a line, weighing 79.6kg. Click PLAY to hear about the record. Peter Golding, who held the record for 40 years, spoke to Perth Today host Simon Beaumont about this achievement and […]
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28/08/2025
Addressing confusion about the Australian Constitution
On Perth Today, a listener claimed that two Australian constitutions exist. Click PLAY to hear from the expert. To clarify these claims, host Simon Beaumont asked Anne Twomey, Professor Emerita of Constitutional Law at the University of Sydney. “I know there’s a lot of distrust out there so you can check this for yourself,” she […]
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28/08/2025
What is “pseudolaw” ideology?
Last week, Perth Today host Simon Beaumont interviewed two members of the Sovereign Peoples Assembly of Western Australia to better understand their beliefs. Today, there are reports of the fatal shooting of two police officers trying to execute a search warrant on a radicalised conspiracy theorist known as a self-proclaimed Sovereign Citizen. Perth listeners asked […]
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27/08/2025
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 […]
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23/02/2021
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.
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23/02/2021
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.
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04/02/2021
“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 […]
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12/01/2021
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 […]
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07/01/2021
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 […]
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15/04/2019
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 […]
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08/03/2019
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 […]
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04/02/2019
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