Paul Murray was the morning presenter on Perth radio station 6PR until March 2006, when he failed to reach agreement with station management on a new contract. The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... 6PR, known as 882 6PR, commenced broadcasting on October 14, 1931. ...

Murray is a previous editor of The West Australian newspaper and continues to write an opinion column for that newspaper. The West Australian (often simply called The West) is Perths only locally edited daily newspaper, and is owned by ASX-listed West Australian Newspapers Limited. ...

Educated at Guildford Grammar School Murray was one of the more 'visible' editors on the West Australian, compared to editors before and after his time at 'The West'. Guildford Grammar Schools Coat of arms Guildford Grammar (Senior) School is a private school in Australia, on the banks of the Swan River. ...

His interest in having reporters from his paper actually running stories from Java, Indonesia—and running the stories within the first five pages—made Murray one of the few Australian newspaper editors prepared to do so at the time. Java (Indonesian, Javanese, and Sundanese: Jawa) is an island of Indonesia, and the site of its capital city, Jakarta. ...

6PR

Paul Murray had been leading the station's talkback charge for the past six years and, although his ratings weren't spectacular, there were few people with better connections. Murray had not been given a pay rise since joining the station in 2000 and had made some suggestions to management for a new contract.

The company came back with a proposed three-year contract, reportedly with no pay increase - and refused to negotiate. Murray declined to sign and was told he wasn't needed on Monday. A fill-in announcer was put to air. Liam Bartlett moved from ABC Radio to take over Murray's position, he didn't stay for long being offered a job on Australia's '60 Minutes' television program. Liam Bartlett is a journalist based in Perth, Western Australia. ...

Return to the 'West

Murray has returned to the West Australian as a freelance commentator who is paid to write regular opinion columns for the 'West Australian' (annotation at the foot of an article challenging Western Australian politicians over juries) WA p.18 16/12/06

External links

• 6PR Program Guide
• Paul Murray - 6PR profile
• Australian Newspaper Online Article