Paul Murray (journalist)

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. Murray is a previous editor of The West Australian newspaper and continues to write an opinion column for that newspaper. He holds the record for longest-serving editor of a daily newspaper in Australian, more than 10 years. For a time, he also wrote a wine column for West Coast Magazine.

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'. 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.

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.

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

* [http://www.6pr.com.au/index.php?section=onair&panel=onair_1_panel.htm 6PR Program Guide ]
* [http://6pr.com.au/index.php?section=home&panel=onair_murray_panel.htm Paul Murray - 6PR profile ]
* [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,18478820%255E22822,00.html Australian Newspaper Online Article ]