Layering, shades of brown and whatever “thriftdulting” is – it’s a new year, a new chance to change up your wardrobe, and a new time to stress out over a bunch of terms we didn’t know existed last year. The Australian Financial Review‘s Fashion Editor Lauren Sams talks to Julie-anne Sprague about the do’s, don’t and […]

Does the word “here” have one syllable or two? Does “France” rhyme with “pants” or “aunts”? Across Australia, linguists are revolutionising the understanding of how Aussies’ voices differ from one another, fuelling new insights into what was once thought to be a monolithic accent. University of Melbourne Professor of Languages and Linguistics John Hajek told […]

Another major announcement, another gaff… at least, that’s what meant want you to think. City of Perth Lord Mayor and former 6PR presenter announced his candidacy for the seat of Churchlands over the weekend, and during the preparation for the press conference made a comment that has gone viral online. But 6PR’s entertainment reporter Peter Ford told […]

He’s been called a ‘master of comedic timing’, perhaps most known for his Malcolm Turbull impersonations, and he sure knows how to send a room into fits of laughter. We’re talking about the hilarious Lawrence Mooney! The Aussie comedian swung by the 6PR studio joining Jamie Burnett on Weekends. Talking about his Fringe show Lawrence […]

Ending months of speculation, Basil Zempilas has confirmed he will indeed be running for state politics. The Perth Lord Mayor will be seeking WA Liberal Party preselection for the seat of Churchlands. “Clearly I didn’t rush into a decision,”  Mr Zempilas told Jamie Burnett on Weekends in his first live interview since news broke in The […]

6PR listener “Road to Nowhere” let Millsy and Karl know a pair of Main Roads workers got themselves bogged yesterday… very bogged. According to the rumour – a late entry to the John Hughes Hyundai Rumour File – they spent more than two hour extricating the vehicle form what looks like some very rough mud. […]