WA motorists who use their mobile phone while driving could face even more scrutiny from authorities with a new camera trial.

WA Road Safety Commissioner Adrian Warner said the state had recently adjusted fines and demerit points for certain penalties, particularly drivers on mobile phones.

"We increased mobile phone fines significantly and we're looking to enforce those, or look to a trial of safety cameras, to pick up [more] mobile phone use," he told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings.

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Former Prime Minister John Howard says Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s failure to recall the national unemployment rate exposed one of his major drawbacks to lead the country after the federal election on May 21.

Australia’s 25th Prime Minister is in WA bolstering support for the Liberal Party's Hasluck and Swan campaigns and told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings that Albanese's embarrassing gaffe on just the first day of the six-week campaign showed his limitations.

"If he had a reputation for being on top of the economic argument it probably wouldn't have mattered," Howard told Bartlett on Thursday.

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John Quigley's position as WA's Attorney General is now being questioned as untenable following Friday's court do-over for mistakes he claimed to make in March.

Liam Bartlett spoke with Mia Davies, a WA opposition leader who believes it is time for Mr Quigley to step down. 

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Scott Austic spent 13 years in jail for the murder of Stacey Thorne before being acquitted and released.

Liam Bartlett spoke with Robyn Cottman on 6PR Mornings, a private investigator who has been engaged by the Thorne family to investigate the case from an unbiased perspective as finding the real killer is her only motive.

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Mornings with Liam Bartlett FULL SHOW 11 April 2022

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Albanese has failed to answer one of the simplest questions any potential Government official should know.

Paul Kelly shares his thoughts on this extraordinary stumble on the first day of campaigning. 

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On the first day of the federal election, Albanese failed to answer a simple question on what Australia's unemployment rate is posed by a Tasmanian reporter. 

Chris Uhlmann a Nine News political editor, told Liam Bartlett that "it was certainly a bad look."

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Mornings with Liam Bartlett FULL SHOW 8 April 2022

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A radical Tourism Council of WA idea for public schools to stagger their holiday breaks according to their location north or south of the Swan River was met with some hesitance by prominent school leaders on Friday.

Principals Federation of WA president Bevan Ripp told Liam Bartlett on 6PR Mornings the idea could benefit the state's struggling tourism sector but other factors such as regional school considerations and availability of school parents made it problematic. 

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