On Perth Tonight Chris asked the CEO of Intelligent Fingerprinting Jerry Walker, how the first portable fingerprint drug test will change policing in Australia. 

Ray Whitby is the father of Labor member for Baldivis Reece and one of the veterans exposed to radiation on Montebello Island.

On Perth Tonight Chris heard why Mr Whitby has been deemed ineligible for a DVA gold card because of an arbitrary cut-off date.

A visit to Karrakatta Cemetery left Kaylene Wood and her husband mortified. 

Ms Wood told Chris she was confronted by an area in "total disarray" upon arriving at the Cemetery ahead of her mother-in-law's funeral next week. 

"In between all the plots is just sand...there's leaves everywhere... there's dead weeds everywhere," Ms Wood said.

"There's rubbish, paper, discarded potplant bases, broken monuments and people's personal rubbish like water bottles just thrown on the ground," she said.

"There's glass in the area...my husband...got a cut to his foot."

Australia faces a national shortage of shearers driving the cost of wool to record high prices of about $2,000 per bale.

The wool industry is taking action by finding innovative was to attract young shearers to the industry.

On Perth Tonight Chris spoke to the President of the WA Shearing Industry Association, Darren Spencer about the challenges and the advantages of working in the agricultural sector.

The Pontificants are back, turning headlines into humour.

This week Tom Brady, Geoff Stainton,  Adrian Alajberg and Steve Collins joined Chris Ilsley.

Business Reporter for The Australian Newspaper, Ben Butler told Chris the public hearings of the Royal Commision into Banking have revealed stories of misconduct, bribery and fraud.

"It does raise the question about how good the quality of Australia's loan book as a whole is," Mr Butler said.

"Further on next month we'll be hearing about financial planning...I think people will be able to see what's happened to their hip pockets when they've dealt with the banks."

On Perth Tonight Chris Ilsley spoke to Wooleen Station Manager Frances Pollock about the draw cards of living in remote WA.

Hundreds of protesters marched the streets of Perth before ascending the steps of Parliament House on Tuesday in response to the State Governments decision to close Moora Residential College.

On Perth Tonight Chris Ilsley spoke to one of the rally's organisers Central Midlands Senior High School Parents and Citizens President, Tracey Errington about Labors response to the rally.

"Their figure...is a complete upgrade...we don't want a complete upgrade...we just want the college maintained," Ms Errington said.

"He's [Mr McGowan] not even listened to the arguments about why those kid's parents choose Moora over Northam or Geraldton, which is where he's trying to send them," she said. 

Creator and founder of Lost Perth Warren Duffy and Hotham Valley Tourist Railway's Brett Mohen spoke to Chris about "The cars that dad drove" and the post that went viral...

Which material will be popular for building residential properties in the not too distant future?

Will bricks still be the dominant choice or will Australians warm to the idea of lighter weighted materials?

On Perth Tonight Chris Ilsley spoke to Chris Green, Director of Research and Policy at the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) WA about the future of construction in WA.