GPs are prescribing antibiotics at a rate up to nine times higher than current guidelines. What many don’t realise is every time they leave the doctors’ offices with a drug they don’t need, they are contributing to global resistance to antibiotics. Dr Joe Kosterich will join me to explain what’s going on.

The downturn for business models based around the gig economy is iminent. According to Research Fellow from the University of Melbourne, Daniel Nicholson, online companies such as Airtasker, Uber and Deliveroo are starting to lose their shine.  

Australians are chronically sleep deprived and around 45 per cent of adults report sleeping poorly. This week is sleep awareness week and Kinesiology expert Tania Oneill McGowan joined me on air to share some tips for a good nights sleep.

Prices in Australian supermarkets could start changing several times a day depending on the demand for the product. This practice is known as surge pricing and it is a concept being considered by Aussie businesses. Marketing strategist, Barry Urquhart from Marketing Focus will chat to me about how it all works.

There is little doubt that electric cars will one day be industry standard. Automotive expert Janelle Gonzalez says adaptation is not that simple for the Australian market with a number of challenges set to slow the transition. Janelle joined Chris on Perth Tonight to share her observations.

Christina Matthews is the Chief Executive Officer of the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) and a former Australian cricketer. She shares her very interesting journey in the sportsworld with Chris on Perth Tonight.

Dementia consultant Michelle Harris will join a panel discussion about the brain disorder at the Care and Ageing Expo on July 29 this year. She said the discussion would allow a conversation about how as a community we need to change and enable people to live a life that maximises autonomy, risk and choice. She joined Chris on Perth Tonight to answer your queries about living with the condition. 

Over the years there have been a number of researchers claiming they have found a cure for type 1 diabetes and nothing has stuck. But scientists from the University of Texas have cured type 1 diabetes in mice and are hopeful it can be used on diabetic humans. Dr Bruno Doiron is one of the professors who discovered the new technique, he had a chat to Chris about the breakthrough.

Dr Waters BOOK, The Strength Switch is a parenting manual built around the principles of positive psychology. Lea delves into interesting concepts such as allowing your child to ‘slack off’ sometimes and the benefits of implementing meditation and mindfulness their routine.

The Federal Police will investigate 75 accounts of people's Medicare numbers being sold on the dark web, but there's a lot more private information being sold to the highest bidder. While hackers are always trying to access this inforamation, IT consultant Zaun Bhana says it could be as simple as a government department doing the stealing.