Paul
Murray

Speaker Profile

Paul Murray was the longest serving newspaper editor in Australia when he resigned from The West Australian in 2000.

In an era when editor's careers are counted in months rather than years, Paul outlasted many of the powerful people who tried to have him thrown out of office. He was appointed editor in March 1990 of the newspaper where he began his career in 1970.

Every existing circulation record on the newspaper's books happened during his tenure. In 1997 he achieved a long-standing goal and pushed the circulation of the newspaper over 400,000 for the first time. In 1998 he achieved a magical one million readers target for The West Australian's Saturday edition. He modernised the look of the newspaper and introduced a range of new attractions from Inside Cover to the Today section to Super Soccer.

In a major career move Paul accepted an offer from Radio 6PR in March 2000 to replace Howard Sattler as host of the station's all important morning current affairs program. In his six years as host of this program Paul was recognised as one of the leading current affairs broadcasters in the state. He resigned from 6PR in March 2006 and returned to The West Australian as a columnist and specialist writer.

Paul's extensive media career has given him an insider's view of many of the events that have shaped contemporary Australia.

He is an excellent communicator and entertaining speaker for conferences, seminars and motivational events who can speak on a wide variety of topics ranging from communication, leadership, business and media ethics, current affairs, and can adapt his presentation to suit your specific requirements. Paul brings credibility, a strong journalistic integrity, and an engaging personality to all of his presentations.

He has made a career out of fearlessly bringing the news to the people of Western Australia. He is not afraid to tread on the toes of the powerful - and one of his favourite topics now is about the dangers involved in warts-and-all journalism in the most isolated capital city in the world. Paul is also a first class master of ceremonies and has hosted numerous government and corporate conferences and awards evenings.

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