WA News Week

Access 31 brings Perth viewers "Western Australia's News Week" each Wednesday night at 8pm. The programme is a 30-minute studio-based discussion programe on current affairs in Western Australia.

Anchored by Gerry Gannon the first series of programmes featured journalists Roger Martin from The Australian together with ABC 720 Drive presenter John McNamara and a newsmaker making headlines this week.

The first programme in the series went to air on March 7, 2001 and featured the Premier, The Hon. Dr. Geoff Gallop MLA.

New Series

The new series of "WA News Week" was launched on Wednesday July 6, 2005. Each week, Gerry Gannon wil be joined by two members of Perth's journalistic fraternity drawn from the panel below.

Gerry Gannon	Paul Murray, Radio 6PR	Gary Adshead, Inside Cover, The West Australian
Brad Hodson, Network TEN	Peter Kennedy, ABC TV News	Nigel Wilson, The Australian
Paula Hudson, Nine News	Gareth Parker, The West Australian	Mark Dodd, The Australian

The then Governor of WA (now Governor General) Lt. Gen. Michael Jeffrey with Gerry Gannon on "In Conversation"

The inaugural "WA News Week" team.

L to R: Roger Martin, Gerry Gannon, John McNamara

The former Premier Dr. Geoff Gallop (left) on WA News Week