Host of 6PR’s Mornings Program and long-time 60 Minutes journalist Liam Bartlett has announced he will leave Nine and step down from both roles by November.

Bartlett, a highly decorated journalist, has spent 30 years in media including anchoring 9 News Perth, working at A Current Affair in Melbourne and reporting for 60 Minutes since 2006.

“It’s been a real privilege and an honour to be allowed to present the morning program in my home state and be part of the wonderful 6PR team,” he said.

“My time at 60 Minutes has afforded me so many memorable moments in the footsteps of some of the best in the business. I’m extremely appreciative of all the opportunities.”

6PR content manager Emily White said Bartlett had been a force to be reckoned with since returning to the radio station.

“His unflinching interview manner and dogged pursuit of the truth has entertained and informed our listeners over the past two years,” she said.

“We’ll be sorry to see him go, but he leaves with our very best wishes.”

60 Minutes executive producer Kirsty Thomson praised Bartlett as an exceptional correspondent.

“His reports from the world’s most far-flung places and his award-winning investigations into animal cruelty, government rorts and global scams will always be among the program’s most memorable,” she said.