IN 2007, US environmental activist Erin Brockovich joined residents and workers who claimed Alcoa was poisoning their communities. The public health crusader who successfully took on big industry in the US, then had a movie named after her, joined Queensland-based…
FREMANTLE Ports today welcomed the State Government $20 million budget pledge to transform Victoria Quay into one of WA's top tourism and cultural precincts as part of the Westport project to build a new outer harbour and container port in…
THE Fremantle Chamber of Commerce says a ‘Freo Traders’ group that promises to save the business community has raised concerns among members over its political motives. Organised by Melville resident Mia Kriznic and Cottesloe resident Mike Finn, the group’s proposed…
UP for approval Wednesday is the latest recommended retail lease proposal for the Fremantle Walyalup Civic Centre - an America’s Cup-era clothing shop. City officers say a 220sqm clothing store (out of the 405sqm of retail space) on the corner…
FIREBRAND Independent Marija Vujcic wasted no time chastising councillors over the Kings Square hospitality deal before she successfully convinced council to consider her motion for an independent probity audit. That was just the warm up, the South Ward councillor having…
COUNCIL attempts to justify its Kings Square hospitality lease deal raise serious questions over why it offered a ‘consortium’ of local businessmen $1.3 million in inducements including three years free rent. StreetWise last week sent questions to the City following…
COUNCIL’S decision to offer a private company a $500,000 fit-out ‘sweetener’ and two years free rent was a ‘pragmatic reality’ in a tough WA market, according to Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt. On Wednesday, council approved lease conditions for a three-storey…
LANDCORP sold to the City of Karratha 4400sqm of the CBD pegged for a $20 million, 100-room hotel - for $1. The bargain deal went through in December last year, two months after the council agreed to buy the empty…
MORTGAGE interest rate rises, coupled with increased energy costs, present financial challenges for families struggling to maintain their lifestyle of choice. Many are reluctant to commit, often unaware of how they can buy and run a home that is sustainable…
OIL and gas giant Woodside discovered the North Rankin gas field about 135km northwest of Dampier just two years after Karratha was gazetted. The Goodwyn and Angel fields were discovered in 1972 and together, these resources formed the basis of…
