‘Excuse me, excuse me … this is my meeting’ - Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge ELECTORS say council's contempt of Fremantle ratepayers was confirmed last night when Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge slapped down a ratepayer for asking questions over the City’s finances and…
A MOTION of no confidence in Fremantle Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge over her handling of the City's finances and South Beach change rooms was carried tonight at the annual general meeting of about 50 electors. Moved by former Councillor Marija Vujcic,…
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…
MAYORAL candidate and South Ward festival goer Marija Vujcic says she will bring back the fireworks on Australia Day 2022. It will be the first of many events she says she has planned to make Fremantle a festival city, starting…
FEW people in Fremantle attend council meetings, particularly now with COVID on the loose. Those who can have the privilege of listening to elected members and City staff discuss important issues such as Freo’s lingering ‘tent city’ saga. On Wednesday,…
'TENT city’ was a regrettable event that failed to help nearly 100 homeless people camped at Pioneer Park, according to the City of Fremantle CEO. In a report to full council on Wednesday, the CEO says the Boxing Day lunch…
SAMSON veteran Arthur Stanton OAM’s email must have got lost in translation at the City of Fremantle. The 82-year-old former sergeant wrote to then mayor Brad Pettitt and his elected ward members Crs Frank Mofflin and Sam Wainwright asking for…
REFLECTION: StreetWise Media was launched in High Street in Fremantle in 2015, its publishing debut attended by local business leaders, historians, archaeologists, artists, students and filmmakers. Getting there took more than a year of planning, hard work and ‘prodding’ to…
ANALYSIS: This is not a blog. This is StreetWise Media: Fremantle’s fiercely independent magazine and online publisher. Followed and shared by thousands of 'friends' and readers across WA, StreetWise draws on more than 30 years of journalistic endeavour and experience…
