IN 1829, British naval officer James Stirling on his way to found the Swan River Colony stopped in Hobart Town for a cuppa with George Arthur, Governor of Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Stirling founded the capital of WA and named…
EXCLUSIVE: THE City of Fremantle appears to have distanced itself from potentially defamatory comments by mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge after she used social media to accuse The Fremantle Society and president John Dowson of racism for having asked councillors to ensure…
A WA Auditor-General investigation has identified $4.5 million in credit card and store card spending at six councils including Fremantle, Cockburn and Melville. Perth, Subiaco and Victoria Park also have been snared in the ‘living it up crisis’ in which…
I COUNTED today at least 10 crosses and memorial sites on the notorious 30km stretch of North West Coastal Highway from Karratha to Roebourne. As there are none on the 10km stretch past the Nickol River crossing heading into Karratha,…
COUNCIL approval of bicentenary plans for a First Nations-led vision for Arthur Head were overshadowed tonight when it was threatened with legal action by The Fremantle Society over offensive comments by Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge. Cr Fitzhardinge used her attendance at…
NOTRE Dame’s federal election debate on April 15 has been ‘hijacked’ by members of the Fremantle Network including former councillor Rachel Pemberton. In a repeat of the February 19 state candidates debate in which four of eight candidates opted out,…
‘Junket’: An extravagant, expensive and unnecessary trip or celebration enjoyed by a government official at public expense. JET-setting Fremantle mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge and councillor Ingrid van Dorssen will fly to Italy, Portugal and Croatia on a $20,000-plus junket to visit…
FOURTEEN months after the WA Electoral Commission botched the 2023 local government elections in Fremantle and voters are no wiser as to whether the disputed elections will be rerun. It is six weeks since parties appeared in the Magistrate’s Court…
NOW that the dust on the Fremantle local government elections has settled, let me take readers on a trip down memory lane to reflect on four years of representing the ratepayers and residents of Fremantle. Remember the $1.2m ratepayer inducement…
THE 24th edition of Fremantle's independent street publication is now available in Freo, Melville, Cockburn and select sites in WA. Supported by local businesses and community groups, the port city's free print and online magazine features a smorgasbord of exclusive…
