COUNCIL APOLOGIES FLOW OVER TREE BLUE
“We can’t be seen as belting up on an old lady like this and seeing this happen. The tree of this size in anyone’s mind does not fit the block of this size and that’s the problem.” - Silverleaf Gerard…
MAYOR SHUTS DOWN ELECTORS CONCERNS
‘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…
Not happy Hannah, say Freo electors
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,…
WA ‘Jaws’ anniversary
EXCLUSIVE: THE preserved remains of a 4.3m tiger shark has brought together the US family of its victim and the WA shipwreck author who salvaged the ‘man-eater’ caught at Cottesloe in 1925. The family reached out to StreetWise to say it…
ALCOA’S ‘DIRTY SECRET’
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…
StreetWise Scoops
BUDGET blowouts, local government election shenanigans, serial parking offenders, ‘tent city’ political stunts and a dumpster diving councillor. There is no shortage of news when it comes to the City of Fremantle. As StreetWise reported in issue #7 in December…
State invests $20m into historic Fremantle port
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…
Easter blessings StreetWise readers
A HAPPY Easter Sunday StreetWise readers. Thanks to sponsors and supporters of Fremantle's independent print and online publication, the latest edition of Freo StreetWise now available in newsagents, pubs, cafes, galleries and museums in the port city, Melville, Cockburn and…
Australia Day Festival 2022
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…
