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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
