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ACTING Mayor Andrew Sullivan’s defence of his role in the ‘tent city’ fiasco confirms the urgent need for an independent inquiry into why the City of Fremantle allowed the 24-hour homeless camp to stay open without approval for nearly a…

FREMANTLE Liberal candidate Miquela Riley says the City’s ‘tent city’ fiasco should be independently investigated if elected members and council staff knew it was a political stunt. “The suggestion the City of Fremantle may have known about tent city prior…

EXCLUSIVE: TENTS and supplies for the homeless camped without council approval in Pioneer Park on Boxing Day were stored at the back of Acting Mayor Andrew Sullivan’s 'office' in Fremantle. Cr Sullivan shares space at 11 Pakenham Street with activist…

COMMENT: Children seriously assaulted. Property damaged and stolen. The homeless moved on. But not a word in his last blog as Mayor Brad Pettitt about the victims left behind - and the serious damage to the Freo brand. Only contradictions…

EXCLUSIVE: BRAD knew. Freo StreetWise can confirm Greens Mayor Brad Pettitt and City Ward Councillor Rachel Pemberton gave activists without authority verbal approval to set up a 24-hour street kitchen for the homeless on Pioneer Park opposite State Labor MP Simone…

Q1. When was the minister advised about the potential problems with tent city and by whom? “The activities of the Pioneer Park camp organisers became an issue as soon as it became clear that activity at Pioneer park had shifted…

EXCLUSIVE: GREENS Fremantle Mayor Brad Pettitt must resign or explain how tent city organisers were allowed to camp for 30 days outside State Labor MP Simone McGurk’s office in Market Street. The Greens WA candidate for South Metropolitan told Freo…

COMMENT: ELECTED members will meet Wednesday after a horror week over the Fremantle ‘tent city’ debacle in which their attempts to politicise the homeless issue in WA backfired badly. As police moved in to clear Pioneer Park today, the McGowan…