TWO State Government departments have denied StreetWise FOI access to public documents related to infected trees and the use of blank ballot papers in Fremantle. The WA Electoral Commission says it is not in the public interest to release election…
WAEC has further muddied the electoral waters following a Freedom of Information request for the number of blank ballots the City of Fremantle used in the 2021 and disputed 2023 local government elections. Hundreds of spare ballots were used by…
THE department of primary industries and regional development cannot explain why it cleared the Moreton bay fig tree at 195 High Street of shot-hole borer a day after its pest and disease experts said it was infected. On April 29,…
SPECIAL REPORT: The City of Fremantle used hundreds of uncoded ‘spare’ ballot papers to influence the balance of power in the 2021 and disputed 2023 local government elections. StreetWise Media can report the WA Electoral Commission last year issued the…
COMMENT: The City of Fremantle today flew the Australian flag at half mast to commemorate as part of its truth-telling journey the execution of Nyoongar leader Midgegooroo on May 22, 1833. Council also ‘decided’ to lower the flag in 2023…
SOMETHING is rotten at 195 High Street. In what appears to be the left branch not knowing what the right is doing, the WA department of primary industries and regional development says the 135-year-old Moreton Bay at 195 High Street…
MATTERS of mathematics and due process (democracy) will be tested in June following a hearing last month over the botched 2023 local government elections in Fremantle’s central and coastal wards. On April 12, lawyers for the WA Electoral Commission, Greater…
“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…
‘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,…
