EXCLUSIVE: A proposed iron ore port at the historic Pilbara ghost town of Balla Balla between Karratha and Port Hedland threatens one of the most extraordinary collections of petroglyphs dating back to the last ice age in Australia. This special…
“Good governance speaks in the language of ‘we’ not ‘you or I’ … I think moving forward we need to act collectively and speak collectively, effectively as the board of the organisation.” - Fremantle Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge By Carmelo Amalfi…
FREMANTLE Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge tonight twice walked out of the council chamber when asked to remove and apologise for Instagram comments accusing a High Street business and fellow elected member of attacking her mother over the Japingka parking issue. The…
COMMENT: BEING Fremantle mayor has its downsides, according to Cr Hannah Fitzhardinge’s latest Instagram post: “ … that is, the impact it has on your family. Because they love you and support what you’re trying to do, it’s usually an…
PARKING law changes, a new computer security policy and cats on a leash will be considered at the ordinary council meeting on Wednesday. So too the City of Fremantle financials, outstanding debtors figures (no mention of Perth Glory) and a…
THE ink is still not dry on the Fremantle Oval lease and the City of Fremantle and Perth Glory are calling offside on the sweetheart deal. Details of the lease dispute are contained in a confidential attachment to the report…
THE City of Fremantle will provide detailed costings of the unfinished Walyalup Civic Centre and produce its long overdue 2021 financial statements at the audit and risk committee this week. And what a read at https://bit.ly/3JQwZT9. According to the Wednesday…
COMMENT: THE role of mayor includes providing leadership and working with the CEO to ensure local government affairs are in order. The Act also bestows a critical function in which elected members must abide by the Act or, “any other…
A NEW book on the extraordinary petroglyphs at Depuch Island off the remote Pilbara coast has been shelved by its WA author because traditional custodians feel its publication would be too ‘dangerous’ and culturally insensitive. Mike Donaldson told StreetWise he…
FREMANTLE Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge today ‘absented’ herself from the Japingka parking saga in which her mother is one of five people who for the past year have flaunted local laws and obstructed neighbouring tenants behind the former Union Stores building…
