GREENS-turned-independent Adele Carles has moved into City Ward to run for the Fremantle mayoral seat in the local government elections in October. The former State MP joins the race on the same day South Ward Cr Marija Vujcic launches her…
COMMENT: THE race for the next mayor of Fremantle will see the Labor party reassert its authority on council through the potential election of a Labor mayor in October. Three councillors including Labor stalwarts Hannah Fitzhardinge and Frank Mofflin and…
EXCLUSIVE: A COVID-19 nurse says her drink was spiked at one of two venues in Fremantle before she was found passed out semi naked on the road opposite Esplanade Park on Saturday. Local musician Lee Sappho (pictured here) who found…
COULD Freo have been a French colony? Bastille Day commemorates the anniversary of the storming of Bastille prison in Paris on July 14, 1789. With the end of the monarchy, a scientific revolution was taking place in maritime exploration led…
“ … the prospect of fatigue and headache after vaccination for COVID-19 should be viewed positively, as a necessary prelude to an effective immune response”. STREETWISE came across this article in Science Immunology (https://immunology.sciencemag.org), which states the development of multiple…
THE Heritage Council of WA has severed a significant cultural link to generations of horse racing families in Fremantle and Cockburn after it deemed Hollis Park unworthy of joining the State’s register of special places. On June 23, StreetWise asked…
THE old South Fremantle power station in Cockburn is one of 10 sites entered on the State’s register of significant cultural heritage places. It is also up for sale. The other sites which have played a role in the built…
COMMENT: This image of Fremantle local Claudia Green was copied from the StreetWise website on May 27 and published without permission on the Fremantle Community Forum Facebook page launched in 2020 by Mia Kriznic and Mark Woodcock. The copyrighted content was…
CITY of Fremantle payments to Pindan accelerated in the weeks before the construction company collapsed on May 18, leaving out of pocket by up to $100 million hundreds of contractors on nearly 90 projects in WA including the $42 million…
CONSTRUCTION of two new bridges across the Swan River will begin this year as part of a $230 million project to build a dedicated Fremantle freight rail line and replace the historic traffic bridge opened in 1939. The third and…
