ONE of the lowest voter turnouts in Fremantle has elected a new mayor and two new councillors amid claims ballot packages were opened without proper scrutiny on local government election night. “Someone without any scrutiny has opened mayoral ballots at…
THE City’s use of uncoded spare ballots is under close scrutiny after WAEC ended up in court following the botched Fremantle local government elections in 2023. StreetWise revealed yesterday that hundreds of blank replacements called overs have been issued to…
EXCLUSIVE: THE WA Electoral Commission has issued hundreds of uncoded spare ballots called ‘overs’ to the City of Fremantle to cover any voting shortfalls in local government elections on October 18. Neither WAEC or the City will say how many…
The 2025 mayoral debate at Notre Dame tomorrow should be a hoot. The last time Fremantle election candidates were invited to Tannock Hall was at the ‘Great Debate’ on March 8 (opposite). Organisers including Fremantle Network staged a game show-like…
MAYORAL candidates invited to debate at Notre Dame want Fremantle Network member Rachel Pemberton banned from Tannock Hall to avoid a repeat of her disruptive behaviour at the East Ward candidates debate. The former councillor and dumpster diver who is…
EXCLUSIVE: Mayoral candidate Hannah Fitzhardinge has posted a grovelling apology to Fremantle Society president John Dowson after calling him racist for rejecting City plans for the WA bicentenary in 2029. At the same time, Cr Fitzhardinge has told Notre Dame…
EXCLUSIVE: Former Fremantle councillor Marija Vuycic will forego her full four-year mayoral stipend of approximately $600,000 if she replaces Hannah Fitzhardinge at the local government elections on October 18. This includes donating her councillor stipend of approximately $150,000 if she…
“If we continue as we have in the past four years into the next four years, it is not going to be acceptable,” Cr Ben Lawver, East Ward BEN Lawver has joined the Fremantle mayoral race to end what the…
REVIEW: STEEPED in controversy since 1972, The Fremantle Society is this city’s heritage ‘sentinel’. Fiercely dedicated to planning excellence and the rich cultural history written into buildings, streets and special places including the West End where president John Dowson on…
MAYOR Hannah Fitzhardinge has removed from her ratepayer-funded social media pages claims of racism against The Fremantle Society and president John Dowson. After nearly three weeks since the City asked her to delete the potentially defamatory comments, the mayor who…
