ONCE a journo, always a journo … Michael Southwell reckons he was born to be a reporter. He was half way through a journalism course at Curtin University (then WA Institute of Technology) when he was sent for a week…
By Carmelo Amalfi FREO’S new mayor Ben Lawver looks at home tucked into a pub booth, tapping on his phone and just chilling out with a pint before the Australia Day heatwave. His first 100 days since elected in October…
By Carmelo Amalfi and Michael Southwell CHALLENGES to the 2025 local government election results in five WA councils including Fremantle were heard in the Court of Disputed Returns today. Complainants including the cities of Swan and Kalgoorlie-Boulder and shires of…
THE City of Fremantle has breached its complaints and code of conduct policies by censoring findings upholding a complaint against former mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge. StreetWise was told the City received the results of an independent investigation on November 7. Under…
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…
