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…
WHEN did the race start for Fremantle’s next mayor? No memo to ratepayers yet but it appears mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge and councillors Ben Lawver and Fedele Camarda, and possibly Kate Hulett, are considering running for mayor in October. Donning a…
I COUNTED today at least 10 crosses and memorial sites on the notorious 30km stretch of North West Coastal Highway from Karratha to Roebourne. As there are none on the 10km stretch past the Nickol River crossing heading into Karratha,…
COUNCIL approval of bicentenary plans for a First Nations-led vision for Arthur Head were overshadowed tonight when it was threatened with legal action by The Fremantle Society over offensive comments by Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge. Cr Fitzhardinge used her attendance at…
