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…
MAYOR Hannah Fitzhardinge accused The Fremantle Society of being racist after she was asked to ensure the port city’s bicentennial celebrations in 2029 are “positive and inclusive”. Society president John Dowson told StreetWise he wrote to the mayor and elected…
MULTIPLE shark sightings and one attack at Port Beach since the start of this year have not swayed the City of Fremantle from erecting a costly shark barrier at Bathers Bay. Port Beach was closed again today following the sighting…
PROPONENTS of Fini’s $110 million Woolstores project say skateboarders using the 100m ledge on Cantonment Street will have to move on or lease space once the seven-storey development is completed. Their view was shared by Fremantle mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge and…
NOTRE Dame’s federal election debate on April 15 has been ‘hijacked’ by members of the Fremantle Network including former councillor Rachel Pemberton. In a repeat of the February 19 state candidates debate in which four of eight candidates opted out,…
‘Junket’: An extravagant, expensive and unnecessary trip or celebration enjoyed by a government official at public expense. JET-setting Fremantle mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge and councillor Ingrid van Dorssen will fly to Italy, Portugal and Croatia on a $20,000-plus junket to visit…
EXCLUSIVE: NOTRE Dame University will host a federal candidates debate on April 15 without the theatrics of its state election debate in which candidates declined to attend because they did not feel welcome. Executive dean Martin Drum confirmed today the…
COMMENT: A SWIMMER is bitten by a 1.5m tiger shark at Sandtrax Surfing Spot at Port Beach last Wednesday. Days earlier, a surfer is bumped off his board 40m from the shore at Secret Harbour Beach. In January, Cottesloe Beach…
