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…
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…
