NOTRE Dame University will consider a more ‘traditional’ candidates debate in the lead up to the federal government election this year. The move follows its highly criticised debate at the Fremantle university on February 19 when organisers staged a game…
AUSTRALIAN Christians state election candidate Peter Watt has questioned why Notre Dame University allowed participants at ‘The Great Debate’ to mock ‘Our Lady’ and fellow candidates at Tannock Hall on February 19. He told StreetWise today he was not offended…
FORMER Fremantle councillor Marija Vujcic and members of the public have written to Notre Dame University to express dismay and disappointment at the conduct of participants at ‘The Great Debate’ on February 19. In a letter to Vice-Chancellor Francis Campbell,…
THE WA Liberals have pledged $500,000 towards the restoration of Fremantle Round House, WA’s oldest colonial building. Future funding will support both colonial and Indigenous historical interpretation and critical conservation efforts at the popular site visited by more than 100,000…
MAGISTRATE Trevor Darge today dismissed invalidity claims against the botched WAEC local government elections in Fremantle in 2023. He said the WA Electoral Commission made a “terrible mistake” when it mailed thousands of incorrect ballot papers to voters in central…
EXCLUSIVE: LIBERAL Party member and North Coogee businesswoman Serena Kipling will contest the seat of Fremantle at the state election on March 8. The Lower House candidate will take on sitting Labor MLA Simone McGurk, Greens candidate Felicity Townsend, 'independent'…
SPECIAL FEATURE: Snake charmer. Tattooist. Court-martialled for desertion in NSW, incarcerated in Fremantle for stealing a set of wrenches and busted in Boulder for abducting a 16-year-old girl. The life and troubled times of ‘Rocky Vane’ remained largely unknown in…
PERTH lawyer Sandra Boulter has launched a public fundraiser to fight a decision by WA’s Freedom of Information Commission that the WA Local Government Association is immune to FOI. The Local Government Elected Members’ Association chair said Commissioner Catherine Fletcher…
COUNCILLORS will be asked Wednesday to endorse the WA Electoral Commission to run a $162,581 postal vote in Fremantle in October two years after it botched local government elections in the new central and coastal wards. On February 11, Magistrate…
UNDERWATER photographer Rowan Dixon says he is lucky to have lived in Exmouth most of his life. The 28 year old told StreetWise: “Living here has been great for my hobby of photography which eventually evolved into a hobby for…
