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…
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,…
