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Freo Today. 16 July 2025. Once dubbed The Suffolk Hotel, this Covid period planning approval has plainly lapsed. Wonder if the Freo Council or WA Planning Commission has approved a car park use on the site? Looks like it. Either way, still an eye sore.

The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
The Puddle​​ Brother river, sister creek are running free but I, evolved from rain or flood, hued asphalt black or…
Freo helps Perth to 13th Most Liveable Global City in Life, Law & Culture
The fascinating 2025 Global Liveability Index by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is just out! Perth ranked 15th most liveable…
Testing Times In The New Mexico Desert in Our Environment
On the morning of 16 July 1945, a plutonium implosion device was detonated atop a 100-foot tower in a remote…

Significant new social housing initiatives in East Freo & Subi

in Architecture + Urban Design
The Cook and Albanese Labor Governments are partnering to deliver another 481 new affordable and social homes across two major residential developments in East Fremantle and Subiaco, the Subi development being the biggest and the East Freo one beautifully situated near the Derbarl Yerrigan and within walking distance of local amenities and the Port. This announcement today follows the social housing initiative recently announced for North Coogee. As spokespersons for the two Governments say, this marks an important step in the delivery of more high-quality affordable and social housing in the Perth metropolitan area. Josh Wilson, Federal MP for Fremantle,…
Sail GP Set To Thrill Freo 17 & 18 January 2026 in Shipping News
Those Magnificent Men and Women in their Flying Machines – actually fast-foiling catamarans - are coming to Fremantle. The global…
Interview with Hannah Fitzhardinge in Life, Law & Culture
The Freo local government elections will soon be upon us in October, and already there is movement at the station…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 17 2025 V Hawthorn in Life, Law & Culture
Look friends, I have to get this off my own ample and pleasingly barrel-like chest. Do you remember David King,…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Will Trump Win The Peace Prize? and other musings in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today - well what else could…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Navy Club, Tree Changes, and Your Neighbourhood Carwash in Life, Law & Culture
Plenty of things are making a comeback around Fremantle. Lolly shops (or candy, if you’re from over the water), vinyl…
Fremantle Ports celebrates NAIDOC Week in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Ports is joining in the nation-wide celebrations of the world’s oldest living culture with the launch of a new…

Do you still get confused about what goes in what bin?

in Our Environment
Fremantle’s three-bin system can be a bit of a puzzle, but here’s a clear breakdown to help sort it all out: 🟢 Green-lidded bin (FOGO – Food Organics & Garden Organics) Collected weekly Put in: • All food scraps — cooked, raw, meat, bones, dairy, seafood, bread, etc. • Garden waste — lawn clippings, branches, weeds, flowers, leaves • Tea bags, coffee grounds, animal waste (like kitty litter and dog poo) Important: • Remove all packaging before placing food in this bin • No plastic, glass, metal, paper, or cardboard — even if labelled compostable A --- 🟡 Yellow-lidded bin…
WA Socialists Invite You Along! in Life, Law & Culture
This Friday night at 6 pm at the Buffalo Club in High Street, Fremantle you can hear a pitch for…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
One With the Land​ The promise of light Peeps through the spinifex On the crest of the hill The heart…
Letter to the Editor – Youth Against War and Fascism in Life, Law & Culture
Dear Editor: How good to see our youth taking an active interest in world affairs. Their activities could be usefully…

St Pat’s Receive Extra Emergency Relief Funding

in Life, Law & Culture
St Patrick’s Community Support Centre will receive a Lotterywest grant of $360,000 to support people experiencing financial hardship through the provision of Crisis and Emergency Relief. Simone McGurk, local Member for Fremantle, presented the award to St Pat’s on Friday. Simone McGurk noted that - “St Pat’s Community Centre provides an invaluable service to those who need it most in the wider Fremantle community and this additional funding for emergency relief acknowledges that important work. “I want to commend the team at St Pat’s, and acknowledge their vital work, for continuing to deliver high-quality services and supports that have a…

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