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Freo Today. 7 July 2025. Not Spring yet, but … Waxing poetic on a grey day near Officeworks, Freo by Jean Hudson. 🌸 ☁️  as Jean says, Geraldton Wax provides a pop of pink when the sky won’t play along.

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?

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…
Here are the latest Bridge road works annoyances in Architecture + Urban Design
Here’s the latest from Main Roads WA - You’ll see they say the traffic changes and night works are required…
Navy Commissions Caffeine-Fuelled Arafura in Shipping News
The Royal Australian Navy has officially commissioned HMAS Arafura, one of the new Arafura-class offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) into operational…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 17 2025 V Sydney

A few years ago, I was watching Freo playing at home. We weren’t at our best. Neither was I. From ragged memory, it was only a couple of weeks before I was sent to Italy for a short stay at the Sanatorio per gli Illusi in Florence – the Sanatorium of the Deluded. Like an old leaking hose, I remember hissing “Bloody Michael Walters” as he turned the ball over, or didn’t compete hard enough; according to my exacting, but never personally realised standards. Both my children, who until now I’d considered the most adoring of creatures, suddenly turned on…
The Children of Gaza in Life, Law & Culture
As a father and grandfather, it has been harrowing to see the daily suffering experienced by the children of Gaza.…
“A Nice Indian Boy” Film Review in Life, Law & Culture
I left the Luna Leederville theatre grinning ear to ear with tears in my eyes after this one. Naveen, child…
Fremantle Press and CircusWA IMAGINES IF – A New Unique Forever Home in Architecture + Urban Design
Two Fridays ago, a collective of visionary people gathered at PS Artspace to ask ‘What If’ - what could Fremantle…

Here’s some good Freo social housing news

The Albanese and Cook Labor governments yesterday were pleased to share news they are delivering more homes under the Commonwealth’s $2 billion SHAP fund - the Social Housing Accelerator Payments fund - with 38 new social housing dwellings now under construction in North Coogee at 54 Reinforcement Parade. The WA Department of Communities has entered an off-the-plan contract with PARC Developments to acquire all dwellings in the $23.54 million project, providing new homes for people on the public housing waitlist and boosting Western Australia's social housing stock. The development marks the first Australian use of commercial prefabrication masonry, an innovative…