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Freo Today. 18 May 2026. The Bridge construction is looking good. Here it is, all hands on deck, on Saturday morning. The folk in the North Freo river apartments must be getting quite hopeful that soon the end of their torment will be in sight.

Crown Princess Calls By On Way To Dover in Shipping & Sailing
Hantavirus Passengers Quarantine near Perth as Crown Princess visits. Jean Hudson reports. Crown Princess arrived from Adelaide this morning at 6.50am just as dawn…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 10 2026 V Essendon in Life, Law & Culture
Remember Kevin Sheedy? Hard-nosed and intimidating. And he took Essendon to 23 finals in 24 years and four premierships. When he wasn’t waving…
Franz Becoming Kafka – Film Review in Gig Guide
Courtesy of Luna Cinemas, Gayle O’Leary recently attended a preview of Franz Becoming Kafka at Luna, all about Franz Kafka,…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The Politics of the Budget, What Farrer Means, Are the Libs on Life Support, Is Starmer the canary, Xi & Trump, Are the Freo Dockers the Answer to Everything?

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks the Prof about the Budget, the Farrer by-election results, the future of the Libs, Starmer and Uk party politics and Australia, Xi🤗Trump, Freo Dockers as Saviour. Professor Martin Drum, expanding on an issue during the recording of View from the Round House Martin Drum is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Law and Business and Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Notre Dame Australia, a frequenter of Fremantle, and a well known political pundit. In case…
H is for Hawk – Movie Review. in Gig Guide
Jean Hudson went birding - at the movies. Here’s her review. I looked forward to this movie with Claire Foy…
Rarely A Dull Moment – Planning, Trees, Differential Rates, Other Stuff in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Letter to the Editor: 2030 Operational Date Questioned in Our Environment
Recently, we reported that HISTORIC RENEWABLE ENERGY BUILD A BIG DEAL, indicating that the WA State Government with the Federal…
BONDS Flying Roos Clean Up In Bermuda in Shipping & Sailing
Congratulations to the Australian F50 Team at the Bermuda SailGP - that’s two wins in a row! Jean Hudson reports.…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we will…
The Bridge: The Very Latest From Main Roads WA in Architecture + Urban Design
 Things seem to going gangbusters! Here’s the latest report from Main Roads WA First Deck Pour Complete for the New…

The Wednesday Poem

in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected poets and those who may not call themselves poets but love writing poetry or having a go! Today, we are pleased to bring you A snail’s hesitation by Ross Jackson. The Wednesday Poem ~ Look here for other poems in The Wednesday Poem feature. ~ And don’t miss our podcast interviews with other poets in our Poets Paddock feature. ~ If you’d like to SUBMIT A POEM FOR THE WEDNESDAY POEM or COMMENT on this or any of our stories, don’t hesitate to email our Editor. ~ WHILE YOU ARE HERE – …
Freo May Day March in Seen in Freo
May Day returned to Fremantle on Sunday, 3 May 2026! WA unions and workers assembled at the Esplanade on the…
Wyn Carr House Complete in Architecture + Urban Design
Just 18 months ago, we were reporting on how many hands were turning the first sod on the Wyn Carr…
Wargul and Rivers artwork unveiled in Our Environment
Fremantle Shipping News was delighted to attend the unveiling of a new artwork by emerging Indigenous artist Lily Wilson, on 11…

Cruel Offshore Processing of Refugees a World Away 

in Life, Law & Culture
Says Pauline Pannell of Grandmothers For Refugees and Friends Fremantle Last week as Fremantle clocked up its 300th vigil for refugee rights, the Senate Inquiry into Offshore Processing and Resettlement Arrangements was holding public hearings.   Standing in the mild autumn sunshine in front of Scots Church on Friday, with passersby talking and laughing as they headed into town after work, it was hard for me to believe that the abuse of asylum seekers that I had been reading about was real. For 13 years, violence, hunger and fear have characterized the experiences of the those who have suffered through Australia’s offshore detention process in Nauru and PNG. There are currently around 100 asylum seekers on Nauru and near 30 on PNG where a humanitarian crisis has been unfolding.  The testimonies are painful to…

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