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Freo Today. 2 October 2026. Container trucks from North Quay area still ply their trade on Tydeman Road, North Fremantle. Here’s one passing through on Wednesday.

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 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…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Junior AFL Oval & Trees Removal Issue Resolved by Council in Our Environment
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

Wharfie Time?

in Architecture + Urban Design
Peter Newman* suggests Wharfie Time is not about magic, but struggle and has other frontiers to face. The lead up to the AFL Grand Final was full of history, symbols and myths. This season Fremantle had right on its side and somehow that was symbolised by ‘Wharfie Time’ when the AC/DC bells went off like a deep Cathedral bell calling us to war. Each time it had been like magic, turning the game around and leading to Fremantle beating the opposition.  Now, we have much of the post-match discussion saying we should ban it forever. I think it has deeper value that should be recognised for the club…
Meet Jessica Kennedy, One of the Hungerford Four in Life, Law & Culture
City of Fremantle Hungerford Prize shortlister Jessica Kennedy is one of four writers in the running to win a $15,000…
Totally Lit is Coming! Are you ready? in Life, Law & Culture
Sharon Flindell, Totally Lit’s Curator/Producer lets us know what’s in store starting 2 October! Fremantle, you have just one week…
Mourning Has Broken in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* reflects I awake to clouded skies. The streets of South Fremantle are silent. Sunday morning coming down, to transplant the name…
Lovely Leeuwin Lives! in Shipping & Sailing
All Hands-on Deck: STS Leeuwin II kicks-off just before the AFL Grand Final. Jean Hudson reports. On 22 Saturday 2026, just before the AFL…
SEEING RED: The Selfie and the Empire in Life, Law & Culture
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry is inspired by ‘the selfie’. Recently,…
La Scala: The Force of Destiny in Gig Guide
The Italian Film Festival is on at Luna in Freo. Here’s Barry Healy’s review of La Scala. He likes it!…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Grand Final 2026

in Life, Law & Culture
Been here all week. Thousands of us. Filling the cafes and pubs and streets of Melbourne with our colours and our hope. Grinning like goons, giddy with ‘pinch ourselves’ wonder. Superstitious and silly. Seeing purple, red, and green lidded bins huddled together in a Carlton street and believing them to be a sign. Surely. We’re here.  So is our team. And we deserve to be here. Wanting a win so badly for Uncle Colin or old Rita next door who hasn’t been well and for Freo the port town that has nursed too many bruised hearts over too many years. For ‘The Champ’ Nat Fyfe, for Pav, and Sonny and Shane Parker and Anthony Morabito and Todd Ridley who kicked our first ever goal in the AFL … and everyone else we’ve cheered for or forgotten about, who pulled…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The North Freo Coastline in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Fun and Games in NYC & DC – and at The G in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
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…

AUKUS Angst Aloud

in Our Environment
International Day of Peace: Mayors, Councillors and Campaigners discuss AUKUS nuclear safety and risks for Cockburn Sound Alongside the sunlit expanse of South Beach Recreation Reserve in South Fremantle, with happy families supervising children in the nearby playground, a critical conversation unfolded on Monday 21 September 2026, in the International Day of Peace. Local government leaders and peace advocates gathered at Bistro 21 for an exclusive round-table discussion convened by Nuclear Free WA. The 90-minute forum zeroed in on the rapidly evolving issue of nuclear safety risks confronting Cockburn Sound and its surrounding communities under the AUKUS pact. The meeting brought together invited Mayors and Councillors from Perth’s south-west metropolitan region. It served as a platform for voicing urgent community concerns and stripping away the layers of secrecy around the defence agreement. A…

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