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Freo Today. 11 May 2026. Freo Artist, Clyde McGill’s latest solo exhibition, ’Goodies and Baddies’ opened at the Essex Street Gallery, 17 Essex Street, Fremantle on Friday night and runs for 2 weeks. If you’d like to take in some fascinating contemporary art call by and have a look. It’ll get you and your friends talking, for sure!

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…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 9 2026 V Hawthorn in Life, Law & Culture
Wharfie Time is real! All week there’d been a weird vibe. Not sure if you noticed it.  I sensed it…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – UK Elections, IS Brides, Farrer By-Election, Iran, Il Papa, WA Budget, Federal Budget, the Dockers and Being Alive 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…

SailGP Bermuda 2026: BONDS Flying Roos Riding High

in Shipping & Sailing
Jean Hudson reports on the fifth SailGP event for 2026 in Bermuda. The year’s first Sail GP in Freo is beginning to feel a long time ago! The Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix kicks off this weekend, 9 and 10 May, bringing the world’s fastest sailing fleet back to Bermuda’s Great Sound with its crystal-clear waters, for the fifth stop of the 2026 Rolex SailGP Championship.  More than 5,000 spectators are expected. The Australian squad arriving in Bermuda is a very different beast from the one that sailed in previous seasons. In June 2025, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds joined Tom Slingsby as co-owners of the Australia SailGP Team, renaming it…
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…
German Film Festival Review in Life, Law & Culture
Barry Healy reviews some of the films in the German Film Festival that caught his eye The 2026 HSBC German…
Emission Targets, LNG and an Electrifying Future in Our Environment
Following our Editorial decrying the abandonment by the State Government of the challenge of setting interim emissions targets for WA,…
The Latest Climate Change News in Our Environment
Here’s the latest On Good Authority roundup from Australia’s Climate Change Authority. Find more here on the Climate Change Authority ~…
FCO & Ellie Malonzo Play St Pat’s in Gig Guide
St Patrick’s Basilica in Adelaide Street, Freo is always a great venue to hear Hans Hug’s Fremantle Chamber Orchestra performing…
EDITORIAL: When a Government Removes Its Own Climate Targets, It Tells You Everything You Need to Know in Our Environment
The ABC has just reported that the Cook Labor Government will no longer seek to introduce interim emissions targets in…

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 Star Swamp in Winter by Julie Watts. 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 – …
Historic Renewable Energy Build A Big Deal in Our Environment
After all the talk and all the chatter, Western Australia is set for the biggest electricity boost in its history,…
The Pilbara Strike in Life, Law & Culture
Before mocking Welcome to Country, Peter Dowding says folk should learn some History - from 80 years ago this week. Those who deride…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 8 2026 V Western Bulldogs in Life, Law & Culture
Forever Young It’s always curious to watch Fremantle in a prime-time Friday night game. Not just to see how they soak up…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Farrer, Opinion polls, the Budget, Bondi interim report, Iran, The King and AUKUS

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 Farrer bye-election, opinion polls, Budget expectations, Bondi Royal Commission interim report, the topic we don’t talk about any more -Iran, The King and AUKUS - was that all about? 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…

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