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Freo Today. 1 May 2026. It’s May, it’s May, hip hip hooray! Mother’s Day on the 10th. Are you ready. One vessel that won’t be there is Positive Leader that left town the other day, but not before Freo Artist turned Vessel Photographer, Clyde McGill captured her in digital celluloid.

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 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…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our new feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we…

Welcome to Country

in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies offers some thoughts about Welcomes to Country Shivering in the predawn chill, I stand on Monument Hill in Fremantle. Huddled around me, a smorgasbord of locals – from elderly ladies leaning on their canes to infants pouched on parental backs. As the sun rises over the Darling Ranges, the air is sombre yet expectant. Anzac Day. A day of remembrance; a day of gratitude. When a bugler plays The Last Post, tears begin to fall. Later, as I cycle home – to a warm house where coffee and breakfast await – my head swirls with images of young soldiers. Men in uniform disembarking in a Turkish cove, wading ashore under fire, many dying…
Bondi Royal Commission Interim Report Comes Down in Life, Law & Culture
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has made 14 recommendations in its Interim Report, which was today presented…
Farewell to the Freo Big Top in Architecture + Urban Design
🎪 An end of an Era Since 2017, the CircusWA training and development centre has called the Freo Big Top on Princess May Park, home.…
Spirit of Tasmania V: From Finnish Shipyard to Fremantle to Dark Mofo in Shipping & Sailing
Last August here on the Shipping News we had the privilege of covering Spirit of Tasmania IV on her way…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 7 2026 V Carlton in Life, Law & Culture
Giving thanks On this ANZAC Day, when we give thanks and remember and rather mistakenly link young footballers to old warriors, I…
A Schooner or a Barquentine? in Shipping & Sailing
That is the question! An avid Freo ship, boat, vessel and craft watcher has written in and posed a question…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – ANZAC Day, Iran, The NDIS, The Budget, The Farrer By-Election, and Bye Bye Boomers 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…

Rarely A Dull Moment – Community Safety, Community Health, Seasonal Trading Policy Updated

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle Council meetings and activities. We would have titled the feature Never a Dull Moment, but didn’t want to overpromise! In 2026, we are very pleased to welcome Jenny Archibald to the RADM desk. Jenny will be well known to many Freo folk as a former Mayor, Deputy Mayor and Councillor of the City of Fremantle. Jenny brings a wealth of experience to her new role as our RADM reporter and we are sure many Shipees will look forward to her regular RADM…
My five weeks in newspaper heaven! in Life, Law & Culture
Tim Slater loves newspapers. The ones you can hold in your hands and finish up with ink smudged on your…
Investigating The Investigator Investigating The Sea in Shipping & Sailing
Next Generation Marine Experts Set Sail  You may have seen the bright blue (RV) Investigator in Fremantle since last weekend. She’s Australia’s only research vessel and…
Shmoozing with the Mayor in Life, Law & Culture
Our Editor, Michael Barker caught up with the Mayor of Fremantle, Ben Lawver yesterday to find out how he has…

Freo Press Get Early 50th Birthday Pressie!

in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Press shortlisted for Australian Book Industry Award in lead up to 50th Birthday Party and Open Day this Friday 24 April Fremantle Press is celebrating 50 years of independent publishing with a brand-new home and a place on the Australian Book Industry Awards shortlist. The ABIA Small Publisher of the Year Award recognises publishers whose program demonstrates excellence, thereby contributing to the overall success of the industry. Credit Anita Austvika for unsplash Fremantle Press CEO Alex Allan said the shortlisting was the icing on the cake after learning that Nock Loose by Patrick Marlborough and Ningaloo by Tim Winton with Cindy Lane, had…

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