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Freo Today. 6 September 2026. Happy Fathers Day to the all the Dads out there! Nice image by Steve DiMatteo for Unsplash

Silver Dawn Docks Darwin in Shipping & Sailing
We see all sorts of vessels arriving in Fremantle Port, but hardly spare a thought for them after they depart…
(Almost) 10 Sights in 10 Nights in Life, Law & Culture
Gayle O’Leary wraps the 10 Nights In Port Festival Or close enough. I did my best and if you ask…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – The QF 2026 V Hawthorn in Life, Law & Culture
The build-up was big. Purple popping up everywhere, bandwagon jumpers jumping and even the ABC News Breakfast team turned up in town. All wanting to be part…

Rarely a Dull Moment – The West End, 47 Pakenham Street and JDAP

in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle Council and occasionally Committee meetings and other 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 knowledge and experience to her new role as our RADM reporter and we are sure Shipees will look…
Big Freo Spring Clean Set to Launch a New Tradition of Civic Care in Architecture + Urban Design
The Big Freo Spring Clean is happening on 12 September 2026. What a great idea! Put it in your calendar…
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…
Places I Love:  Malta and its links to Fremantle in Life, Law & Culture
Here’s Jean Hudson’s latest Places I Love Relative to its size, Malta offers an incredible richness of history and terrain.…
De Gaulle : Resistance – Movie Review in Gig Guide
Anne-marie Medcalf* likes it and gives it 4 Stars out of 5 - so it must be good! A little…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum: The Secret Harbour By-election Special Edition 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…

Build‑to‑Rent Kickstarted with nearly 100 new Mandurah rentals

in Architecture + Urban Design
As if an immediate response on the housing supply front to the Cook Labor Government’s loss of the seat of Secret Harbour to One Nation at the weekend’s momentous by-election, today the Government announced Mandurah will soon see a significant lift in rental supply, with almost 100 new apartments to be delivered under the Government’s Build to Rent Kickstart Fund — the first project to reach approval since the scheme launched. Spotted Gum Property’s Sutton Apartments development will deliver 98 build‑to‑rent homes in central Mandurah, supported by a $9 million concessional loan through Keystart. Construction is expected to begin within…
The H5N1 Bird Flu Challenge – Chooks or Wildlife? in Our Environment
Prof Ray Wills and Prof Peter Newman* say we can replace the chooks but we can’t replace our wildlife —…
Secret Harbour – Our View from the Round House Wednesday Special with Martin Drum in Life, Law & Culture
Last night, well before the counting was over, go-to Fremantle Shipping News political pundit, Professor Martin Drum of Notre Dame…
The Pain of Impermanence in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* ponders the pain of impermanence as the Nepal/Tibet tragedy unfolds Himalayas. Credit Mauricio Manzato for Unsplash In the…

Kwinana Freeway Upgrade Contract Awarded

in Architecture + Urban Design
A $700 million upgrade of 29 kilometres of Kwinana Freeway is set to begin in early 2027, adding new lanes, smart ramp signals and supporting more than 4,000 local jobs as Perth’s busiest southern corridor undergoes its biggest overhaul in years.  In a joint media statement today, obviously timed to hit the news before tomorrow’s Secret Harbour by election, WA Premier Roger Cook, Federal Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Minister Catherine King and WA Deputy Premier and Transport and Major Infrastructure Minister Rita Saffioti, have announced that construction will begin early next year on the major upgrade of…

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