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Freo Today. 7 May 2026. The COSCO Genoa container ship arrived in Fremantle in the middle of a bushfire smoke-filled yesterday afternoon. The atmosphere wasn’t conducive to a pleasant afternoon stroll for ordinary folk, but it was for a photographer with a keen eye, like Clyde McGill, on the lookout for a photograph with unusual tonings. She’s In from Singapore and off to Adelaide this afternoon.

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…
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…
German Film Festival 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, Professors Peter Newman* and Ray Wills say ‘WA is Making History on Renewables but Can’t Accept Gas is Dying.’ The Editor’s analysis in yesterday’s Editorial in Fremantle Shipping News of the ‘Government removing their own climate target’ suggests that they are wanting to claim success in renewables but allow gas to continue growing.  The analysis is probably right.  Climate targets are part of a global exercise that is done locally. We are doing well in renewables and we have been…
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…
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 the pressure of the opportunity, but how they are appraised by the Melbourne media. Their usual preference is to skate over lightly, but with no option but to consider Freo for nearly an hour ahead of the match with the beloved, beleaguered, brave old Bulldogs, one could be forgiven for thinking the Fox Footy Crew had finally realised how good this side might be. But then the game began. And the Bullies came out, so full of backs to the wall, fight them on the beaches courage and chaotic intent, you could almost smell…
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…
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.…

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 to the Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, and all State Governors. Commissioner Virginia Bell AC SC said that the Royal Commission’s preparation of the Interim Report had been informed by a thorough analysis of material obtained by the Commission, including from national security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies. “Our inquiry revealed some respects in which counter-terrorism capability at Commonwealth and state levels might be improved,” said Commissioner Bell. The full Interim Report will be provided on a…

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