FREO TODAY
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…
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…
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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…
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…