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Freo Today. 4 November 2026. It’s beginning to feel like warmer weather is on its way!

The Latest Climate Change Report in Our Environment
Just in from Australia’s Climate Change Authority who you can follow right here on Facebook ~ If you’d like to COMMENT on…
Seen In Freo … 👻🎃💀 in Seen in Freo
Last Saturday night, innocent South Freo folk, out on their evening constitutional in Atwell Street, were confronted with quite frightening…
Interview with Lynsey McDonnell – Author of Bailey Street in Life, Law & Culture
Once you read this synopsis of Lynsey McDonnell’s debut contemporary and historical romance novel, Bailey Street, you will want to…

The Wednesday Poem

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! This week we are pleased to bring you Those who were seen dancing by Vivienne Glance. ~ 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 – ~…
Here’s The Latest From Main Roads! in Architecture + Urban Design
‘Wally’ is open for business, but work remains to be done adjusting all the modifications to the road network that…
Collaborate or Perish in Life, Law & Culture
Says our regular contributing thinker Bruce Menzies* ‘Always remember that to argue, and win, is to break down the reality…
Freo studio brings home four national music awards in Fremantle People
Local composers Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley win every category they were up for at the Screen Music Awards A…
Children Have One Childhood – Poverty Should Not Define It in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is please to publish this Opinion Piece by Tony Pietropiccolo AM* WA is rich in resources and…
Daytime homelessness support services to begin in Rockingham in Uncategorised
We hear and talk a lot about homelessness, so here’s a State Government initiative just south of Fremantle, at Rockingham,…
‘Wally’ opens for business in Architecture + Urban Design
Walyalup Bridge - her birth name - otherwise affectionately dubbed ‘Wally’, opened today to great fanfare. Here’s our story and…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Israel, Serbia, Brazil, US Midterms, Hanson on Super, Spain, Wally Bridge

Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks the Prof about elections in Israel, Serbia, Brazil, the Midterms in the US, Hanson on Super, the tragedy in Spain - and the new Freo Wally Bridge. Professor Martin Drum, expounding 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 a well known…
And the Winning Name in The Fremantle Shipping News Bridge Naming Competition is … ‘Wally’ in Architecture + Urban Design
 On Sunday 18 October, we launched The Great Fremantle Bridge Naming Contest before the WA Government announced the official name of…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Draft Local Planning Scheme 5 – A Big Deal in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
From Freo to Sihanoukville: The Odyssey’s Last Voyage? in Shipping & Sailing
Remember the ship Villa Vie Odyssey? She arrived in time for the Easter weekend and the Fremantle International Street Arts Festival earlier this year…

New creative hub opens at Fremantle Arts Centre

A new recording studio and performance space at Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre is set to help nurture the next generation of Fremantle musicians and artists, with the Creative Hub now officially opened by Josh Wilson MP and Freo Mayor Ben Lawver. Funded through a $1.26 million Australian Government investment secured by Fremantle MP Josh Wilson, the project has transformed part of the heritage-listed arts centre into a dedicated space for recording, rehearsing, performing and creative collaboration. The hub includes a purpose-built recording studio, named Mayakowa ("echo" or "returning voice" in Nyoongar language), featuring a recording room, sound booth and control…