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Freo Today. 24 July 2026. The Horror of High Street. Said to be a testament to the bad old days when governments seemed in favour of knocking down anything in the road of progress, like the old building that once stood where this still stand. Must be time to take the Horror down or do it up. What does the owner propose?

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – UK & Oz, Labor’s National Conference, Trump 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…
Bon Voyage, Marie – Film Review in Gig Guide
Gayle O’Leary reviews Alliance Française French Film Festival 2026 entry (Bon Voyage,  Marie or "On Ira") directed by Enya Baroux,…

Hey History Researchers – Time to apply for the $3,000 Ron and Dianne Davidson Scholarship!

Wow! Thanks to the fantastic support of Fremantle Ports Community Investment programme, the Fremantle History Society - or FHS - is offering the $3000.00 Ron and Dianne Davidson Scholarship for original research on an aspect of Fremantle History. Here’s the detail as laid out by FHS. The Scholarship  is named for Ron and Dianne Davidson, the founding members of FHS. It was established in 2018 to ‘encourage new, high quality research which will contribute to the understanding of the history and heritage of Fremantle and encourages new audiences to this endeavour’. The Scholarship supports a broad approach to history and heritage and while not…
Rarely a Dull Moment – The Respite Centre & Trees in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Judge Dismisses Woodside Action Against ‘Environmental Defenders’ in Our Environment
Just over three years ago, on 1 June 2023, Kristen Morrissey, Joana Partyka and Emil Davey, styling themselves as ‘environmental…
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…
Westport’s New Container Port Design in Shipping & Sailing
Westport, in the Westport Business Case published in 2024, identified the preferred design for the $7.2 billion future container port…
The Wizard of the Kremlin – Film Review in Gig Guide
Gayle O’Leary reviews The Wizard of the Kremlin starring Paul Dano as Vadim Baranov, theatre maker turned tv producer then…
Obsession – Film Review in Gig Guide
Gayle O’Leary says: ‘I wouldn't change a single second of this film.’ Here’s her review. Obsession is refreshingly modern, challenging…

After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 19 2026 V Port Adelaide

Firstly, congratulations to Brennan Cox on his 150th game.  The forward turned defender. A man who can take a strong mark, thump a high ball clear of danger, deliver neatly and  only ocasionally get caught holding the footy when he falls into that strange dream like state. An important player for Freo.  Luke Ryan’s great pal back there and one of three South Australians who’ve headed West to play for the Dockers. And well played too, namesake Mason.  Highly theatrical, forever looming large and sometimes very nearly arriving.  To be fair, he did show up last week against Sydney.  Taking pack marks, kicking a goal, deftly tapping to a hungry midfield and even kindly reaching…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Polls; Secret Harbour by-election; Is Vic Labor on the skids?; Grievance politics; 1N; ALP National Conference; Trump 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…
Wish You Were There (Horatio) in Fremantle People
On Saturday 12 July, Fremantle celebrated the life, made an art, by Horatio T Birdbath. Gayle O’Leary reports ‘It was…
Ruby Princess in Shipping & Sailing
Ruby Princess is back in the cruise news. Do you remember her? Jean Hudson reports on the latest challenge Ruby…

Rarely a Dull Moment – The new planning scheme and what we learned at PSC on 13 July 2026?

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…