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Freo Today. 2 October 2026. Container trucks from North Quay area still ply their trade on Tydeman Road, North Fremantle. Here’s one passing through on Wednesday.

The Port’s A Shed is 100 – and wants you to help her celebrate! in Life, Law & Culture
Gage Roads asks the Freo Community to help tell the story of a Freo icon Former port workers, local families…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The Greens, The ‘Terrorists’, and The Midterms 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…
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…

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 THE MINER’S WIFE From The Commonwealth of Amnesia (Rabbit Books) by Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon*. The Wednesday Poem ~ 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…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Junior AFL Oval & Trees Removal Issue Resolved by Council in Our Environment
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Wharfie Time? in Architecture + Urban Design
Peter Newman* suggests Wharfie Time is not about magic, but struggle and has other frontiers to face. The lead up…
Meet Jessica Kennedy, One of the Hungerford Four in Life, Law & Culture
City of Fremantle Hungerford Prize shortlister Jessica Kennedy is one of four writers in the running to win a $15,000…
Totally Lit is Coming! Are you ready? in Life, Law & Culture
Sharon Flindell, Totally Lit’s Curator/Producer lets us know what’s in store starting 2 October! Fremantle, you have just one week…
Mourning Has Broken in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* reflects I awake to clouded skies. The streets of South Fremantle are silent. Sunday morning coming down, to transplant the name…
Lovely Leeuwin Lives! in Shipping & Sailing
All Hands-on Deck: STS Leeuwin II kicks-off just before the AFL Grand Final. Jean Hudson reports. On 22 Saturday 2026, just before the AFL…

SEEING RED: The Selfie and the Empire

SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry is inspired by ‘the selfie’. Recently, at the United Nations General Assembly, our esteemed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese managed to secure the diplomatic equivalent of a celebrity selfie with his Best Friend Forever, Donald Trump. The PM’s Instagram selfie with President Trump Albanese grinned like a schoolboy posing with a rock star. Trump looked as though he had just suffered a particularly painful attack of wind. Behind the silly photograph was serious diplomacy. Albanese wants a seat on the UN Security Council. So, he and Foreign Minister Penny Wong…
La Scala: The Force of Destiny in Gig Guide
The Italian Film Festival is on at Luna in Freo. Here’s Barry Healy’s review of La Scala. He likes it!…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Grand Final 2026 in Life, Law & Culture
Been here all week. Thousands of us. Filling the cafes and pubs and streets of Melbourne with our colours and our hope. Grinning like…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The North Freo Coastline in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Fun and Games in NYC & DC – and at The G

Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker canvasses with the Prof all the goings on at the UN and elsewhere in NYC and Washington DC this week - and then they prognosticate about the outcome of the big game at the G on Saturday afternoon! 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…