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Freo Today. 5 September 2026. With all the Freo Dockers mania going on you can easily forget ships keep coming and going to and from the Port! Here’s a great shot taken by Jean Hudson of the Wednesday arrival of MSC KUWAIT III, Container Ship built in 2001 and currently sailing under the flag of Liberia. She was assisted by two tugs. In from Singapore, her next port is Adelaide. The RO-RO in the background, btw, is the LAKE SAINT ANNE. This Vehicles Carrier was built recently, in 2025 and currently is also sailing under the flag of Liberia.

(Almost) 10 Sights in 10 Nights in Life, Law & Culture
Gayle O’Leary wraps the 10 Nights In Port Festival Or close enough. I did my best and if you ask…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – The QF 2026 V Hawthorn in Life, Law & Culture
The build-up was big. Purple popping up everywhere, bandwagon jumpers jumping and even the ABC News Breakfast team turned up in town. All wanting to be part…
Rarely a Dull Moment – The West End, 47 Pakenham Street and JDAP in Architecture + Urban Design
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…

Big Freo Spring Clean Set to Launch a New Tradition of Civic Care

in Architecture + Urban Design
The Big Freo Spring Clean is happening on 12 September 2026. What a great idea! Put it in your calendar now. The good folk behind Good Fund Freo are asking a simple question: What if caring for our city became a community tradition? On Saturday 12 September, Good Fund Freo is inviting the Fremantle community to come together for the inaugural Big Freo Spring Clean — a morning dedicated not just to tidying our streets, but to celebrating the simple act of caring for the places we share. Presented in partnership with the Fremantle Foundation, City of Fremantle, Fremantle Men’s…
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…
Places I Love:  Malta and its links to Fremantle in Life, Law & Culture
Here’s Jean Hudson’s latest Places I Love Relative to its size, Malta offers an incredible richness of history and terrain.…
De Gaulle : Resistance – Movie Review in Gig Guide
Anne-marie Medcalf* likes it and gives it 4 Stars out of 5 - so it must be good! A little…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum: The Secret Harbour By-election Special Edition 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…
Build‑to‑Rent Kickstarted with nearly 100 new Mandurah rentals in Architecture + Urban Design
As if an immediate response on the housing supply front to the Cook Labor Government’s loss of the seat of…

The H5N1 Bird Flu Challenge – Chooks or Wildlife?

in Our Environment
Prof Ray Wills and Prof Peter Newman* say we can replace the chooks but we can’t replace our wildlife — and the bill is overdue In July, we warned that H5N1 bird flu was a wildlife emergency being managed with a priority for agricultural. Six weeks later, the warning has become documented fact — and the funding gap we pointed to has now been quantified and publicly demanded by wildlife experts. From Bird Life Australia.  ‘Greater Crested Terns’ especially vulnerable to H5 bird flu. Photo by Rebecca Harrison.’  Australia has moved from a single sick brown skua on WA’s south coast to 330 H5-positive wildlife events across six jurisdictions. The…
Secret Harbour – Our View from the Round House Wednesday Special with Martin Drum in Life, Law & Culture
Last night, well before the counting was over, go-to Fremantle Shipping News political pundit, Professor Martin Drum of Notre Dame…
The Pain of Impermanence in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* ponders the pain of impermanence as the Nepal/Tibet tragedy unfolds Himalayas. Credit Mauricio Manzato for Unsplash In the…
Kwinana Freeway Upgrade Contract Awarded in Architecture + Urban Design
A $700 million upgrade of 29 kilometres of Kwinana Freeway is set to begin in early 2027, adding new lanes,…

Rarely a Dull Moment – Leaves of Absence, Boo Park, North Freo and MRS Amendment, Trees in Hilton, Party Time on the Strip

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome readers to our RADM report for the Ordinary Council Meeting of 26 August 2026. The first notable topic of the night was Leave of Absence – which usually doesn’t rate much of a mention. But with Councillor Graham in the room, things are never quite so straight forward. He, Councillor Clark and Mayor Ben Lawver all applied for leave over the next short while. Cr Graham then spoke against approving the Mayor’s request for leave given the upcoming Elector’s Meeting on 15 September 2026. This date was set by the Mayor and yet this is the first day of the Mayor’s requested leave, he noted. Cr Graham added - “I just don’t think it is appropriate that the Mayor is going to miss that electors’ meeting…. I don't see why the electors’ meeting shouldn't have been held while you were still…

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