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Freo Today. 22 August 2026. Feeding the birds, Freostyle. Nice pic by Gayle O’Leary.

After the Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 24 2026 V Carlton in Life, Law & Culture
Look, I may as well apologise in advance. I didn’t see it. Not live. Because I knew it didn’t matter. And given the choice of…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Swans, Gambling, NDIS, Widows Tax, Secret Harbour 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…
&SONS – Film Review in Gig Guide
The film & Sons details the realisation of an elderly writer (Bill Nighy) that death is approaching and his desire to set…

Silver Cloud Calls at Fremantle on Her Way to the Kimberley

Silver Cloud, Silversea’s boutique expedition vessel, berthed in Fremantle yesterday, a day ahead of her scheduled northbound departure along Western Australia’s coast. The 254‑passenger ship is beginning the opening leg of Silversea’s Grand South Pacific Expedition, a months‑long voyage that will eventually carry guests from Fremantle through the Kimberley, across the Pacific and onward to South America. Out of Fremantle, after some passengers have disembarked and others embarked, she will have 221 guests and 232 crew. We missed her early arrival, but here she is tied up near the Fremantle Passenger Terminal yesterday. And below you’ll see her in all…
LET’S GO FREO!  in Life, Law & Culture
The City of Fremantle and Freo Chamber of Commerce plan to turn Freo purple as the AFL Finals approach Finals…
The Party’s Over! Film Review in Gig Guide
Alliance Française French Film Festival entry The Party's Over! or Classe Moyenne is directed by Antony Cordier and stars Sami Outalbali, Noée…
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 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…
SEEING RED: An Empire is Sinking, and … in Life, Law & Culture
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry says Australia must not go down…
4 Traffic Lanes, 2 Shared Paths and just 2 Piers in Uncategorised
Everyone is asking, just what do we get with the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge. The answer is: quite a lot…

Interview with Howard McKenzie-Murray – Debut Novelist

Howard McKenzie Murray is an author and playwright based in Fremantle. His debut novel, This is Where We Say Goodbye was published in May 2026, by Fremantle Press, the manuscript having earlier been shortlisted for the 2024 Hungerford Award. The novel follows 21-year-old Maud Tarkington the day she must attend her favourite brother's funeral. Set in Fremantle over the course of one day, this situational tragedy is a funny, quirky, bittersweet story about family ties, memory and the unexpected ways we hold it together when everything has fallen apart. Praise for the book has come from near and far and includes Marty Donald’s, who…
PC + GST = WA in a Tizz in Life, Law & Culture
Here’s something for our Shipee policy wonks - the Executive Summary of the national Productivity Commission’s recent Interim Report on…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 23 2026 v Adelaide in Life, Law & Culture
Packed tight as anchovies in a good olive oil, we were chugging our way from Freo to the city, when suddenly the lights went…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Trees Special Edition in Life, Law & Culture
In the latest edition of the Fremantle Herald, its Editor, Steve Grant, reports that a number of people ‘confronted’ Freo…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Gambling, ‘The Gayest Party’, Bragging, AUKUS, Census, Red Bins, SH

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 Gambling, ‘The Gayest Party’, Bragging, AUKUS, Census, Red Bins, and what’s the big issue in S….. H…… . 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 political pundit. In case you missed our earlier podcasts,…