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Freo Today. 13 September 2026. This was the sunset Friday night, as the Freo Dockers were heading for their good win over the Cats. A great omen beautifully snapped by Gayle O’Leary. As Gayle says of it, Red at Night (Almost), Sailor’s Delight – and Dockers’ delight.

Get Excited! The New Bridge To Open On 1 November in Architecture + Urban Design
The Albanese and Cook Labor Governments have today confirmed that the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge will open ahead of schedule on…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – First Semi Final 2026 V Geelong in Life, Law & Culture
After a week of slurs and insults, none worse than the Whateley slap that Freo’s performance against Hawthorn had caused the…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – 9/11, PM’s Latest Challenges, Hastie V Hanson, The Greens Dilemma, Mali and Migrants, The Bribe 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…

Rarely a Dull Moment – What Happened at the Strategic & General Services Committee Meeting on 9 September?

in Life, Law & Culture
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 is 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 forward…
What Happens When Men Sing Together? in Life, Law & Culture
Every Monday night in Fremantle, something quietly remarkable happens. A group of men — teachers, tradies, retirees, musicians, beginners —…
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…
Good Disability Housing News in Architecture + Urban Design
The Cook Labor Government has delivered new housing options for people living with disability in Perth’s south, thanks to more…
Valencia Vamos Hollywood style in Shipping & Sailing
Jean Hudson reports ‘Australia's BONDS Flying Roos Still Lead SailGP’ Australia’s BONDS Flying Roos dominated the group stage at SailGP’s…
Silver Cloud Docks Darwin in Shipping & Sailing
We see all sorts of vessels arriving in Fremantle Port, but hardly spare a thought for them after they depart…
(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 of the Freo story. Good luck to them. But it’s you I’ve been thinking about. The fair dinkum ones. Who’ve been waiting for so long. For this – a Qualifying Final and the double chance. Daring to dream, after years of being laughed at for having so much blind faith and belief. But we did and we do and we will again, whether we win this thing or not. We say that I suppose to try to quell the fear in our hearts that if we don’t beat Hawthorn tonight, then next week will be excruciating. Everyone’s looking for signs.  Gunston…
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…
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. It’s a tiny Mediterranean island between Europe and Africa that’s been occupied for over 7000 years, and has ruins that are older than the pyramids. Global influences have shaped the island over centuries. The more I travel, the more I realise how connected all the world is. Malta and Fremantle share a real, and often painful, migration history. Fremantle was the arrival port in Western Australia for waves of Maltese settlers, including accompanied children sent under child migration schemes. After WWII, between 1947 and 1953…

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