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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.

Four Exhibitions, One Statewide Journey in Life, Law & Culture
It’s wonderful to learn about ART ON THE MOVE’s 2027–2029 Touring Program, that’s sending four contemporary art exhibitions across Western…
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 Barker asks the Prof about 9/11, the PM’ latest Challenges, Hastie V Hanson, The Greens Dilemma over the Koala Park and offsets, Mali and Migrants, and finally The Bribe. 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.…
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…
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 me, the 150th Catalpa Anniversary celebration at Kidogo on the Wednesday night right before should count. Music, poetry, storytelling, dance, and of course Guinness at the Kidogo Arthouse Catalpa night Seeing as it doesn't, and I didn't make it to In The Block Universe, which entailed donning white hazmat suits and sunglasses while bobbing up and down to live rap and strobelights in the town hall (a whole vibe you apparently had to see in real life to appreciate), I…
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…

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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