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FCO & Ellie Malonzo Play St Pat’s in Gig Guide
St Patrick’s Basilica in Adelaide Street, Freo is always a great venue to hear Hans Hug’s Fremantle Chamber Orchestra performing…
EDITORIAL: When a Government Removes Its Own Climate Targets, It Tells You Everything You Need to Know in Our Environment
The ABC has just reported that the Cook Labor Government will no longer seek to introduce interim emissions targets in…
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…

Historic Renewable Energy Build A Big Deal

in Our Environment
After all the talk and all the chatter, Western Australia is set for the biggest electricity boost in its history, with ten new renewable energy and battery projects just announced on 2 May 2026, across the Wheatbelt, Mid‑West, Peel and South West. Together, they will deliver 1.9 gigawatts of new wind and solar generation and 482 megawatts of battery storage — which, the experts say, is enough to meet the needs of nine in ten WA households. To put the scale in perspective: once operating, these projects will provide twice the power output of the ageing Muja and Collie coal‑fired…
The Pilbara Strike in Life, Law & Culture
Before mocking Welcome to Country, Peter Dowding says folk should learn some History - from 80 years ago this week. Those who deride…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 8 2026 V Western Bulldogs in Life, Law & Culture
Forever Young It’s always curious to watch Fremantle in a prime-time Friday night game. Not just to see how they soak up…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Farrer, Opinion polls, the Budget, Bondi interim report, Iran, The King and AUKUS in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks…
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…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our new feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we…
Welcome to Country in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies offers some thoughts about Welcomes to Country Shivering in the predawn chill, I stand on Monument Hill in Fremantle.…

Bondi Royal Commission Interim Report Comes Down

in Life, Law & Culture
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has made 14 recommendations in its Interim Report, which was today presented to the Governor-General Her Excellency the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, and all State Governors. Commissioner Virginia Bell AC SC said that the Royal Commission’s preparation of the Interim Report had been informed by a thorough analysis of material obtained by the Commission, including from national security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies. “Our inquiry revealed some respects in which counter-terrorism capability at Commonwealth and state levels might be improved,” said Commissioner Bell. The full Interim Report will be provided on a…
Farewell to the Freo Big Top in Architecture + Urban Design
🎪 An end of an Era Since 2017, the CircusWA training and development centre has called the Freo Big Top on Princess May Park, home.…
Spirit of Tasmania V: From Finnish Shipyard to Fremantle to Dark Mofo in Shipping & Sailing
Last August here on the Shipping News we had the privilege of covering Spirit of Tasmania IV on her way…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 7 2026 V Carlton in Life, Law & Culture
Giving thanks On this ANZAC Day, when we give thanks and remember and rather mistakenly link young footballers to old warriors, I…

A Schooner or a Barquentine?

in Shipping & Sailing
That is the question! An avid Freo ship, boat, vessel and craft watcher has written in and posed a question about the STS Leeuwin II’s advertised ANZAC day cruise tomorrow.  Our avid watcher - let’s call him John - says that according to the Leeuwin Ocean Adventure Foundation’s Facebook page people will be sailing on a BARQUENTINE.  That’s a 3-masted ship with the foremast square rigged. A la - But, says John, the vessel tied up at the wharf is a SCHOONER. THAT’S A 3-masted ship rigged fore-and-aft on all three masts. A la - John says the publicity for the vessel…

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