Archive for year: 2025

JDAP Confirms The Death Of Community Planning
On Thursday, 30 July 2025, the Metro Inner Joint Development Assessment Panel or JDAP, approved a car wash development application…
STS Young Endeavour Making Farewell Visit To Freo
STS Young Endeavour, Australia’s national STS or sail training ship, is nearing the end of an era and will soon…
The Kerfufflers
South Terrace shivered in the early August dark, as it always did in winter. A gentle breeze tugged at the…
Seeing Red: The Gospel According To Paul
Paul Keating was the stand-out, consummate performer in the Australian federal parliament from 1983, when the ALP, led by Bob…
View From The Round House With Martin Drum – A Palestinian State?
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today we note US Beef imports,…
‘Rosie’ joins Black Swan Health Fleet
‘Rosie’ is set to be launched in Freo this morning. Providing free, GP-led healthcare to those in greatest need across…
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series – Episode 3
In Episode 1 of the Catalpa Escape Podcast Series, our narrator, Margo O’Byrne, set the scene for the famous 1876…
The Wednesday Poem
Traveller at Lake Wakatipu​ there you go, poking your head out for that cooked breakfast smell making its way up…
Round The World Clipper Fleet Returns to Freo in December
The 14th Clipper Round the world Yacht Race is returning to Fremantle from 5-10 December 2025, as part of its…
Nominate Now For The 2025 Soroptimist International Award For Achievement
The award recognises a Western Australian woman (who does not have to be a Soroptimist) who has made a significant…