Archive for year: 2025
An Embarrassing Storm In A Teacup
in Life, Law & Culture
At the Fremantle local government elections October 2023, the WA Electoral Commission, who by law are charged with running local…
The Wednesday Poem
in Life, Law & Culture
Child of the Raj Where I come from is crowded. Labyrinthine streets writhe with humanity and the weight of insistent…
Mervyn Street: Stolen Wages
in Life, Law & Culture
There is much to take in whilst immersing yourself in acclaimed artist and Gooniyandi Elder Mervyn Street’s first solo exhibition…
What Kind Of World?
in Life, Law & Culture
A flurry of local and global activity stirred me from summer slumber. Soon to head to the polls, Fremantle electors…
Interview with Rachel Horncastle – Voices4Cottesloe Candidate
in Life, Law & Culture
What is Fremantle Shipping News doing making a podcast with a candidate for the State seat of Cottesloe at the…
How Does It Feel?
in Life, Law & Culture
How on earth can it be put in words? Seems impossible. Yes, I’m ejecting myself from a plush seat in…
Stop AUKUS WA Moves Into Motion
in Life, Law & Culture
On Monday, 3 February 2025, just gone, supporters of Stop AUKUS WA gathered outside Walyalup Civic Centre in a show…
Community Men’s Sheds Are Public Men’s Business
in Life, Law & Culture
The Fremantle Men’s Community Shed had its genesis 20 years ago this February. It has been an amazing adventure since…
All at Sea with the Conversationalist, in New Zealand
in Shipping News
There is always something about coming “home”, even as a long-term, planted elsewhere Kiwi. This time it was not so…
Trump, the Paris Agreement, & Fremantle
in Our Environment
After the 2017 Trump withdrawal from Paris a We Are Still In movement was started by Seth Schulz from New…