Archive for month: April, 2026

Arts Scene Around Freo
Welcome to our new feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we…
Welcome to Country
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
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has made 14 recommendations in its Interim Report, which was today presented…
Farewell to the Freo Big Top
🎪 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
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
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?
That is the question! An avid Freo ship, boat, vessel and craft watcher has written in and posed a question…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – ANZAC Day, Iran, The NDIS, The Budget, The Farrer By-Election, and Bye Bye Boomers
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks…
Rarely A Dull Moment – Community Safety, Community Health, Seasonal Trading Policy Updated
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
My five weeks in newspaper heaven!
Tim Slater loves newspapers. The ones you can hold in your hands and finish up with ink smudged on your…