Archive for year: 2026

THE BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO THE SAILGP RACE WEEKEND
As we post this story, there’s a real buzz of anticipation around Freo as the start of the Rolex SailGP…
Matt Wearn’s Olympic Dinghy Secured for WA’s Cultural Collection
Fremantle Shipping News attended Royal Perth Yacht Club, Crawley, on the evening of Thursday 15 January 2026, for an event celebrating the acquisition by the…
Interview with Eileen Mahony – Darling, Darling
Don’t miss our great podcast interview with Eileen Mahony at the very end of this post! Eileen Mahony has spent…
Grinding – The SailGP Human Engine Challenge!
No, not the GRINDR human engine challenge, but the Grinder SailGP human engine challenge! This morning at Bathers Beach while the SailGP Trophy sparkled in the…
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series – Episode 9
The Catalpa Escape was the escape, on 17 April 1876, of six Irish ‘military’ Fenians from the ‘Convict Establishment’, now…
The Official Hate Bill Factsheet
Here’s the official Australian Government summary of measures to be found in the Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026…
The Wednesday Poem
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…
SailGP Hots Up!
Today was an Official SailGP Training Day and our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent, Jean Hudson was at the Port and…
A Good News Story!
Yesterday, at a presser at a residential home in the Perth suburb of Gwelup, the Assistant Minister for Climate Change…
The Omnibus Bill to Combat Guns, Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism in Response to the Bondi massacre
So, just what do we know about the package of laws being proposed and rushed before the federal Parliament early…