Life, Law & Culture

The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series – Episode 10
The Catalpa Escape was the escape, on 17 April 1876, of six Irish ‘military’ Fenians from the ‘Convict Establishment’, now…
Fringe Festival Fever Keeps Firing Up Perth. 
Our Jean Hudson continues her Fringe summer! Here’s her latest report. Perth’s Fringe Festival is now in its third week. After a…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – Liberal Party, National Party, One Nation, Epstein, AUKUS, Leeuwin Barracks, Taiwan, Forrest Place Bomb, Bad Bunny
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The AGM of Electors
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a dull moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Head On Photo Festival Perth 2026
Don’t miss our wonderful podcast interview (at the very foot of this post) with Moshe Rosenzveig OAM, the Festival’s founder,…
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…
JEWISH GROUPS CONDEMN HERZOG VISIT, ENDORSE PROTEST RALLIES 
Six Jewish groups have issued a media release in which they unequivocally condemn Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia on…
SEEING RED: Donald Trump’s Alice in Wonderland Indictment Against Nicolás Maduro
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry weighs the New York…
Does WA need a Multicultural Act?
Did you know Western Australians have been invited to contribute to the development of a proposed Multicultural Act? I didn’t…