Life, Law & Culture

Readers’ Views On Fences – Do Fence Me In!
We recently posted an interesting take on the anti social nature of Fences in residential areas and invited the comments…
Saving Aussie Books – And Authors
Don't forget, if you are a Freo author or publisher, you may qualify for payments from the Commonwealth Government if…
At last – Construction starts on Fremantle Line bike path extension
Work to extend the Fremantle Line Principal Shared Path (PSP) from Grant Street Station to Victoria Street Station, Cottesloe started earlier in…
Regardless of what the Federal Court says, you shouldn’t put ‘flushable’ wipes down the loo
Flushable wipes have won a victory in the Federal Court, but you still shouldn't put them down the toilet.
NAIDOC Week – What is NAIDOC – Where Did It Come From?
1920 – 1930 Before the 1920s, Aboriginal rights groups boycotted Australia Day (26 January) in protest against the status and…
An incredible journey: the first people to arrive in Australia came in large numbers, and on purpose
The size of the first population of people needed to arrive, survive, and thrive in what is now Australia is…
ACCC report into Google, Facebook and Australian news and advertising given to Government
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the ACCC, has given its final report on the Tech Giants and the possible…
High Court judgment still leaves donor-conceived families in limbo about who is a legal parent
Families formed using donor conception have, for a decade or more, assumed donors of sperm and eggs are not legal…
No Plastics A No Brainer – Plastic Free July Challenge
Plastic is a useful and valuable material, but the global ‘disposable culture’ of using once and disposing of plastic is…