Life, Law & Culture

Gaslighting
It’s everywhere, a bit like COVID-19. The latest Dixie Chicks album and lead song is entitled ‘Gaslighter’. It seems to…
Paint The Port
Or photograph it! Fremantle Ports, otherwise known as the Port Authority, is sponsoring a Big Day Out at Victoria Quay…
Vital Signs: a 3-point plan to reach net-zero emissions by 2050
Every January Larry Fink, the head of the world’s largest funds manager, BlackRock, sends a letter to the chief executives…
Friday on my mind – Vaudeville, COVID-19, Highway To Hell
So, I’m thinking it’s time to ‘throw the switch to vaudeville’, as the anything-but-People’s PM Paul Keating more than occasionally…
Labor’s climate policy is too little, too late. We must run faster to win the race
Professor Will Steffen draws attention to the concept of a ‘carbon budget’ to guide carbon emissions control action in Australia and elsewhere.
Don’t Miss The Diver – Best Australian Short Film Winner, At Flickerfest Thursday night
Michael Leonard and Jamie Helmer, the brains and braun behind the film production company, Golden Moss Films, are short film…
Looking for love on a dating app? You might be falling for a ghost
The Shipping News has it on good authority that dating apps are very widely used and not to be scoffed at. But are we Freo Folk who use them actually meeting real people, or only figments of our own imaginations?
From The Terrace – Arty Tarty
From The Terrace is a regular column taking a light look at Fremantle life through the eyes of a semi-fictional quintet who meet weekly at a café and pontificate about an array of subjects.
Friday on my mind – Coronavirus, Cruise Ships & The Blue Planet
Oh my! Until a relatively few short weeks ago, only infectious disease researchers were familiar with the word ‘Coronavirus’. Now we all are.