Life, Law & Culture

Peace and Positivity
Midsummer. Thunderstorm threatening. I’m walking home on a narrow track after collecting a book from the local library. Story of…
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…
A Modest Proposal
This modest proposal was delivered by Madeleine Cox as part of her graduation from her Mastery of Business & Empathy…
Exploring the Small Giants Academy MBE
As we approach the end of Birak with its see-saw winds, interspersed with becalmed days where it is just too…
Fringe Flies Fabulously!
Perth’s Fringe World 2026: A Wild Ride through Primal, Briefs, Gasha, Circus Since 1994 and Hypnotist Matt Hale. They say you haven’t…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The Split, Carney, Trump, Ukraine, Gaza, Neutrality
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
A Stunning Invitation: Carney, Middle Powers & A Question of Australian Neutrality
Michael Barker, the Editor of Fremantle Shipping News, in the light of Canadian PM Mark Carney’s stunning speech in Davos,…
View From The Round House With Martin Drum – The Royal Commission, The Hate Bill, Iran, Greenland, Feeling Guilty – & A Big Q
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, in our second…
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…