Life, Law & Culture

“But also, John Clarke.” – Film Review
By Geoff Hutchison There is something thrilling and poignant about watching Lorin Clarke’s beautifully observed documentary about her father, the satirist and actor John…
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…
The Catalpa Escape Podcast Series – Episode 5
The Catalpa Escape was the escape, on 17 April 1876, of six Irish ‘military’ Fenians from the ‘Convict Establishment’, now…
Seeing Red: AUKUS – a central issue in the Fremantle mayoral elections
SEEING RED is an irregular column on Fremantle Shipping News by Barry Healy*. In this piece, Barry argues AUKUS should be…
JCCA’S BRAND NEW MIA MOORNA, THE HOUSE OF SOUND, OFFICIALLY OPENED
Today, 25 August 2025, there is magic in the air with the official opening of the most spectacular place of…
After The Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 24 2025 v Western Bulldogs
I’ll be honest with you, for most of the week I have been treading water in sorrow-filled expectation of defeat.  When…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – More Ukraine & More Gaza & The Roundtable
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle Today our Editor,…
Is it appropriate for former High Court judge Dyson Heydon to speak at Perth legal conference?
An Opinion Piece by Madeleine Cox* Former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon KC will speak at The Samuel Griffith Society’s…
Freo Is About To Be Totally Lit
Are you ready? Between 26 September and 10 October 2025, Fremantle will become WA’s City of Literature. Fremantle Shipping News…