Life, Law & Culture

The Wednesday Poem
Detritus beside Shack’s Holden​ Where red brick wall meets grey sand, two sprayed weeds clinging limply to cracks as if…
What Are Gen Zedders Thinking?
The editor of FSN was telling me he’d love to know just what first time Gen Z voters might be…
Can We Really Outsource our Human Rights Obligations?
A friend asked me last week whether there was a viable alternative to offshore detention for refugees who have committed…
International Ice Bath Day – Leighton Beach
Following the success of last year’s Guinness World Record for setting a new World Record for the First Ever Biggest…
If you wanted to, how could you go about trying to isolate the US economically?
If the rest of the world wanted to economically isolate the United States, they could employ a combination of tariffs,…
Rarely A Dull Moment – Sign of the Times for Heritage, Roman Holiday, What’s Working, Things are in Motion
Many interesting topics to dive into this fortnight after the Ordinary Freo Council Meeting of Wednesday, 26 February 2025. Everything…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – On Repeat: Ukraine, Trump, Australia, WA
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today we sort of repeat the…
Look Into The Sky To See The Seven Sisters …
On a clear night, look up, and you’ll see a cluster of stars—the Pleiades. But did you know this celestial…
The Shipping Forecast – A Lovely Gift!
I have to tell you folks, one of the wonderful things that comes with being the Editor of Fremantle Shipping…