Life, Law & Culture
Just how many Social Media platforms are there out there?
17 December 2024
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines social media (noun, plural in form but singular or plural in construction) as: forms of electronic communication…
Shop Independent. Shop Freo.
16 December 2024
We at the Shipping News love the City of Freo’s thinking out of the box Christmas shopping campaign - SHOP…
So, why do TV sports commentators still wear ties?
14 December 2024
The tradition of TV sports commentators wearing ties persists for several reasons, even as ties have become less common in…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The Year Just Gone!
13 December 2024
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. What a year 2024 has been.…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Adult Shop, Davis Park, 40k Zones, White Ribbon Christmas
13 December 2024
Here we are at last, less than two weeks away from Christmas with the last Ordinary Council Meeting of the…
First Knowledges: HEALTH Spirit, Country & Culture – Interview with Fiona Stanley
5 December 2024
Last Friday night, at Kidogo Arthouse, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, the latest book in the First Knowledges series published by Thames…
The Fall of the Fourth Estate – With Letters to the Editor
4 December 2024
‘Truth is the first casualty of war,’ according to Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy. The classical literary tragedy is…
ANORA – Film Review
3 December 2024
An adult film for teenage fantasies. What a strangely well matched pair in this modern romance of riches and roleplaying…
Freo Barrister Appointed Chief Justice of Tasmania
3 December 2024
In a rare honour, an out-of-Tassie lawyer from Fremantle has been appointed to head Tasmania’s highest court, the Supreme Court…








