Our Environment

Don’t shoot the Orca!
Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent Jean Hudson has been getting up close and personal to Orca, the apex predator of…
John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook join call for Kimberley fracking ban
Music identities John Butler and Nicholas Allbrook are set to join an estimated 1000 people outside Western Australia's Parliament House…
Australia’s top court puts fossil fuel developers on notice
Australia’s highest court has just delivered its first-ever decision in a climate case. And it could sour the economic argument…
Rarely A Dull Moment – The Hilton Park Junior AFL Oval & Trees Removal Issue Resolved by Council
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
AUKUS Angst Aloud
International Day of Peace: Mayors, Councillors and Campaigners discuss AUKUS nuclear safety and risks for Cockburn Sound Alongside the sunlit expanse of South Beach Recreation Reserve in South Fremantle, with happy…
Ports are where Australia’s freight transition can demonstrate net zero
Fremantle’s electric terminal trucks show why fuel security is no longer just about stockpiling fuel. Ports could be a earlystepping stone towards a much larger…
A Special Trees Edition of Rarely A Dull Moment
Welcome back to our regular feature, Rarely a Dull Moment where we report on the highlights of City of Fremantle…
Data Centres and AI Infrastructure: A Snapshot (September 2026)
*Prepared by Claude (Anthropic) Our Editor posed this set of questions to Claude (Anthropic): Claude, you’ll know all about this.…
The H5N1 Bird Flu Challenge – Chooks or Wildlife?
Prof Ray Wills and Prof Peter Newman* say we can replace the chooks but we can’t replace our wildlife —…