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Freo Today. 3 September 2026. Today’s the day in Fremantle. But tonight’s the night at Optus Stadium when the Freo Dockers take on Hawthorn in the first Qualifying AFL Final. GO FREO! Nice pick by Jean Hudson.

De Gaulle : Resistance – Movie Review in Gig Guide
Anne-marie Medcalf* likes it and gives it 4 Stars out of 5 - so it must be good! A little like its own subject, the…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum: The Secret Harbour By-election Special Edition in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…

Build‑to‑Rent Kickstarted with nearly 100 new Mandurah rentals

in Architecture + Urban Design
As if an immediate response on the housing supply front to the Cook Labor Government’s loss of the seat of Secret Harbour to One Nation at the weekend’s momentous by-election, today the Government announced Mandurah will soon see a significant lift in rental supply, with almost 100 new apartments to be delivered under the Government’s Build to Rent Kickstart Fund — the first project to reach approval since the scheme launched. Spotted Gum Property’s Sutton Apartments development will deliver 98 build‑to‑rent homes in central Mandurah, supported by a $9 million concessional loan through Keystart. Construction is expected to begin within…
The H5N1 Bird Flu Challenge – Chooks or Wildlife? in Our Environment
Prof Ray Wills and Prof Peter Newman* say we can replace the chooks but we can’t replace our wildlife —…
Secret Harbour – Our View from the Round House Wednesday Special with Martin Drum in Life, Law & Culture
Last night, well before the counting was over, go-to Fremantle Shipping News political pundit, Professor Martin Drum of Notre Dame…
The Pain of Impermanence in Life, Law & Culture
Bruce Menzies* ponders the pain of impermanence as the Nepal/Tibet tragedy unfolds Himalayas. Credit Mauricio Manzato for Unsplash In the…
Kwinana Freeway Upgrade Contract Awarded in Architecture + Urban Design
A $700 million upgrade of 29 kilometres of Kwinana Freeway is set to begin in early 2027, adding new lanes,…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Leaves of Absence, Boo Park, North Freo and MRS Amendment, Trees in Hilton, Party Time on the Strip in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome readers to our RADM report for the Ordinary Council Meeting of 26 August 2026. The first notable topic of the night was Leave of Absence – which usually doesn’t rate much of a mention.…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Fremantle Shipping News is pleased to bring you The Wednesday Poem. In this feature we post poems by Freo and Freo-connected…

View from the Round House with Martin Drum – 1N in S….. H….., Data Centres, Meta

in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our regular politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Round House, Fremantle  Today, our Editor, Michael Barker asks the Prof about what he predicts the outcome will be in the WA State seat of Secret Harbour by election and the ramifications if One Nation win, the arrival of Data Centres, and the social media case just settled in the USA against Meta. Professor Martin Drum, expounding on an issue during the recording of View from the Round House Martin Drum is the Executive Dean for the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, Law and Business and Professor of Politics and International Relations…
Arts Scene Around Freo in Gig Guide
Welcome to our feature - Arts Scene Around Freo - compiled by our Arts Editor, Gayle O’Leary. Here we will…
Investing in Defence in Life, Law & Culture
Pat Conroy, the Australian Minister for Defence Industry and Pacific Island Affairs, yesterday opened the Defence Industry and Capability Forum…
VR – V is for Victory, R is for Roos! in Shipping & Sailing
Our Shipping & Sailing Correspondent Jean Hudson reports that BONDS Flying Roos Win it All at Sassnitz, Germany, on the…

After the Game With Snaps Truly – Rd 24 2026 V Carlton

in Life, Law & Culture
Look, I may as well apologise in advance. I didn’t see it. Not live. Because I knew it didn’t matter. And given the choice of watching Bailey Banfield get out marked by Harry McKay or Mitch Starc bowling out Bangladesh in Mackay, I think I made a good decision. That’s not a knock on ‘Remember the Name’ – he seems like a very nice young fella, but tellingly he has not been able to force his way into Freo’s best 22 this season for good reason. Others have gone past him. He was only out there today because Freo decided to rest Jye Amis, Sam Switkowski and Heath Chapman. No Murphy Reid either, whose gonads, I am…

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