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Freo Today. 15 March 2025. It’s on. The Port to Pub swim is on right now. From the Port – actually these swimmers are at Leighton Beach – across Gage Roads to the Pub at Rotto. Good luck swimmers and handlers. A thing, Port to Pub. Nice pic by Madeleine Cox.

Calm after the storm at Leighton for Port to Pub in Life, Law & Culture
A blowy Friday night looked ominous with a cancellation on the cards, but by dawn Saturday morning, under a full…
McGurk Survives! in Life, Law & Culture
Not many saw this coming. They knew Kate Hulett, the Community Independent, Voices4Freo, Teal-type candidate was going to shake things…
View from the Round House with Martin Drum – The WA State Elections, with particular reference to Fremantle in Life, Law & Culture
Welcome back to our politics podcast, View From The Round House With Martin Drum. Today, we focus on the WA…

Beautiful Bolette Arrives in Freo

The smallish but perfectly formed Bolette made an elegant entrance in Fremantle’s inner harbour just before 6 am this morning. She’s on a 87 day cruise out of Liverpool, England that ends before long in Cape Town, South Africa. Her last port of call was Albany, her next Port Louis, Mauritius. The early morning light helped to show off Bolette's beautiful lines as she made her entrance in Fremantle. Some local ship spotters may remember her from an earlier life. Here she is arriving in Freo just over 7 years ago…
Rarely a Dull Moment – Trees, Local Laws, and Lost at Sea in Life, Law & Culture
A nice short and sharp meeting at only two hours on Wednesday night, 12 March 2025. Read on for the…
Hons and Rebels in Life, Law & Culture
Barely a day goes by right now without an event occurring that makes us stop and think, ‘Oh dear’. In…
Breaking News: President Redesignates Police Station As Walyalup Bon Scott Live Music & Performance Centre in Life, Law & Culture
Folk have been asking us what is happening on this site, with the crane work all happening with a great…
The Underground Power Program in South Freo and City South in Architecture + Urban Design
So, it’s all happening. The project to underground electricity supply in South Fremantle and City South is officially underway. Here’s…
The Wednesday Poem in Life, Law & Culture
Was it the Stars Was it the stars that kept me from sleep – a clear night, no moon, far…
You can win the Fogarty, of course you can. Time to submit! in Life, Law & Culture
Yes, it’s time to get on your marks, get set - and submit! Western Australian writers aged 18–35 are invited…

Shroud Of Mystery Lifted? Maybe.

We recently brought you the story of the departure from Fremantle of Ocean Infinity’s search support vessel Armada 78 06. From all the information available to us at the time, including the on-provision of information on behalf of Ocean Infinity when we sought confirmation of what appeared to be happening with Armada 78 06, we observed the shroud of mystery hanging over the search for MK370 out of Fremantle and wondered whether the search was actually on - or off. Then when, a day later, we sought to identify the current position of Armada 78 06 we discovered her last…
Truly, heads must roll! in Life, Law & Culture
You’re joking, right? You’re not? Really? You really didn’t have enough voting slips for the punters in Freo? What, you…
Gerry’s Gold 2 in Life, Law & Culture
A very Happy Democracy Sausage Day indeed on Saturday, 8 March 2025! After voting, along I went to the second…
The Dockers Grand Final Better Not Be Like This – Too Close To Call in Life, Law & Culture
As of 8.30 Sunday morning, it is still too soon to finally call the seat of Fremantle. Will incumbent Labor…

Canberra Select Committee’s Interim Report Not Rushing To Nuclear Energy

As part of its inquiry into nuclear power generation in Australia, the House of Representatives Select Committee on Nuclear Energy has released an interim report. The Committee was established to inquire into and report on the consideration of nuclear power generation, including deployment of small modular reactors, in Australia. The Committee has held 19 public hearings across Australia, which took important evidence from a range of stakeholders. The Committee heard from global nuclear experts about the milestones and recommended approach for deploying nuclear power generation were the existing state and federal prohibitions on nuclear power in Australia lifted. Evidence was…