Fremantle
Fremantle’s future: What does our port city look like without its port?
For the first time, a vision for a port without its trademark ‘dinosaurs’ has been revealed in a 50–year plan to transform it to a world-leading waterfront city.
- Claire Ottaviano
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‘Jinxed’ South Beach change room’s slab to get pulled up in fresh hurdle
The City of Fremantle has notified beachgoers that the under-construction South Beach change room’s concrete slab would need to be removed and replaced.
- Claire Ottaviano
The suburbs at the coalface of Perth’s chronic housing shortfall
The housing crisis is intensifying, says a new paper, revealing a swathe of Perth suburbs where available housing is unable to keep pace with growing demand.
- Sarah Brookes
Police presence drives down crime as over 100,000 people flocked to Perth to see in 2025
WA Police enjoyed a slightly quieter night than usual as an increased presence in entertainment precincts saw a reduction in arrests compared to previous years.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
Police shut down out of control party in Freo, DJ charged
A DJ who failed to stop the music after repeated requests and instead cranked up the volume has had his equipment seized and will face court.
- Sarah Brookes
Christmastime Fremantle port strikes ‘hold country to ransom’
A months-long dispute between the Maritime Union and wharf operator Qube has escalated with rolling strikes at Fremantle Port from Friday.
- Claire Ottaviano
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- Tourism
Controversial 250-bed ‘pod hotel’ approved in Fremantle
The $8 million tourism development cut its height to appease state planners, but that may not be enough for the angry neighbours abutting it.
- Claire Ottaviano
- Review
- H&C Urban Winery
Wellness takes many forms at wine drinkers’ wonderland in Freo
Two career publicans and a couple of Eagles premiership players walk into a wellness emporium and transform it into a rollicking wine pub.
- Max Veenhuyzen
Three Things I Love: What first struck John Butler about his chosen hometown
You might be able to guess the place the musician feels most at home. But you might not guess the things that struck him about it after first moving to WA.
- Emma Young
Price tag revealed for WA’s biggest ever infrastructure project
After two-and-a-half years of planning the Kwinana Westport business case has been handed to the government revealing a cost of $7.2 billion in today’s dollars compared to the $4.7 billion the project was originally slated to cost in 2020.
- Hamish Hastie
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