Fremantle
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.
- by Hamish Hastie
Latest
Direct from China to WA: The new freight service easing supply chains
Import industry experts are hopeful of easing supply pressures heading into Christmas as new shipping options open up for the state.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Review
Madalena’s
Imaginative dishes make South Freo’s Madalena’s an essential address for lovers of seafood
Madalena’s menu proves unexpected thinking can take seafood to unexpected places.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Review
Cassia
Smoke show: Newly opened Cassia brings modern barbecue to Fremantle
Where there’s smoke, there’s woodfire (and carefully grilled fish, chicken, addictive potatoes and a love letter to the winemakers and brewers of Western Australia).
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Design of the times: award-winning Perth architect reflects on four decades of building and designing hospitality hotspots
From pioneering craft beer brewpubs to breezy cafes and new-wave hotels, Michael Patroni has seen – and designed – it all.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Three things I love: Art with kids is possible! Perth artist parents share their secrets
Galleries that are family-friendly, with amazing programming and space for running around are more common than you might think. Here’s your insider cheat sheet.
- by Emma Young
Bursting at the seams: Which suburbs are soaking up Perth’s skyrocketing population?
The state’s population has swelled since 2019 and the growth is being absorbed in some surprising places, according to new analysis by KPMG Australia.
- by Sarah Brookes
Thrifty business: Perth people talk about their passion for op-shopping
Op shops and vintage stores are booming across the Perth metropolitan area for a range of reasons, from saving the environment to standing out in a crowd.
- by Mark Naglazas
The Aussie prison that’s a tourism hotspot thanks to AC/DC’s Bon Scott
Fremantle Prison is one of Western Australia’s most popular tourist attractions, and a reminder of Bon Scott’s life and crimes.
- by Anthony Dennis
Opinion
Rottnest Island
Moody, magical – and quiet: Why summer isn’t the best time to visit Perth’s favourite holiday island
There is something extraordinarily beautiful about the dramatic landscape, rocky cliffs and translucent waters of Rotto in winter.
- by Brendan Foster
Historic Freo tree faces axe as council backflips on protection – again
A prominent Moreton Bay fig is again in danger with the state’s most famously progressive council taking the 140-year-old beauty off its significant tree register.
- by Mark Naglazas and Emma Young
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