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The City of Fremantle is using hostile architecture to deter rough sleepers.

Hostile architecture: Freo council’s potty idea to deter rough sleepers from iconic strip

A Perth council is using nature in their battle against rough sleepers occupying an iconic tourist attraction.

  • Sarah Brookes

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Roger Cook (left); and Libby Mettam on the campaign trail on Sunday.

Rotto revival, cost-of-living reform among major parties’ latest pitches

Labor has promised a transformation of Victoria Quay’s B Shed – including a new Rottnest Island ferry terminal and tourism hub – while the Liberals unveiled a cost-of-living package focused on families.

  • Alex Condon
Teal independent candidate for the WA seat of Fremantle, Kate Hulett.

Freo independent announces plan to end ‘gas industry ownership of media’ in WA’s daily newspaper

Kate Hulett took a potshot at Seven West Media’s shareholder links to the gas industry on the second page of The West Australian.

  • Hamish Hastie
Freo. Social managing director James Legge outside the popular music venue.

‘We were here first’: Fremantle music venue fights to stay open over new hotel noise concerns

“A live music venue which has been operating since 1986 should not be put at risk by a catastrophically dumb planning decision”.

  • Brendan Foster and Mark Naglazas
Winton at the Sydney Theatre Company for the production of his play Signs of Life in 2012.

Three Things I Love: Tim Winton on record shops and river rituals

He’s a familiar face at writers festivals and environmental campaigns. Now Tim Winton reveals something different: the Perth places closest to his heart.

  • Emma Young
A refuge for weary travellers, the Flying Angel Club sits opposite Victoria Quay. Club chairman Ross Storer and operations manager Hilme Khamassi

Fremantle’s seafarer sanctuary seeks clarity over port move

A state government push to move Fremantle Port’s container operations to Kwinana has sparked concern for seafarer welfare.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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Liam Ryan was trying to de-escalate an incident when he was drawn into a brawl last month, the AFL said.

West Coast Eagles star Liam Ryan cleared over Fremantle brawl

The AFL has closed its investigation into a brawl involving West Coast Eagles star Liam Ryan, finding the premiership player and his friends were the victims of an attack which led to the fight.

  • Cameron Myles
“Any future social and economic proposal for the site once the container operations shift to Kwinana must capture and reflect these values as well as the area’s cultural importance to local Traditional Owners. - Jane Bennett.

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

‘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
2024 was a strong year for sales in Perth.

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

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