Oval stand-off
THE City of Fremantle has paused work on a new junior oval on Hilton Park after riled-up protestors confronted CEO Glen Dougall at a dawn protest on Wednesday. Although the […]
Jetty loss angers locals
SOUTH LAKE residents have been left disappointed by the City of Cockburn after a jetty at Berrigan Lake was removed last month — with no plans to replace it. The […]
All work… and play
A REVAMPED playspace at Montague Hillary Park in Leeming has officially opened following a $150,000 upgrade shaped by local residents and Leeming Primary School students. The project received $100,000 from […]
Highgate fire prompts alarm call
THE gutting of yet another house in a fire sparked by a lithium-ion battery has prompted firefighters to urge homeowners to install smoke detectors in their garage. Chook journalist Elvie […]
Bridge to open early
THE new Fremantle Traffic Bridge is on track to open to road users before the end of the year, several months ahead of the original schedule. The old bridge was […]
You can go electric
WHAT would you do if the power went out tonight? For Bicton resident Kerry, the answer surprised her. “We’d only had our electric vehicle for about six weeks when the […]
SMART drumlines: Failed trial or failed approach?
IN part 2 of his look at WA’s shark management, Perth Waldorf School student Solomon Franklyn delves into SMART drumlines. THERE are two key outcomes against which the success of […]
Guardians of the green cathedral
MARK WOODCOCK is a White Gum Valley resident, former precinct convenor and member of the Fremantle Society. IF you want to understand the soul of Fremantle, you don’t look down […]
How Much Truth Can This Space Hold Today
Artists are mined, Identities extracted. Relations are skin-deep, A safe distance from reality’s creep. There are platforms and prizes: Are we filling their cup, Or shutting them up? Nice to […]
Time and truth. In conversation with Sukhjit Kaur Khalsa
James Stanwix (JS): I was recently reading a 2020 essay by Jessica Wilkinson called ‘How Poems Make Things Happen’ and in it she quoted Louise Rosenblatt, who says that “a poem must […]