A NATIVE wetland weed that could become a building material is among the ideas being explored as Fremantle Design Week challenges people to imagine a different future. The third biennial […]

A PLANT that is often regarded as a problem in Perth’s wetlands could become an unlikely new building material, thanks to research by UWA architecture lecturer Lara Pinho. Ms Pinho […]

AN attempt to put part of the historic Shacks site on Fremantle’s heritage list has fallen through after owner Doug Carr told councillors the listing would put a handbrake on […]

HIGH school students have pushed back against One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s claims their classrooms have become overly “woke”.  Around 1000 students walked out of classrooms to gather at Yagan […]

FREMANTLE councillor Melanie Clarke has revealed herself as a proud member of the city’s “geek” community while backing a new small bar where drinks will be very much secondary to […]

A FEAR that Western Australia is gradually losing its rich mix of cultures has driven Franco Smargiassi to keep a multicultural youth talent show going for more than a decade. […]

AN avid White Gum Valley beekeeper wants to see more “managed” beehives spread through Fremantle’s suburbs to improve the genetics of feral bees and help control disease. Mark Woodcock floated […]

UNIVERSITY students are increasingly anxious about the impact of artificial intelligence on their careers, with some professions facing the prospect of being “wiped out”, says a Murdoch uni academic. Professor […]

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN councils could soon have greater power to control roaming cats under proposed changes to the state’s cat laws. The Cat Amendment (Local Laws) Bill 2026 passed the Legislative […]