CPI pledge lost
FREMANTLE rates are going up 3.95 per cent, while Melville council’s aren’t going up at all and Cockburn is poised to adopt a 1.5 per cent increase. Fremantle council adopted […]
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Ex-CEO backs Carles
FREMANTLE council’s decision to close its Audit and Risk Committee to the public “gives rise to some serious questions” according to a former local government CEO. The Herald contacted former […]
Power to revolution
THE McGowan government has put the old South Fremantle Power Station up for sale after receiving an “unsolicited bid” for the site. Potential developers will only have 10 days to […]
A rough winter
AS hats come out, gloves go on and St Pat’s launches its winter appeal (see MBS on page 23), the Chook caught up with some of Freo’s rough sleepers to […]
Letters 26.6.21
Memory holes ONE of the letter’s in last weeks Herald was from a bloke named Mark who wondered if Romulans had taken over council – this in relation to barring […]
Transport solution must be part of Power Station deal
Light rail to Cockburn would allow more people easy accesst to work and play in Fremantle – without their cars. ADIN LANG is a Fremantle councillor. He says the sale […]
Honest cuisine
SUPPORTING Scotland’s national soccer team is a bit like sadomasochism – you learn to love the pain. In the early hours of Wednesday morning we were unceremoniously dumped out the […]
A Greek odyssey in images
GREECE. From ancient to modern, it’s the birthplace of beauty. The word for it – κάλλος, kallos, or its adjective καλός, kalos, is also translated as ″good″ or ″of fine quality″ […]
Blown away
ARMED with just a handycam and lots of passion, Perth’s Antonio Traverso took to the streets of Santiago to document an art phenomenon born during the riots and civil unrest of […]
Winter warmer
AS Fremantle shivered through its coldest night since 2019 on Tuesday, spare a thought for the homeless who are sleeping rough on the streets. To make the chilly months more […]