Wilson to launch at Heathcote
INDEPENDENT mental health advocate Keith Wilson will launch his election campaign at Heathcote—a former mental hospital—in Applecross on Tuesday. Psychiatrist Pat McGorry, Australian of the year for 2010, will be […]
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Protection workers at breaking point
UNDER-resourced and overworked—Fremantle’s child protection workers are burnt out say union organisers. At the start of February, the WA child protection department had 6202 cases on its books with 459 […]
Cost fears spook Dockers deal
‘Perth Arena had started as a $130m project but eventually came in at $550m’ THE Fremantle Dockers’ planned move to Cockburn has hit a speed bump, with the council getting […]
Life’s beachy in South Freo
“I CALL it towel territory—everyone runs around with a towel over their shoulder in the morning,” real estate agent Frank Sander says of the vibrant cafe strip around his South […]
Submersibles? FREMANTLE Sailing Club’s proposed universal access ramp and extra groyne at South Beach’s dog beach seems unsuitable for disabled access. The north section of beach is often entirely or […]
A herd of Freo donkeys?
MARTIN DRUM is a political science academic at Notre Dame University and a well-known political commentator. In this week’s THINKING ALLOWED he urges locals not to waste their vote in […]
Whistle by
CARRIAGE CAFE, Fremantle: “FASTER than fairies, faster than witches, “Bridges and houses, hedges and ditches; “And charging along like troops in a battle “All through the meadows the horses and […]
Life that moves
ARTIST Daveena Cox says emotional surges that drive us forward can sometimes make us look like ducks: all serene on the surface but paddling like mad underneath. “I guess I […]
Refined
THERE’S an English look and feel to this home in Coogee Place, Mount Pleasant. Maybe it’s the pitched roof, or the ivy-covered walls and rather Georgian arched portico over the […]
Jaws of life
Divers save shark left for dead. SCUBA divers have revived a two-metre tiger shark left for dead after fishers dumped it into the water off Woodman Point Jetty. Veteran diver […]
