A COUPLE whose wedding plans were frustrated by WA’s big Covid lockdown exactly a year ago couldn’t believe it when a new attempt to exchange vows was almost derailed by […]

FREMANTLE council is considering a special rate for people living near its CAT bus routes to bring the Blue service back to full operation. Acting mayor Andrew Sullivan said while […]

MEDICAL experts warned 10 years ago that WA would face more boating accidents like one that recently cost local free diver Geoff Beacroft one of his fingers.  Mr Beacroft was […]

A BEACONSFIELD grocer has been left scratching his head after his customers demanded he cut down on plastics, but then left the products sitting on the shelf when he did. […]

A FREMANTLE councillor says the city should look to “plan B” if it can’t lease out a hospitality space in its new administration building, and consider turning it into a […]

THIS is part 2 of JOLLY READ’s history of the 1946 Pilbara Strike by Indigenous workers. As reported last week, there’s to be a two-day festival commemorating it’s 75th anniversary, […]

THE audience at a Fremantle Heritage Festival sea shanty concert will be transported to a “world of hauling and heaving” says one of the organisers. Local shanty enthusiasts Lost Quays […]

THE largely unheralded contribution of pigeons in saving Allied lives during the two world wars will be recognised in Fremantle and Cockburn for the first time this Anzac Day. The […]

Healthcare workers shun vaccine over blood clots PRECIOUS stocks of AstraZeneca vaccine were thrown out from a Fremantle Hospital clinic when there weren’t enough people booked in for appointments, says […]

THE 75th anniversary of Australia’s longest-ever strike, by Indigenous pastoral workers in the Pilbara, will be commemorated in Fremantle on May, with organisers saying the port city has a strong […]