Growing fig
by DAVID BELL THE Pickled Fig Cafe in North Coogee wants to take 70sqm of public recreation reserve. Cockburn city council is considering purchasing the strip of Crown land at […]
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Cycling for fistulas
REJECTED by husbands, families and communities, thousands of Ethiopian women lead miserable lives as social outcasts when for just a few dollars they could be treated. Obstetric fistula develops when […]
Heartphones won’t skip a beat
A MURDOCH University PhD candidate is working on an innovative way for smartphone users to check if they are having a heart attack. James Meneghello is developing a device where […]
Aboriginal centre for Bibra Lake
by DAVID BELL AN Aboriginal cultural and visitors centre is on the way for Cockburn. Cockburn councillors have voted to set aside an additional $1 million to add it to […]
Carles keeps mum
by JENNY D’ANGER ADELE CARLES is the first person to confirm her attendance at a Fremantle state election candidates’ forum to be held at Notre Dame university on February 26. […]
Workshop dismantled
by ALEX NEWBIGIN A SUMMER school holiday program hit a bump Wednesday when no kids showed at a kites and bikes workshop run by Dismantle at Fremantle’s Esplanade. Children had […]
Seven hours for a bandaid
by CARMELO AMALFI A MENTALLY ill woman admitted to Fremantle hospital after slashing her wrists over Christmas waited seven hours for treatment, only to be given bandaids. Parents Ian and […]
Presidency reloops
by CARMELO AMALFI & JENNY D’ANGER ROEL LOOPERS, who resigned the presidency of the Fremantle Society two weeks ago—just two weeks after being re-elected unopposed—has withdrawn his resignation. He says […]
Students in the swim
by JENNY D’ANGER WHEN a group of seven Fremantle 12-to-14 year olds finished years of training to achieve their lifesaving bronze medallion, elation was tinged with sadness. They’d become good […]
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