There be dragons at this Irwin Street, East Fremantle home. The mythical creatures were used in mediaeval maps to show unchartered areas where unknown dangers lurked. Perched on the peaked […]

THE Fremantle Esplanade’s horseshoe-shaped mound will be reshaped to accommodate a 3500sqm skateboard park under a number of designs on display in the council foyer. The preferred concept for the […]

FREMANTLE council’s grand vision for revitalising the port city with 4000 new inner-city residents has hit a snag. Mayor Brad Pettitt has publicly claimed a developer is struggling to sell […]

A PACK of youths threw a limestone block at the head of a teenager, knocking him unconscious, and then proceeded to kick and bash him while he lay on the […]

COCKBURN city council has installed the southern hemisphere’s largest windpod system. Windpods were invented by Fremantle resident Graeme Attey and use micro wind turbines to generate power onsite. They feature […]

THE sight of Portuguese graffiti artist Alexandre Farto attacking the side wall of the Norfolk Hotel with a jackhammer doesn’t stop many in their tracks. But the extraordinary image he’s […]

FREMANTLE has lost its thirst for giving blood. The Red Cross says the port city has gone from having some of WA’s most generous veins to its stingiest. Media flak […]

TRADERS near the old Myer building in Fremantle say business has plummeted ever since the retail giant closed its doors in January. Myer ended its 40-year relationship with the port […]

FREMANTLE city council is offering to spend more than $6 million to restore Henderson Street’s historic warders’ cottages, if it can score a long-term lease from the WA housing department. […]

LEGAL expert Anna Copeland (above) says the Barnett government is breaking the law by detaining teenagers in Hakea Prison. More than 70 teenagers were moved from Banksia Hill juvenile detention […]