Kings Square plan ‘flawed’
by BRENDAN FOSTER FREMANTLE city council’s blueprint for redeveloping Kings Square has been slammed by both the Fremantle Society and former deputy mayor John Dowson. The society’s submission, prepared by […]
Hotel change
by CARMELO AMALFI FREMANTLE’S landmark Esplanade hotel has a new owner. Marylyn New has sold the heritage-listed building to property developer Primewest for $88.5 million, two years after it went […]
3-strike move
by BRENDAN FOSTER A CHILD climbing a neighbour’s tree has scored a family one strike in a three-strikes-and-you’re-evicted clause in their WA housing department home. Anna Copeland from Murdoch University’s […]
Heathcote dump anger
MELVILLE city council is dumping garbage including socks, cans, plastics, dirt and logs on the historic lower Heathcote foreshore reserve. More than a decade ago locals campaigned to save the […]
End in sight
‘It’s going to be a prick of a week’ by CARMELO AMALFI “THEY know what’s happening,” Fremantle social worker Chris Doyle says, counting down towards the WA coroner’s inquest into […]
Give human rights a sporting change
SAM WAINWRIGHT is a Fremantle city councillor, member of Socialist Alliance and a founding member of Action for Human Rights in Tamil Eelam & Sri Lanka. In this week’s THINKING […]
Rating Freo’s retail
COLIN NICHOL, who has a long retail and markets history, examines the latest development regarding vacant shops in Fremantle THE announcement by Fremantle’s mayor that the city will consider charging […]
