THE validity of the disputed 2023 local government elections in Fremantle will be tested in October - a year after thousands of ballot papers were mailed incorrectly to central and coastal ward voters. Parties returned to court on Monday. The…
THE department of primary industries and regional development cannot explain why it cleared the Moreton bay fig tree at 195 High Street of shot-hole borer a day after its pest and disease experts said it was infected. On April 29,…
‘Mate, it’s safe. I’m grateful I have it.’ THE stuffed remains of the first shark caught in WA after killing a swimmer at Cottesloe in 1925 has landed in the safe hands of a maritime history enthusiast in Bunbury. The…
SPECIAL REPORT: The City of Fremantle used hundreds of uncoded ‘spare’ ballot papers to influence the balance of power in the 2021 and disputed 2023 local government elections. StreetWise Media can report the WA Electoral Commission last year issued the…
COMMENT: The City of Fremantle today flew the Australian flag at half mast to commemorate as part of its truth-telling journey the execution of Nyoongar leader Midgegooroo on May 22, 1833. Council also ‘decided’ to lower the flag in 2023…
‘Excuse me, excuse me … this is my meeting’ - Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge ELECTORS say council's contempt of Fremantle ratepayers was confirmed last night when Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge slapped down a ratepayer for asking questions over the City’s finances and…
A MOTION of no confidence in Fremantle Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge over her handling of the City's finances and South Beach change rooms was carried tonight at the annual general meeting of about 50 electors. Moved by former Councillor Marija Vujcic,…
EXCLUSIVE: THE preserved remains of a 4.3m tiger shark has brought together the US family of its victim and the WA shipwreck author who salvaged the ‘man-eater’ caught at Cottesloe in 1925. The family reached out to StreetWise to say it…
IN 2007, US environmental activist Erin Brockovich joined residents and workers who claimed Alcoa was poisoning their communities. The public health crusader who successfully took on big industry in the US, then had a movie named after her, joined Queensland-based…
