SPECIAL FEATURE: Snake charmer. Tattooist. Court marshalled for desertion in NSW, incarcerated in Fremantle for stealing a set of wrenches and busted in Boulder for abducting a 16-year-old girl. The life and troubled times of ‘Rocky Vane’ remained largely unknown…
PERTH lawyer Sandra Boulter has launched a public fundraiser to fight a decision by WA’s Freedom of Information Commission that the WA Local Government Association is immune to FOI. The Local Government Elected Members’ Association chair said Commissioner Catherine Fletcher…
COUNCILLORS will be asked Wednesday to endorse the WA Electoral Commission to run a $162,581 postal vote in Fremantle in October two years after it botched local government elections in the new central and coastal wards. On February 11, Magistrate…
UNDERWATER photographer Rowan Dixon says he is lucky to have lived in Exmouth most of his life. The 28 year old told StreetWise: “Living here has been great for my hobby of photography which eventually evolved into a hobby for…
ELECTED members called on the City of Fremantle last night to scrap its toothless significant tree register and find out whether the 135-year-old Moreton Bay at 195 High Street is infected with beetle borer. In a clear push back to…
MEMBERS of the Cattalini family tonight put the City of Fremantle on notice that it did not give council consent nor was it consulted when it listed a 135-year-old fig tree on its significant tree register in 2019. The owners…
NGARLUMA and Yindjibarndi caretakers of Cossack today walked away from the historic town after it claimed the State Government refused to transfer ownership of the popular tourist site to the Roebourne-based community 1500km north of Perth. The decision after four…
FREMANTLE council tonight voted to seek State funding for a $200,000 shark barrier for a beach where no shark has tread before. Bathers Beach. The decision is not based on the safety of swimmers, but elected members' push to attract…
COMMENT: Tree huggers united. Architects designers on call. And former Fremantle mayor Brad Pettitt taking temperature readings around the ‘monster’ Moreton Bay fig tree overlooking 195 High Street. Seriously Freo citizens, take a Bex and chill. Including you Brad, not…
A COUNCIL decision to remove a Moreton Bay fig tree at 195 High Street from its register of significant plantings paves the way for property owners to cut it down before the historic site is sold and redeveloped. “Get the…
