COMMENT: BEING Fremantle mayor has its downsides, according to Cr Hannah Fitzhardinge’s latest Instagram post: “ … that is, the impact it has on your family. Because they love you and support what you’re trying to do, it’s usually an…
PARKING law changes, a new computer security policy and cats on a leash will be considered at the ordinary council meeting on Wednesday. So too the City of Fremantle financials, outstanding debtors figures (no mention of Perth Glory) and a…
THE ink is still not dry on the Fremantle Oval lease and the City of Fremantle and Perth Glory are calling offside on the sweetheart deal. Details of the lease dispute are contained in a confidential attachment to the report…
THE City of Fremantle will provide detailed costings of the unfinished Walyalup Civic Centre and produce its long overdue 2021 financial statements at the audit and risk committee this week. And what a read at https://bit.ly/3JQwZT9. According to the Wednesday…
COMMENT: THE role of mayor includes providing leadership and working with the CEO to ensure local government affairs are in order. The Act also bestows a critical function in which elected members must abide by the Act or, “any other…
A NEW book on the extraordinary petroglyphs at Depuch Island off the remote Pilbara coast has been shelved by its WA author because traditional custodians feel its publication would be too ‘dangerous’ and culturally insensitive. Mike Donaldson told StreetWise he…
FREMANTLE Mayor Hannah Fitzhardinge today ‘absented’ herself from the Japingka parking saga in which her mother is one of five people who for the past year have flaunted local laws and obstructed neighbouring tenants behind the former Union Stores building…
COMMENT: SO much for council vigilance and good governance at the City of Fremantle. Just a week after StreetWise exposed the unlawful parking habits of Japingka Aboriginal Art tenants, it seems CEO warnings against unauthorised parking of four cars in…
EXCLUSIVE: HOW many cars can you fit into three bays? In Fremantle, where parking breaches are taken very seriously, the answer apparently is four (pictured above). High Street tenants sent StreetWise images of the foursome huddled behind the former Union…
WALYALUP Civic Centre's multi-million-dollar overruns, high risk staff access to supplier accounts and overdue debts, some five years old, worth $778,540. The City audit & risk committee members had a lot on its plate last night, none of which is…
