Fremantle Herald Official

09/01/2025

The Chook shines a light on North Fremantle Social Farm, where you can pick you own veggies:

HYPER-LOCAL is the aim for the North Fremantle Social Farm where members can pick their own veggies and grow their communities just off Stirling Highway. The farm grows a wide range of seasonal ve…

08/01/2025

Native wetland supporters hold last ditch protest:

PROTESTORS will hold a final candlelight vigil tomorrow (Sunday January 5) on the eve of the Cook government taking out the Perth Cultural Centre’s much-loved native wetland. A blown-out $50 millio…

07/01/2025

More Woodside protests at MP's Freo office:

PROTESTORS gathered outside federal Fremantle Labor MP Josh Wilson’s office late last year, begging him to put a spanner in the works of what’s on the verge of becoming one of the largest fossil fu…

06/01/2025

New mixed-use development on former steel site in North Freo:

THE WA Planning Commission has given the thumbs-up for how the former OneSteel site on Stirling Highway in North Fremantle will be redeveloped into apartments up to 23 storeys high.The structure pl…

21/12/2024

The Chook visits South Viet Pho in O'Connor:

Looking to cut your cloth ahead of Christmas, but still want to eat out? In times of economic crisis, the Herald has always found refuge in the suburb of O’Connor. Let’s face it, South Street is no…

20/12/2024

Anti-AUKUS campaigners have triggering a Special Elector’s Meeting to urge Cockburn council to recant its support for the nuclear submarine deal and instead consult with its community:

FOLLOWING months of protests and signature-gathering, anti-AUKUS campaigners have triggering a Special Elector’s Meeting to urge Cockburn council to recant its support for the nuclear submarine dea…

19/12/2024

Great rock photography exhibition in Mosman Park:

A NEW exhibition in Mosman Park features the stunning rock photography of North Fremantle’s Tony Blackwell, who captured performances by some of the biggest names in the music business including Da…

18/12/2024

Melville has been bugged:

A LARGE area between Bicton and Bull Creek has been declared a ‘red zone’ for the invasive Queensland Fruit Fly. The fly, known as Qfly, was recently found in Palmyra and Willagee by the Departmen…

17/12/2024

Big slowdown in Hilton:

HILTON’S streets will be slowing down next year after Fremantle council elected to approve a 40kmh trial. The trial will be a taste of what might become introduced city-wide. The City of Vincent …

16/12/2024

Unfortunately, St Pats homeless shelter will be under the pump over Christmas.

RISING domestic violence levels and an increasingly unaffordable rental market will see demand for homelessness support services peak over the Christmas period, according to St Pats. There will be…

15/12/2024

This week's Perth Voice front page.

14/12/2024

This week's Freo Herald front page.

13/12/2024

The Chook checks out the Suppa Club in Myaree:

Soup in December. Really? Well, God is having a bit of a wobbler right now with unseasonal rain and cold spells, so strangely it felt like just the ticket. I’d heard good reports about the Suppa Cl…

12/12/2024

Big screen win for Freo Herald staffer Matt Eeles:

FREMANTLE Herald advertising director Matt Eeles has been awarded the Independent Spirit gong at this year’s WA Screen Culture Awards. He was recognised for his tireless devotion to Australian film…

11/12/2024

Big funding wins for Freo:

FREMANTLE council will get $3.75 million from the Albanese government towards revamping Hilton Park, while the WA Portuguese Club is in line for $2.4m towards it new cultural centre at Goodchild Pa…

10/12/2024

Will the planned social media ban backfire?

THE Albanese government’s planned social media ban for children under 16 is ‘“misplaced” and could have an impact on youth engagement in politics, according to campaigners and political experts. T…

09/12/2024

Freo's Navy Club in stormy waters, but not sunk.

THE Fremantle Navy Club’s High Street location is shutting up shop as the 80-year-old club searches for a new home. The Club has called 64 High Street home since 1993, after years of moving around…

07/12/2024

If you need some respite from Christmas shopping, check out Thien Kim in Hammy Hill:

WITH Christmas on the horizon, some of us have already spent a fortune on needless presents. There’s the Switch games kids get bored with after a day, socks for an uncle you never see, and lingerie…