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Two-day manhuntPremiumSuspect in custody over grisly Atwell home invasion

Police have arrested the man allegedly behind the horrific Atwell attack that left a woman severely beaten and with serious facial injuries. WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

Brianna Dugan and Sarah Steger

Back to lifeCommentsPremium$185m towers, brewhouse plan for Freo’s Matilda Bay Brewery

SEE THE PICTURES: The landmark Matilda Bay Brewery site on North Fremantle’s beachfront would come back into use as a brewhouse under a new $185 million plan that will feature four high-rise towers.

Kim Macdonald

Rough watersPremiumRenowned Freo filmmaker sued over sale of luxury yacht

Julia Redwood is being sued by a company trying to recover an $80,000 deposit it paid to buy her yacht.

Jake Dietsch

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Footy feverCommentsPremium
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Freo fans dare to dream in airfares buy-up for GF week

Dockers fans, you’d better be quick. The believers are believing and snapping up tickets to Melbourne for the AFL grand final.

Geoffrey Thomas

‘Brain hacked’CommentsPremiumFreo sauce too hot to handle for Hollywood’s biggest names

Stranger Things star Millie Bobby Brown and rapper Post Malone are among the big names testing their mettle against Fremantle company Dingo Sauce Co.’s scorching new hot sauce.

Simon Collins

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Three-word analysis of every Docker in shock win over Dees

It’s one of the great wins in their history. Fremantle produced a monster second half to snap Melbourne’s unbeaten run and shock the premiers at the MCG. Here is how every Docker fared.

Jackson Barrett

On chargesPremiumAxe hurled through windscreen of police vehicle in Freo

A man is set to face court accused of using an axe to smash the windscreen of a police car in Fremantle early this morning.

Emily Moulton

Port fightPremiumFWC orders reinstatement of sacked port managers

The six workers were sacked by Qube in August after refusing to do stevedoring work they said they were not qualified to undertake.

Sean Smith

‘Extensive damage’PremiumAlleged drunk driver lucky to have escaped serious injury

An alleged drunk driver crashed into a parked car in the early hours of Monday morning.

Brianna Dugan

Dusting UpPremiumThe mill behind the big red dingo celebrates its centenary

Whether Alan Bond painted the big red dingo sign or not, the mill that has operated behind the facade is still pumping out the flour after 100 straight years.

Steve Butler

Crash bangPremiumTow truck involved in four-car prang in Perth’s south

Two people have been taken to hospital after an ugly multi-vehicle crash in Rossmoyne.

Sarah Steger

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Strict conditionsPremium
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FIFO worker charged over North Freo sex assault gets bail

A fly-in, fly-out worker who was charged with raping two women on a North Fremantle street in September has been granted bail, despite a magistrate saying the charges were ‘quite concerning’.

Indigo Lemay-Conway

Midnight attackPremiumViolent Fremantle stabbing puts two in hospital

Two men have been rushed to hospital after one was stabbed and the other injured when he was knocked to the ground during a night out in Fremantle.

Bethany Hiatt

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prime locationCommentsPremium
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Sale of council-owned property to fund East Freo Oval revamp

The Town of East Fremantle is selling two council-owned properties along its funky George Street strip to help cover the ballooning cost of its multi-million dollar East Fremantle Oval redevelopment.

Matt Zis

Art and soulCommentsPremium‘Amazing work’: $95 million Freo housing, arts hub gets nod

The City of Fremantle is one step closer to a major precinct being built opposite John Curtin College of Arts.  

Indigo Lemay-Conway

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Mandate meetingCommentsPremium
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‘First World tantrum’: Freo councillors slam anti-vaxxers

City of Fremantle councillors have launched a tirade against ‘First World tantrum’ anti-vaxxers after a special electors’ meeting was called to tackle an issue over which they have almost no control.

Indigo Lemay-Conway

Pulling the plugCommentsFreo music venue shuts it doors over COVID rules

Popular live music hub Freo.Social says it is impossible to trade with 150-person cap.

Simon Collins

Virus surgeCommentsPremiumCOVID outbreak plunges Perth aged care centre into lockdown

An aged cared home in Perth’s south is in lockdown following a COVID outbreak among its residents and staff.

Michael Traill

‘looking at alternative sites’CommentsPremiumHollywood film studio set for Freo faces ‘range of problems’

A $100 million film studio at Fremantle’s Victoria Quay — promised by the McGowan Government at the 2021 election — will likely have to be built somewhere else in Perth.

Peter Law

New exposure sites VideoCommentsNightclub, pub patrons told to get tested and isolate

Several popular western suburb pubs have been added to the growing COVID-19 exposure site list, including a popular Fremantle brewery Premier Mark McGowan visited at the same time as a patron with the virus. 

Brianna Dugan

New alertCommentsGage Roads brewery named an exposure site

Punters who drank at Fremantle’s newest brewery last Friday have been ordered to get tested for COVID-19 immediately.

Natalie Richards

‘Unwanted advances’PremiumJudge blasts Freo bartender in sentencing for sex assault

A WA judge has slammed a Fremantle bartender who sexually assaulted his colleague after offering to walk her home, saying he not only ignored her wishes but also violated the ‘sanctity’ of her body.

Emily Moulton

disingenuous claimsPremiumFremantle council to vote on vaccine mandate motion

Fremantle City council will on Wednesday vote on whether to ask the State Government to reconsider its vaccination mandate after being lobbied by a group of anti-vaxxers. 

Briana Fiore

Dana’s day East among best in Freo win

The young gun has continued the bright start to her emerging AFLW career, this time finishing among Fremantle’s best in their big win over GWS.

Jackson Barrett