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25.01.2022 The latest edition of your Fremantle Herald is out now! Keep an eye on your letterbox, or visit us online for all the latest news, letters, food, arts, real estate and competitions!

25.01.2022 The latest edition of your Herald is out now! Find it in your letter box, at one of our various Street Press locations or online.

22.01.2022 ! ! Here at the Chook we know exactly what businesses are going through at the moment - we’ve got our own bills to pay as well - so we’ve launched a new competition promising to give some very worthy businesses a helping hand in these tough times. ... ! That adage has never been more important than it is right now. The Herald has always been a huge supporter of local business through our independent food reviews, our much-loved arts pages, our home reviews and our incredible Competitions page. Nominate your favourite business, and you could WIN them a Herald Advertising Campaign - three weeks worth of FREE advertising to spread the word about their business. It’s never been more important for businesses to let customers know they’re open and ready for business - and that’s something you can help with. You have the opportunity to do good and feel good by giving back to an independent, local business. ! Terms and conditions via our website.

22.01.2022 NORFOLK Island Pines along WA’s coast are facing a slow death; being killed by a friendly fungus that appears to have run amuck.

20.01.2022 THE renaming of Kings Square moved to the next phase last week, with Fremantle council launching its public consultation - and John Curtin Square is apparently trending early.

18.01.2022 BEACONSFIELD’S precinct group is showing some green shoots after a long dormancy, with a funky rebranding and a project to bring a community garden back up to scratch.

18.01.2022 COCKBURN council is looking at spending up to $6.35 million expanding the gym at its ARC leisure centre.

17.01.2022 FREMANTLE council has hosed down plans to build a new 24-hour petrol station, restaurant and lunch bar on the corner of Hampton Road and Culver Street. FULL STORY: https://wp.me/p2Np7f-pBv

15.01.2022 THE director of Fremantle’s newest theatre company will be hoping a little magic from his first time treading the boards at Victoria Hall will rub off on his new venture.

15.01.2022 ' The Grocer and The Chef. If you want to win a week’s free groceries then head down to The Grocer and the Chef in Beaconsfield. After shopping just pop your receipt, with your name and phone number on the back, in the store’s competition box.... Every week a customer will draw a winner, who’ll get free goods up to the value of their receipt. The family-run Grocer and the Chef opened on Lefroy Road early last month, just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. We want to help people who are doing it tough during this difficult time, said Nick Geracitano, who works with his son Justin at the shop. We’ve got lots of great specials on fruit and veg, and delicious meals for around $10. There’s been a fantastic response since we opened, but we need people to keep supporting local businesses. The Grocer and the Chef is a one-stop shop for fresh produce, deli goods, takeaway meals and groceries. The winner’s name will be published in the Herald, so make sure you check the paper every week.

15.01.2022 FORMER Fremantle citizen of the year and prominent Noongar elder Marie Thorne has died aged 85 in Narrogin. https://wp.me/p2Np7f-qxK

14.01.2022 Do you want Kitchen Drawers and Pantry Drawers for Easy Access to your hard to reach items in your kitchen cabinets and pantry cupboard? Brett from Easy Access Kitchens - The Inner Drawer Specialist. will help you organize your kitchen and supply the kitchen drawers and pantry drawers you need.... Hit the tag above to find out more!

14.01.2022 CITY maintenance workers have stepped up their industrial campaign against Fremantle council.

13.01.2022 FREMANTLE council has been slammed by staff and ratepayers after standing down dozens of staff and telling them to use up their holiday leave until it runs out.

13.01.2022 SEX workers have been left facing homelessness and hunger due to the impact of Covid-19, sparking calls for the government to provide more assistance.

13.01.2022 PERSISTENCE has paid off for Karrinyup author Maria Papas, who won the lucrative City of Fremantle Hungerford Award a decade after first making the shortlist.

12.01.2022 A BEACONSFIELD grocer has been left scratching his head after his customers demanded he cut down on plastics, but then left the products sitting on the shelf when he did.

11.01.2022 As well as stocking a wide range of the fresh fruit and vegetable, Gilbert's Fresh, Hilton also supply delicious ready-made meals hand-made on-site, in the Hilton kitchen. They're sure to be a hit with the whole family! Peruse the Deli cabinet to choose from their newest additions. No nasties, just market fresh produce!... You can visit Gilbert's at 308 South St, Hilton or call 6165 5755.

10.01.2022 MORE than two cars every hour are running a red light intended to protect pedestrians on South Street in Hilton.

09.01.2022 YOUNG girls are being forced to wear tampons for two days or steal socks from laundromats because of WA’s chronic rates of period poverty.

09.01.2022 Not feeling boosted As a small business severely impacted by the government-induced economic depression brought on by their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, at the Fremantle Herald we thought it timely to provide some public feedback on two of the Morrison government’s much publicised economic support packages, namely the cash flow boost and JobKeeper.... Both of these schemes were designed on the run and it wasn’t a surprise that both were flawed from the start and continue to be despite continued tinkering. This program is in fact not a cash flow boost but rather a tax offset. The boost to an employer’s cash flow is in most cases never seen. Rather the amount is only credited to an employer’s Tax Office account. The (up to $50,000) credit is simultaneously created by and then applied to any amounts due to the ATO as a consequence of lodging an activity statement for the business. For most businesses no cash will ever hit their bank account. This program should more accurately be called Unemployment Hider and was largely a direct response to the lengthy winding Centrelink queues that formed following the first lockdown announcement. By keeping many otherwise redundant (and therefore unemployed) or ‘hibernated’ workers officially on the payroll, the official unemployment rate (and just as importantly the Centrelink queues) will be kept much lower than would otherwise be the case. The flat $1,500 per fortnight per eligible employee for each eligible business is in most cases less than half of what a full time employee would be paid. The payment itself is taxable to the business and the wages paid must also have PAYG tax deducted, so the government is ensuring that part of the payment returns to the ATO as tax. Indeed many businesses have chosen not to participate in the program because of the cash flow lag, which is very pronounced, as this scheme is only a partial reimbursement and is in arrears. Employers have to pay to up to seven weeks of wages to employees before receiving a subsidy for part of each employee’s wages and only for four weeks’ worth at a time. In fact it won’t be until mid October that the final payment for past wages will be received. There will be many businesses that will not survive to see that date. As at the time of writing, the Fremantle Herald had still not yet received any JobKeeper payment and we are not the only one still waiting. In addition to JobKeeper, JobSeeker and the banks’ loan repayment deferrals all come to a shuddering halt in mid or late September (or earlier if some in the government have their way) and it will be very interesting to see the government’s reaction to the almost guaranteed second round of economic collapse that will result and the Centrelink job queues that will re-form. It won’t be good for the economy or for ScoMo’s popularity either. (A Herald Editorial)

09.01.2022 FREMANTLE’S council and port authority have been left pointing fingers at each other after a decision to close a makeshift car park created chaos for parents trying to get their Nippers to surf club training.

08.01.2022 A HERALD story about the felling of an historic cork oak tree in Mt Pleasant has inspired a budding young author into taking out first prize in a Children’s Book Council of Australia (WA) award.

08.01.2022 THE owner of the Kardinya Park Shopping Centre has pushed to have the height limit for a major redevelopment lifted to 20 storeys. https://wp.me/p2Np7f-qD5

06.01.2022 A SURVEY of Fremantle business owners has shown a surprisingly upbeat outlook on the port city’s future, despite the decimation of the retail and hospitality sector by the Covid-19 outbreak.

05.01.2022 MEDICAL experts warned 10 years ago that WA would face more boating accidents like one that recently cost local free diver Geoff Beacroft one of his fingers.

05.01.2022 FREMANTLE council has lost the battle to retain at least part of its working port. The McGowan government announced this week that Freo’s inner harbour is to be wound down completely possible as early as 2032 with port operations shifted to a modern facility in Kwinana.

04.01.2022 The latest edition of your Herald is out now!

04.01.2022 BOOYEEMBARA PARK could soon be home to native quenda, turtles and bobtails courtesy of Fremantle’s tough new cat laws.

04.01.2022 The Grocer and The Chef strives to give their customers GOOD QUALITY at a FAIR PRICE with terrific weekly specials which you can find every weekend in your Herald. Your local one stop shop for all things fresh produce, delicatessen, takeaway meals, cafe goods and groceries. ... For a great shopping experience, visit The Grocer and The Chef today - Shop 1, 115 Lefroy Road, Beaconsfield!

03.01.2022 MARIA WILLIAMS spent nearly 20 years trying to piece together who she is. A member of the Stolen Generation, she was taken to Sister Kate’s Cottage Home for Children as a seven-year-old, banned from speaking her native tongue and told nothing of her family history.

03.01.2022 FOR the benefit of the Fremantle Gazette which had some difficulty grasping the maths behind Fremantle council’s latest rate rise, here’s the Herald's handy guide.

02.01.2022 MORE than 30 homeless people who’ve found temporary accommodation in a Fremantle hotel face being back on the streets within days because the McGowan government is dawdling over whether to help.

02.01.2022 DOG walkers on Stevens Reserve are fuming after Fremantle council removed the popular site’s gates without warning last week.

02.01.2022 FIGHTING what looks like a losing battle to stop an amenity building for cricketers at Bert Jeffery Park, residents say their kids have an unfair choice - boil in the sun or risk being hit by a wayward cricket ball.

01.01.2022 This is part 2 of JOLLY READ’S history of the 1946 Pilbara Strike by Indigenous workers. As reported last week, there’s to be a two-day festival commemorating it’s 75th anniversary, but thanks to Covid, organisers have had to delay things by a couple of weeks.

01.01.2022 Hey folks, did somone forget we’re in the middle of a health crisis? It was great to see the easing of social distancing rules bring families out to enjoy last weekend’s bit of sunshine on Fremantle’s Esplanade, but the rubbish left to encourage vermin and greet workers on Monday morning was a disgrace. Freo council deserves a serve for dropping the ball and not preparing for the obvious stampede of people outdoors, but next time the bins are overflowing, take your rubbish ...home. We’re supposed to be in this together. Meanwhile Fremantle council’s decision to close all its public toilets except two portaloos in Kings Square has been criticised by residents, homeless people and their advocates as creating an unnecessary health risk. Residents and business owners in the West End say people have been defecating in the nooks and crannies between their buildings, noting recent medical advice has shown Covid-19 can survive in the gut and be transmitted through faeces. ‘Dave’ has been living on Freo’s streets since moving across from South Australia six months ago, and says the square’s portaloos are so disgusting he wouldn’t use them. We asked the council about the loo fiasco last week, but our questions got flicked between departments and we never heard back.