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| UpdatedFremantle mayor Brad Pettitt claims a victory of sorts in his bid to move Australia Day festivities to another date, saying the move helped improve people's understanding over why January 26 was not a day of celebration for Aboriginal Australians.
Topics: australia-day, event, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, community-and-society, wa, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedThe port city of Fremantle is set to effectively become a litmus test for the #changethedate movement when the local council holds its "culturally inclusive" alternative celebration to Australia Day two days later.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedNotorious bank robber and prison escapee Brenden Abbott is handed a five-month concurrent jail term for breaking out of Fremantle prison in Perth almost 30 years ago.
Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, armed-robbery, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, wa
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| UpdatedThe Sea Shepherd conservation group says it has caught the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru in Australian waters with a slaughtered minke whale on board.
Topics: whaling, fremantle-6160, asia, japan
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| UpdatedMore than 2,000 people turned out to watch Fremantle secure a convincing win over Adelaide in the first AFL Women's pre-season clash in Darwin.
Topics: australian-football-league, darwin-0800, fremantle-6160, adelaide-5000
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| UpdatedA 3-kilometre tunnel to Fremantle will be built as part of the next stage of the $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link if the Barnett Government is re-elected in March, but critics say it remains a "road to nowhere".
Topics: states-and-territories, beaconsfield-6162, white-gum-valley-6162, hilton-6163, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, palmyra-6157, wa
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A Perth woman is sentenced to more than six years' jail for stealing $2.1 million from a law firm to fund her "pathological gambling", buy clothes, pay off her mortgage and support her lifestyle.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, wa, perth-6000, fremantle-6160
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The extraordinary and varied career of Frank Norton is at the heart of a new exhibition in Fremantle.
Topics: history, world-war-2, painting, library-museum-and-gallery, people, perth-6000, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedOrganisers pledge to ensure the security of patrons as the popular Falls Festival arrives in Fremantle following a crowd stampede in Victoria and sexual assault incidents at the Tasmanian event.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, fremantle-6160, wa
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WA Labor's decision to commit to scrapping the Roe 8 project will have far-reaching impacts and debate around the proposed heavy haulage route will form a large part of the looming state election campaign.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, state-parliament, elections, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
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A 57-year-old man dies after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest while swimming near Leighton Beach, south of Perth.
Topics: death, fremantle-6160, iluka-6028, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAn environmental group loses its last avenue of appeal against the Western Australian Government's plans to build the controversial Roe 8 highway extension, which goes through a wetlands area.
Topics: federal---state-issues, courts-and-trials, environmental-impact, perth-6000, beeliar-6164, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163
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The former owner and skipper of a Perth charter boat, Daniel Lippiatt, is convicted of illegally selling alcohol on a cruise linked to the mysterious death of a passenger.
Topics: courts-and-trials, alcohol, fremantle-6160, rottnest-island-6161
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Researchers in Western Australia are using new techniques to build a 3D model of a shipwreck site from the 1840s, which they hope will build a public appreciation of the heritage that lies beneath the waves.
Topics: 19th-century, history, archaeology, research, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedThe wreck of a nearly 300-year-old former slave ship lying just off the coast of Perth is scoured by maritime archaeologists using new technology to help learn more about Australia's underwater past.
Topics: conservation, maritime, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedFrenchman Sebastien Josse's round-the-world journey ends in Fremantle after he was hit by seven-metre waves which damaged his yacht.
Topics: racing, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedA couple who were tasered by police in Fremantle eight years ago are awarded more than $1 million in damages after suing the state for false imprisonment and assault.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, fremantle-6160, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Western Australian artist creates intricately detailed, rainbow-hued landscapes, using sugar as her key medium.
Topics: visual-art, installation, arts-and-entertainment, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, wa
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| UpdatedGuests on a day-long cruise, linked to the mysterious death of a 35-year-old man, were "inebriated" and "staggering around" the boat, a Perth court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, rottnest-island-6161, perth-6000, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government is threatening to revoke Fremantle's power to hold citizenship ceremonies over its decision to move Australia Day celebrations to another day in a bid to create a more "culturally inclusive" celebration.
Topics: local-government, federal-government, community-and-society, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedA man loses fingers and a woman is in a critical condition after being stabbed during an altercation in the Western Australian port city of Geraldton overnight.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, geraldton-6530, wa, fremantle-6160
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Former Labor candidate for the federal seat of Fremantle Chris Brown takes his case to the Equal Opportunity Commission.
Topics: federal-elections, government-and-politics, alp, discrimination, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett says he is "extremely disappointed" by the City of Fremantle's decision to abandon its Australia Day celebrations in favour of an alternate event two days later, calling the move "a disservice to our country".
Topics: australia-day, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe City of Fremantle axes its Australia Day festivities in favour of a "culturally-inclusive alternative" celebration two days later.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, australia-day, local-government, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedAustralian Wool Innovation gives the greenlight for a new, modern selling platform online, giving wool sellers and buyers access 24/7.
Topics: agricultural-prices, wool, sydney-2000, fremantle-6160, melbourne-3000