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Good morning and welcome aboard. WAtoday Live news blog for Monday, November 17, 2025.
Making headlines today, Fremantle is booming in development, but is the sudden urbanization of a once salty seaside town slowly destroying its creative culture?
Fremantle council wants more people to live in the port city’s CBD. So what will he sacrifice in this process?Credit: Getty Images
Fremantle council recently opened its doors to developers in a bid to increase the number of residents living in the CBD, aiming to transform the city into a thriving, world-class waterfront precinct.
But columnist Brendan Foster says the renewal has introduced a NIMBYism that threatens its cultural spirit.
And in case you missed it, a much-loved Western Australian icon known for his work as a livestock farmer, road worker, musician and the ‘father’ of Aboriginal tourism has died.
Nyikina elder Sam Lovell OAM died over the weekend.
Stay with us as we bring you the news of the day in Western Australia as it happens.
