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Good morning and welcome to our WAtoday live news blog for Monday, November 17, 2025.
Making headlines today, Fremantle is bursting at the seams with development, but is the sudden urbanisation of a once salty, seaside town gradually destroying its creative culture?
Fremantle council wants more people living in the port city’s CBD. But what will it sacrifice in the process?Credit: Getty Images
Fremantle council has recently opened its doors to developers in a bid to boost the number of residents living in the CBD, aiming to transform the city into a thriving, world-class coastal precinct.
But columnist Brendan Foster says the revamp is bringing a NIMBYism that threatens its cultural soul.
And, in case you missed it, a beloved West Australian icon known for his work as a stockman, roadman, musician and as 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.
