What made the news in Cockburn – 14-21 March 2025

Thursday 20 March:
Maureen Fisher-Sim, the great-granddaughter of the driving force behind Cockburn’s century-old Memorial Hall, will lead celebrations for the building’s anniversary milestone on Friday.
A raft of activities planned to celebrate its birth from humble but determined beginnings with the laying of foundation stones at the former lime kiln site on 21 March 1925.

The City of Fremantle has become Perth’s fifth area to formalise a tree retention policy covering private land, while most neighbouring councils say they are in the process of following suit. The City of Cockburn said a draft policy based on the WALGA model would be out for community feedback soon.
See the City’s full media response on our website.

Detectives are hunting for the perpetrators who carried out a ram-raid with a Ford Mustang Coupe at a scooter shop in Jandakot causing extensive damage to the store’s glass doors about 4.10am on March 2.

Fremantle fans are being urged to get behind a new song tradition at Optus Stadium games this season, while Alex Pearce’s team address in the moments before bouncedown will also look different.

Bush carers keen to learn more about urban restoration are invited to the third biennial Heads Healing the Land/Kaat Koyingkeriny Boodja-k, hosted by Rehabilitating Roe 8 and coordinated by the City of Cockburn.

Local governments around Australia continue to grapple with the issue of illegal camping as tourists in campervans travel the country on a budget, while others are forced into van life in a bid to beat the housing crisis.
Local government areas throughout the greater Perth region have been battling with the issue in recent years and the City of Cockburn, in Perth's southern suburbs, confirmed to Yahoo on Tuesday its officers do regular patrols to check vehicles.
See the City’s full media response on our website.

Locations in Jandakot and Yangebup were among those visited by a person who recorded WAs first measles case for 2025.
The Department of Health confirmed the virus was found in a traveller who had returned from a trip to Pakistan. They had visited several public places, including in Jandakot, Yangebup and the paediatric waiting area at Fiona Stanley Hospital’s emergency department, while infectious between March 12 and March 17.
 
Wednesday 19 March:
The Department of Biodiversity Conservation and Attractions was questioned over its efforts to protect the snake-necked turtles from local extinction in Cockburn's wetlands.

Tuesday 18 March:
Celebrate Cockburn’s diverse multiculturalism at the Mosaic Festival at Treeby Reserve on Saturday 22 March.

There are calls for the state to intervene as snake-necked turtles face local extinction in Cockburn.
Cockburn Council has signalled its intent to increase funding for fox control to improve protections for native wildlife including Southwestern Snake-Necked Turtles at lakes and wetlands managed by the City.
Read the City’s Media Release on our website.
Read the 11 March 2025 Ordinary Council Meeting Minutes, item 13.2, page 21 on our website.

Two teenagers and a 25-year-old Perth man have been charged after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through the city’s southern suburbs in a stolen car on Monday.
The police air wing helicopter was called in and tracked the car as it allegedly sped through Cockburn, Bibra Lake, Murdoch and South Lake.

Monday 17 March:
Fremantle star Luke Jackson has given an iron clad guarantee that he will remain with the club long term, saying he has no interest in leaving the Dockers.

Long-awaited upgrades to Beale Park in Spearwood are drawing closer after the City of Cockburn revealed plans for a modern clubhouse with significantly more changerooms to replace the current rundown building.
Find out more about this project on the City’s website.

Friday 14 March:
The biggest recorded fatberg in WA's history has been pulled from Perth's sewers in Munster, weighing in at 30,000 kilograms.