Fremantle is a port city around 19km south west of Perth at the mouth of the Swan River.

A large number of news producers serve both Fremantle specifically and the greater Perth metropolitan area. Dedicated print and digital news producers include independent locals the Fremantle Herald and Fremantle Shipping News and Seven West Media’s community title PerthNow Fremantle; which rebranded from the Fremantle Gazette in June 2021.

Seven also operates The West Australian, the major newspaper for the metropolitan area and the state as whole, and the digital PerthNow brand which acts as a single access point for the ten localised editions spread across the city, and the Coastal Times in Mandurah. Nine Entertainment publishes the digital-only WA Today, and the ABC’s Perth newsroom is in East Perth. The city has a heavy news radio presence, with Southern Cross Austereo, Australian Radio Network and Nine Entertainment all present, alongside the three television networks.