Editing Fremantle (section)

===Post-Second World War===
[[File:Fremantle (2052458578).jpg|thumb|The [[Western Australian Museum#Western Australian Museum – Maritime and Western Australian Museum - Shipwreck Galleries|WA Maritime Museum]] building on [[Victoria Quay, Fremantle|Victoria Quay]]]]
After Australia won the 1983 [[America's Cup]] yacht race, Fremantle hosted Australia's defence of the trophy in 1987. The series was held in Gage Roads and significantly boosted the local economy and tourism. A new Fremantle marina, [[Challenger Harbour]], was built alongside the existing Fishing Boat Harbour.

The City of Fremantle introduced several urban renewal projects in 2012, encouraging [[mixed-use development]] by increasing the maximum building height on key sites in the CBD, including [[Kings Square, Fremantle|Kings Square]] and the inner East End.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|title=City Centre urban renewal (Amendment 49)|url=http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/cityoffremantle/Projectsmajor/City_Centre_urban_renewal_Amendment_49|work=City of Fremantle|access-date=26 February 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329173740/http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/cityoffremantle/Projectsmajor/City_Centre_urban_renewal_Amendment_49|archive-date=29 March 2013}}</ref> In January 2013, the City of Fremantle became the first council in Australia to [[phase-out of lightweight plastic bags|outlaw the use]] of non-degradable [[plastic shopping bag|plastic bags]] within their local area.<ref>Zaw, Yolanda (31 January 2013). [https://archive.today/20130217025421/http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/16031231/freo-bans-plastic-bags/ "Freo bans plastic bags"], ''[[The West Australian]]''. Retrieved 4 February 2013.</ref>

Fremantle still serves as the chief general seaport for Western Australia, though far greater tonnages are exported from the iron-ore ports of the [[Pilbara]].