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Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo
This is a selection of major news items about Redfern Waterloo from various media outlets.
The AHC also has a good selection of the stories about the Block in their media news section at http://www.ahc.org.au.
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- Souths Club stoush continues but things are looking up for the Rabbitohs
- The fight for South Sydney Leagues Club continued in July, with Chairman George Piggins and Football Club owner Peter Holmes a Court trying to outwit each other for its control reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Trevor ‘The Paperboy’ Davies takes a new shape at Mundine’s Gym
- South Sydney Herald founder and co-editor, Trevor Davies, is being sponsored by Mundine’s Gym in an effort to get papers delivered to readers faster. Trevor, whose editorial instincts influence the content of each SSH, enjoys the feedback he gets from local readers and has begun training at Mundine’s Gym so he can meet more of them reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Have You Heard?
- The Premier promises that Mental Health services will improve! The inner city awaits the improvements reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Is the NSW Government adequately monitoring boarding houses?
- The NSW Department for Ageing and Disability hasn’t, it seems, been doing a good job at monitoring licensed boarding houses where people with a mental or physical disability live reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Future of Redfern School finally decided
- It was 2005 when the NSW Government finally decided what to do with the Redfern School site. The Redfern Waterloo Authority had negotiated an agreement for its sale to the Indigenous Land Council reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Redfern business welcomes Channel 7
- Channel 7’s move to the Australian Technology Park in Redfern will create new jobs and boost business in the area, according to the local Chamber of Commerce. President, Tony Larkin, says the 120 million dollar investment by Seven and Rebel Property Group to create a media-production hub “indicates a growing confidence in Redfern’s future” reports Bill Birtles in the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Are some Redfern Police officers failing Aboriginal citizens?
- Aboriginal man David Beaumont, 37, was fostered into a white family when he was a child. Two months ago he returned to Redfern as a coordinator for the community centre on The Block. Redfern was the place where his mother died and he wanted to learn more about himself from its residents. He also learned of the racism they sometimes face from local police reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald August 2006. .
- Local artists wanted for new Danks Street Festival Art Market
- Following the success of last year’s Danks Street Festival which saw 15,000 people enjoy a day of gourmet food, art workshops, and entertainment, the City of Sydney will this year introduce a new Art Market reports the South Sydney Herald August 2006.
- Welfare to Work issues for church agencies
- In recent times, the fact that the Hillsong Church welfare agency, Hillsong Emerge, has agreed to accept Federal Government funding in order to run an agency to support people affected by the new Welfare to Work Laws, has caused some comment. The South Sydney Herald invited welfare agencies from several major churches to give statements on their own positions, alongside that of Hillsong Emerge. The Salvation Army has informed us that, at this stage, they have no comment to offer.
- Rail heritage needs view ahead
- AS part of the celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of Central Station this week, Transport Minister John Watkins has the delightful task of announcing Railcorp's new heritage plan by Warren Brown The Daily Telegraph July 31, 2006.
- The great St Vincent's break-in
- IT WAS a big day at St Vincent's Redfern yesterday, but Father Gerry Prindiville sat grim-faced through the celebrations. Reports David Marr in the Sydney Morning Herald July 31, 2006.
- 3801 Limited Calls on Government to renew Lease to Allow its ongoing Operations
- In a Media release dated 31st July 3801 Limited said tha the NSW Government has agreed that the continued operation of the 3801 locomotive is of importance to the people of NSW. However, they do not see the importance of the not for profit company 3801 Limited continuing despite its proven track record of operating without government funding for 20 years.
- RABBITOHS ENDORSE COUNCIL'S PLANS FOR REDFERN OVAL
- The South Sydney Football Club has endorsed the plans for the redevelopment of Redfern Park that have been made public by the City of Sydney this week by media release and on their website www.souths.com.au
- Sparkling new turf Rabbitohs will be proud to call home
- GONE are the concrete walls, barbed wire and the old grandstand. In their place Redfern Park emerges as an open green space and Rabbitohs training ground with a new playground, kiosk and restored fountain reports Sherrill Nixon SMH Urban Affairs Editor July 27, 2006.
- REDWatch Supports Rally to keep The Block in Aboriginal Hands
- “REDWatch supports the planned rally to keep the future of The Block in Aboriginal hands and to protest against intervention by the NSW Government to limit the development of Aboriginal Housing on the Block,” Geoffrey Turnbull REDWatch spokesperson said today.
- Black and White unite to keep The Block in Aboriginal hands
- In a media release on 25 July 2006 Aboriginal Housing Company CEO Mick Mundine and Isabel Coe have called for supporters of Aboriginal housing on The Block to attend a historic protest against the NSW Government on August 10th. They fear that NSW Minister for Redfern-Waterloo Frank Sartor is trying to take control of The Block away from Aboriginal people.
- Residents protest outside Sartor's home - Frankly, we do give a damn
- RESIDENTS fighting an 800-house development backed by Planning Minister Frank Sartor surprised him with a noisy protest outside his home yesterday reports DAVID FISHER The Daily Telegraphs Political Reporter on Monday July 24 2006.
- Loco for 3801 to lose steam
- By The Daily Telegraph’s cartoonist and enthusiast Warren Brown July 24, 2006
- Harlem to Clinton: We Want You Out!
- Some Harlem residents want former President Bill Clinton to pack up and get out -- with the quickness. Reports Tracy Stokes, BET.com Staff Writer & Wire Services and Posted July 24, 2006.
- Premier locks up chiefs for powwow on plan
- FOR 12 hours a day, for three days this week, every chief executive in the NSW Government was locked away working on Morris Iemma's plan to have a plan reports Andrew Clennell in the SMH July 21, 2006.
