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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. You can get up to date news by setting up a Google News alert at http://www.google.com/alerts. News Alerts will not pick up local media and some mainstream media stories which do not appear on a news website, where possible we put these stories on our website to provide wide access to the stories.
Waterloo Fair Trade
Fair Trade is an international consumer revolution that is growing at a tremendous rate because of the hard work and vision of people like Roberto Orellana, owner of Mayan Coffee and Xocolat in Waterloo. The increasing demand of consumers for products that not only look and taste good, but also support local communities shows a positive change in what we now consider consumer satisfaction reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
“One kind heart can change the world around”
Inna Goubina, who arrived in Australia from Georgia 14 years ago, is a research officer at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern. She has also been an author and poet, and interviewer with a Russian-language magazine called Australian Mosaic: Australian Russian Language Almanac reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Waterloo resident’s winning artwork
“More a meditation than a picture” is how Carl Milton describes his prize-winning painting, ‘Sydney’. The Waterloo resident’s first ever entry into an art competition has received top honours in the City of Sydney’s 2008 Multicultural Art Competition reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Anti-homophobia rally closes Gloria Jeans
Despite the Rudd Government promising to remove all forms of anti-gay discrimination, about 100 people turned up for the International Day Against Homophobia rally in Newtown on Friday May 16 reports norrie mAy-welby in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Five-eighth of the Century
At a glittering Century Ball celebration dinner on Friday May 23, the South Sydney District Junior Football Club gathered en masse to celebrate the centenary of the game and to name its South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Dorothy, 74
It’s not every day you see a 74-year-old minister of religion walking into a tattoo parlour. But then, Dorothy McRae-McMahon isn’t your run-of-the-mill 74-year-old minister of religion reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Homeless in Newtown
On May 14, the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre organised a half-day forum on the topic of homelessness. The forum attracted over 60 people and included speakers from Housing NSW, City of Sydney, Marrickville Council, South West Inner City Housing Co-Op and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. The speakers at the forum discussed a range of issues such as the growing crisis in homelessness, different types of homelessness and the legal rights of homeless persons, as well as new initiatives to develop social housing and improve services for homeless persons reports Adrian Emilsen in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
Lack of Detail
WE are used to the Redfern Waterloo Authority telling us how well they are travelling on human services writes REDWatch's Geoffrey Turnbull in this letter to the editor in Central of 4 June 2008.
Arts Hub for Chippendale as Warehouses Idle
INNER city artists will have access to bright, open warehouses 24 hours a day under a plan to open temporary artists' studios on the former CUB brewery site at Broadway reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 4 June 2008.
KITCHEN NIGHTMARE - Funding refused for training facility
A WATERLOO community group has accused Local MP Tanya Plibersek and the Federal Government of betrayal after a funding grant was refused reports in Robert Burton-Bradley Central of 4 June 2008.
Support Group for Indigenous Men
INDIGENOUS Men in Redfern and Waterloo are rediscovering a sense of purpose and community through Babana, a group that is encouraging them to speak out about health and violence in the community as a first step to taking control of their future reports Inga Ting in Central of 4 June 2008.
Waterloo kids 'Good Dog Bad Dog' DVD selected for International Film Festival
12 students from Waterloo's Our Lady of Mt Carmel Primary School have made a DVD which has been selected for 'Little Big Shots', the largest film festival for kids in the Southern Hemisphere reports this news item from the Factory.
Clover Moore tipped to win against Meredith Burgman
LABOR'S would-be giant killer Meredith Burgman will take on the seemingly undefeatable Clover Moore for the coveted position of Sydnety Lord Mayor at this year's council elections reports Joe Hildebrand, Political Reporter The Daily Telegraph June 03, 2008.
Redfern Community Health Centre Relocation from 10th June 2008
Redfern Community Health Centre at 1 Albert Street Redfern is relocating on the 10th June 2008 reports this letter from the Redfern Community Health Centre Manager on behalf of Sydney South West Area Health Services in NSW Health.
CBD campuses set for major expansion
Australia's oldest university will undergo nearly $2 billion worth of expansion and rejuvenation works over the next decade as it outgrows its home on the outskirts of Sydney's central business district. A draft blueprint outlining the University of Sydney's first wholesale capital development program for almost 100 years is about to be circulated among students and staff reports Joanna Mather and Rachel Lebihan in the Australian Financial Review of 2nd June 2008.
Clubs unleash hidden riches
THE redevelopment of clubrooms will be on the agenda of many sporting groups as administrators take advantage of the underlying value of the properties writes Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor Sydney Morning Herald May 31, 2008.
Souths drop $300,000 ahead of no-pokies poll
SOUTH Sydney will persist with plans for a poker machine-free licensed club, despite the collapse of an agreement with the football club that would have seen co-owners Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe contribute $300,000 annually to create a no-gaming environment writes Roy Masters in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 28, 2008.
PERFORMANCE ROCKS THE BLOCK
MORE than 1000 people are expected to visit the Block, Redfern, to experience multi-art, site specific performance work over the next three nights writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28th May 2008.
STOLEN GENERATION SEEK STOLEN WAGES
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to indigenous Australians failed to address financial compensation and wages taken from aboriginal minors employed as domestic servants, according to members of the stolen generations writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 28th May 2008.
Power pair Russell Crowe and Robert Holmes a Court pumped $5m into Rabbitohs
SAVING the South Sydney Rabbitohs has cost Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe $5 million, with Crowe putting $1million of his own money into the club on the day Mr Holmes a Court relinquished control of the board reports Brent Read and Anthony Klan in the Australian of May 28, 2008.
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