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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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- Kristina Keneally MP on NSW Govt Affordable Housing
- Across NSW over 190,000 households with low or moderate incomes are paying more than 30% of their income on rent. In these troubled economic times, the NSW Government has delivered its promise to make it easier to build affordable housing – cheaper rental properties, granny flats and specialised social housing says Kristina Keneally in her advertisement in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Carol McDonald – a remarkable survivor
- We walked through Carol McDonald’s immaculate little house in Darlington and sat looking out into her beautiful garden on the rising land at the back. The dogs around our feet greeted us enthusiastically and the sun shone. Then I asked her about her beginnings in life. What a contrast! reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Four easy ways to wreck your terrace
- Victorian era houses such as those found in Darlington and Chippendale were built from relatively porous materials compared to modern building materials. The bricks, mortar and render of Victorian houses absorb small amounts of moisture which then evaporates into the atmosphere. In other words the house “breathes” reports John Berry in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Setback on road to Pemulwuy
- SSH editors, Trevor Davies and Andrew Collis, are delighted with donations received in support of their running efforts on behalf of the Pemulwuy housing project on the Block. So far, just over $3,000 has been receivedreports the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- South Sydney pets meet volunteer vets
- On Saturday August 29, pet owners in Surry Hills, Redfern, Darlinghurst and Waterloo had the opportunity to take their pets along for a free pet health check at the Pets at Northcott event. It was held in Ward Park, next door to the Northcott Community Centre, Belvoir Street, Surry Hills reports Felicity Reynolds in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Plot for community garden in Erskineville
- Community gardens are in bloom all over the city, but a group of Erskineville residents is still waiting to sow seeds reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- How many homeless?
- About 400 people are sleeping rough in the inner city each night – far too many, according to Liz Giles, Manager of the Homelessness Unit of the City of Sydney Council reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Community workers ask Government to pay up
- The pay gap between public and private sector community service workers in NSW is of increasing concern to the Australian Services Union (ASU), following revelations that public servants are receiving up to 30 per cent more for the same job reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald in October 2009.
- Karan's in vogue at Redfern
- DONNA KARAN is associated with the fashion capitals of the world: New York, Paris ... Redfern? The US designer made a visit to the inner-Sydney suburb yesterday to meet children from the Aboriginal community and support Australian photographer Russell James at the launch of a reconciliation project reports the Sun Herald on 4 October 2009.
- Garden gamers take time out from busy Sydney
- While stressed-out, time-poor Sydney pedals madly just to stay ahead of the mortgage or the rent, few of us pause to smell the roses writes Michael Gormly in City News of 1 October 2009.
- Pokies plus supermarket equals no-go, Council tells Souths
- South Sydney Leagues Club is considering its options for its Chalmers Street development in Redfern, after a Council meeting rejected its proposal to place an IGA supermarket underneath the rebuilt club, which is now envisaged to include poker machines reports Shant Fabricatorian in City news of 1 October 2009.
- Redfern’s stalled dreams
- Five years ago, the people of Redfern and Waterloo were told that the State Government had a vision and a plan to transform the social disadvantage and urban decay that had gripped their suburbs for decades reports Robert Burton Bradley in Central on 30 September 2009.
- Redfern Waterloo Authority under fire
- Central can exclusively reveal that two separate investigations by State Government corruption watchdogs have found problems with “policies and procedures” within the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 30 September 2009.
- Linda Burney Announces the NCIE Indigenous Youth Advisory Committee
- The Hon. Linda Burney, NSW Minister for Community Services and Minister for Women, officially announced the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence’s Youth Advisory Committee in Redfern on 29 September, 2009 reports this media release from the National Centre for Indigenous Excelloence.
- RWA Statement on Allegations referred to ICAC
- Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern Waterloo Authority, Mr Roy Wakelin-King, said the anonymous allegations referred to in the Budget Estimates Committee hearing on 1.6 September 2009 had been referred to ICAC reports this media statement of 25 September 2009.
- Sydney Children's Festival at CarriageWorks
- FEATURING 20 enormous sculptural artworks made by children from Sydney schools, the InterSchools Sculpture Exhibition gathers together representations of local native flora and fauna for a show at the Sydney Children's Festival reports The Daily Telegraph on 25 September 2009.
- Trash and Trevor: Trevor Ashley - Travels with my Scooter
- I think the main difference between myself and other boys at high school was obvious. Puberty kicked in and I realised that there was something that set me apart from others, something that made them "normal" and me not. In Year Seven it wasn’t so bad, because at that time it was something you dreamed about, but it wasn't legal. It was forbidden fruit. But, by Year Ten, the testosterone had kicked in and boys in my year were all buying motoring magazines, and I was reading Dolly. Yes, it's true. They all had a burning desire... to drive. And I did not. Most of them turned 16 and rushed straight to the RTA to get their learners, often on their birthday. I auditioned for roles at Rockdale Musical Society. By the time we reached Year Eleven and Twelve many of them drove to school. I was still stuck with my bus pass and a twenty minute walk from the stop. But it really didn't bother me. I eventually got my learners when I was almost 18, got in the car once to drive, hated it so much I never did it again writes Trevor Ashley in SX News.
- South Sydney's shop, pokie plan under fire
- South Sydney Leagues Club is facing a battle to have poker machines as well as a supermarket in its club in Redfern reports ABC news on 21 September 2009.
- Steam team breathes life into an old boiler
- ON A coal-black winter's night in June, deserted Central Station played host to an almost ghostly encounter: the secret trials of a newly rebuilt steam engine writes Steve Meacham in the Sydney Morning Herald of September 19, 2009 .
- Corruption allegations against former NSW planning boss investigated
- State corruption watchdog ICAC is investigating allegations of corruption involving the former head of the Redfern Waterloo Authority reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 17 September 2009.
