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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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- Aldi is a goodie, say Waterloo locals
- In the current economic climate it is important that consumers be provided a variety of price-based choices in local supermarkets. This argument has been cited by residents with respect to the proposed construction of an Aldi store in Waterloo reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- RailCorp review rallies Friends of Redfern
- Friends of Redfern Station, about fifty local residents, rallied outside Redfern Station on Saturday July 18 amid concerns that RailCorp’s line-by-line staffing review will have a detrimental effect on safety and accessibility for elderly and less mobile passengers. The review, which is due to be completed at the end of July, affects staffing arrangements at 69 stations on the Inner West, Cumberland, South, Southern Highlands, Bankstown and East Hills lines reports Rebecca LeMay in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- The Fast News - Compiled by Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Mudgin-Gal – “a true friend in turbulent times”
- In NAIDOC Week, when many aspects of Aboriginal life are celebrated, an enthusiastic gathering was held at the Redfern Community Centre on the Block. The special guest for the occasion was Federal Government Minister Tanya Plibersek who had been supporting the Mudgin-Gal Women’s Centre of the Aboriginal Corporation long before she became a Minister reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Strong work ethic, on and off the field
- South Sydney Leagues has opened for trading in intimate café mode until the new Club is re-opened. Nestled near the Moreton Bay Figs and adjoining Redfern Oval is the wonderful Park Café on Chalmers reports in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Bearing the best of the past - Reader Profile: Ron Fox
- Ron Fox was surprised to be selected as our reader of the month. He is the sort of person whom, I suspect, would always be surprised to find himself the centre of attention reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Community services “on a shoestring”
- Neighbourhood centres will reduce opening hours and cut services after missing out on a government-recommended funding increase in June’s State budget reports Doug Dingwall in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Where there’s smoke there’s culture
- NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, but over the years it has become the name of a week reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Getting it together for young people
- Alex McAlees, the Streetbeat Coordinator, and Heather Coull, Streetbeat Counsellor from South Sydney Youth Services, Redfern, were recently recognised for their work in supporting local teenagers with substance abuse problems at a state-wide forum for the Getting It Together Scheme. Community Services Minister, Linda Burney, personally thanked the workers while opening a forum in Sydney for all the services involved reports the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Surviving dialysis
- For about 30 years now I've been writing about other people – their jobs, their politics, their wins and losses, their births, their deaths and everything in between. Today I'm writing a little about me writes Denis Peters in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Staring down racism
- Gordon Syron is known as the “father of urban Aboriginal art”. His gritty, narrative style is direct, bold. Common motifs in his vivid oils and water-colours include black fairies and “red coats”, waratahs, wildflowers and native birds. Syron eschews “dots and dashes” in favour of a certain realism – the landscape scarred by the violence of invader-settlers, the politics of assimilation, reconciliation, casting white and black Australians in adversarial and ambiguous roles reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Platform 10 – a great initiative in Redfern
- The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association has been in George Street Redfern since the 1950s. In addition to its supported employment program it is now opening a creative initiative on Level 11, 1 Lawson Square, the building above the Redfern Police Station. This is especially impressive because it effectively meets at least two types of need. It is being funded by both Federal and NSW governments reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Pondering the art of Shireen Malamoo
- As a non-painter, I went into the exhibition at the Washhouse Gallery (in June) deliberately at a time when there would be no crowd or ambience of furtive assessment. I took my time and was rewarded accordingly reports Peter Griffin in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- From King Street to Wilson Street Artist profile: Maggie Stein
- Eve Gibson spoke with Newtown artist Maggie Stein who is currently a co-stallholder at the Eveleigh Artisans’ Market in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- No timeline for new train line
- The NSW Government recently announced the start of planning for the second Sydney Metro Rail line, called the West Metro. The train line, proposed to start at Central, will run through stations at Broadway-Sydney University, Camperdown, Leichhardt, Five Dock and on to Westmead reports Naomi Crain in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Temple Terraces to be repaired
- Each Chinese New Year, hundreds of people visit the historic Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria to celebrate. But last month, members of the Yiu Ming community gathered in Retreat Street for a different kind of celebration reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Mini Vinnies in Erskinville
- St Mary’s School in Erskineville commissioned its first Mini Vinnies group at an inauguration ceremony in June. Mini Vinnies is a program of the St Vincent de Paul Society which exists in primary schools in Australia, and the St Mary’s group is the first to open in the Sydney region reports Brendan Wong in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Bowling for Alexandria
- Tucked away behind Erskineville Oval, not altogether visible from the main road, is a quaint clubhouse reports Robert Morrison in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Northcott celebrates 25 years
- Let me admit my misgivings about the Northcott Estate, a block in Surry Hills I have visited once, rather timidly, in 25 years of living nearby. My callow prejudices were based on news reports, rumours or sordid stories about things that happened to this friend of a bloke at the pub who knows people that used to live there and reckon it’s dodgy as reports Peter Whitehead in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Letter from Lord Mayor to Member of Heffron regarding Aldi DAs
- The following letter from Clover Moore has been received by Heffron MP Kristina Keneally in reply to representations made about proposed Aldi Supermarkets in her electorate.
