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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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- Danger of refuge being destroyed in Block battle
- Perhaps the most wrenching moment in Bill Simon's autobiography, Back On The Block, is when, as a young man, he meets the mother from whom he was stolen as a child. Throughout his wretched teen years, No.33, as he was in Kinchela Boys' Home, had sustained himself and his three younger brothers on hopes of reunion. But when the moment comes she barely knows him. Worse, he finds himself unable - ever - to forgive her failure to protect them writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18 June 2009.
- Rein launches book on Stolen Generations
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's wife Therese Rein has visited The Block at the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern to launch a book about the Stolen Generations reported ABC news on 16 June 2009.
- Minister grabs power to make heritage history
- HISTORIC buildings could be taken off the heritage list and redeveloped after the NSW Government changed laws protecting them writes Matthew Benns in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 14 2009.
- Sandstone on hold at Sydney University
- THE global financial crisis has hit Sydney University finances hard and may force it to delay some of its ambitious building program reports Rebecca Woolley on 9 June 2009.
- Living lab proposal takes shape
- A DEAL to build a software laboratory in Sydney where businesses can find answers to real-world problems on the fly has inched closer to a result with a proposal landing on the desk of Industry Minister Kim Carr reports Stuart Kennedy in the Australian of June 09, 2009
- Surviving institutional abuse
- Bill Simon is a pastor working in the heart of Redfern. Back on the Block is the story of his life, simply told writes Andrena Jamieson in Eureka Street on 5 June 2009.
- Council plans for a new Darlington
- Councillor John McInerney responds to the May SSH article on Abercrombie Street, Darlington in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Makeover for South Sydney Youth Services
- South Sydney Youth Services’ main facility will be upgraded next year to provide better resources for supporting young people in the community. The redevelopment of the building at Waterloo Oval will be funded in a joint venture between Federal and Local Government, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government Anthony Albanese announced last month reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Making our suburbs safe
- The City of Sydney staff has done a very good job developing safety plans for Redfern, Waterloo and Glebe. City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone, explains the background in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- The Fast News - Compiled by Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Down but not out in Darlington
- Less than a year ago, Darlington resident Doug Hughes lived more than a comfortable life. As a marketing executive for a global broking company, he received a handsome six-figure salary and travelled the world on business trips where “no expense was spared reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009”.
- A spirited journey - Talking with Louise Hamilton
- We began by strolling around the grounds of the Alexandria Park Community Junior School as Louise Hamilton showed us an Aboriginal mural which had been painted on the fence more than 40 years before. As she stood in front of it for our photograph, I saw a strong spirited Aboriginal woman reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Redfern has its say on human rights
- On May 7, around 30 people from a range of backgrounds heard expert views at a Community Consultation on Human Rights at Redfern Town Hall reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Whose responsibility?
- Society has no respect for itself. Well, that’s the perception held by New South Wales’ top cop, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione. And it is because of this epidemic of self-loathing that society has attempted to medicate itself with alcohol. The mix of the two creates a concoction for excessive violence across Sydney every weekend. According to the Commissioner, the only method of dealing with this issue is with the brute force of the NSW police writes Nicholas McCallum in this opinion piece in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Welfare services feel the pinch
- The recession is continuing to challenge inner-city welfare groups as unemployment rises and more people seek support reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Changes a-comin’ down the track
- A Rail Corp review of City Rail staffing levels is currently underway at Redfern and Erskineville stations, causing local concern about potential cuts in station staff reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Rosebery residents say no to “mega depot”
- The Rosebery Residents Action Group was formed a few years ago in reaction to Hillsong Church’s plan to put a 2,700-seat auditorium in the old RTA site at Rosebery and to operate from 7am to 10.30pm seven days a week. Now the Action Group is battling the City of Sydney, which, it says, is planning “a regional depot for 5.30am garbage compactors, street sweepers throughout the night and 24-hour Council Rangers” Reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Weekend markets – a way out of recession?
- In an age of super-sized shopping centres and purchasing goods online, the humble weekend market is growing more popular than ever. Each weekend thousands of people flock to Glebe, Paddington, Kings Cross and Eveleigh markets to shop, eat and immerse themselves in the energy of the local community reports Todd Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Speculation on Broadway
- Two years ago to the month the SSH reported the eviction of tenants from the Carlton & United Breweries site on Broadway. In the same month, the site was purchased for development by Frasers Property reports Ann Deslandes in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Supermarket 2 – residents to fight again
- The community of Erskineville is again fighting plans to build a supermarket, despite the earlier rejection of an application by the same developers. The operators, identified as Thomas Dux/Woolworths, plan to build on the corner of Erskineville Road and Gowrie Street, which is also the same site proposed in 2008 by the original application reports Tara Cliff ord in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
