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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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- Upgrades to public housing herald “new era”
- Public housing properties in Redfern and Waterloo will receive much-needed upgrades as part of the Federal Government’s stimulus package. NSW Housing Minister, David Borger, and Federal Housing Minister, Tanya Plibersek, made the announcement in Glebe last month with local member for Balmain, Verity Firth reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- SSH Editorial on Public Housing Maintenance
- The Federal Government’s stimulus package has delivered much-needed funds for repairs and maintenance to public housing properties across the State – including $3.8 million for repairs to 1,404 homes in Redfern and Waterloo says the South Sydney Herald Editorial of May 2009.
- SSH The Fast News - May 2009
- Trevor Davies in Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009 covers a number of items of interest to Redfern Waterloo including the future of secondary bus routes, RWA’s newe CEO, The Urban Taskforce on affordable housing and staff cuts planned for Erskineville and Redfern railway stations.
- New Metrobus Service for South Sydney
- I write with great news for South Sydney residents – a new Metrobus serving commuters in Rosebery, Zetland, Waterloo and Redfern writes Kristina Keneally in her add the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young people
- As its recent media release indicates, we learn that great things are planned for the new National Centre for Indigenous Excellence opening in George Street Redfern later this year. The NCIE, will become “the first multi-use complex to offer world class sport, education, art and cultural programs for young Indigenous people. Fostering talent and encouraging excellence, the NCIE will provide young people the foundations they need to succeed in their future endeavours.” reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Memorial for Mum Shirl and Father Ted
- In 2006, the year after Fr Ted Kennedy died, members of the community of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern approached Tom Bass and the sculpture studio school at Erskineville to design a memorial. This was followed by multiple meetings to discuss the nature of this project with Marnie Kennedy, Fr Ted’s sister, who continues his work in Redfern, and other members of the church community including Catherine de Lorenzo, Bronwyn Crosby and Danny Gilbert. Ann Weldon, Mum Shirl’s niece, came to the meetings when she was able reports Margo Hoekstra in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- There Goes The Neighbourhood Exhibition and book project
- Performance Space presents There Goes The Neighbourhood, a major curatorial commission and book project by local curators Zanny Begg and Keg de Souza. Exploring the global phenomena of gentrification through the local frame of Redfern, the curators have gathered artists, activists, philosophers, writers, architects, community groups and local planners around a common theme and within Sydney’s (and arguably, Australia’s) most contested suburb reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009
- Tearing it up at Fernside
- Not even the grey skies and looming rain could keep the scores of skateboarders and scooter riders away from the 10th Annual Fernside Skating Competition reports Alexander Fleming in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- More than your average footy club
- The new breed of inner city residents, who sit outside a café drinking their skim milk lattes, think that they are living the village life and have a great sense of community spirit. The true long-time locals will know that the inner city will never be a village made up of families who send their kids out of district for schooling and don’t participate in supporting their local sporting teams reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- The greatest!
- Well, howdy! So what’s happening in the wide, wide world of sports? Not since the heady days of 1964, when a young Cassius Clay stood over a prone Sonny Liston and declared to the world, “I am the greatest!” have we seen such confidence in a young sportsperson Report by Adrian Spry in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Councillors unite to support Affordable Housing Strategy
- On the issue of affordable housing, we may have a united City of Sydney Council. In fact, on this occasion, the smaller parties are publicly speaking out in defence of the Council’s Draft Affordable Housing Policy as developers move against the public interest reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Life after prison
- Christopher [not his real name] is a man who understands the hard-hitting effects of the criminal justice system reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Werewolves of London? No, the stylish goats of Redfern
- MANY comics will tell you that a "funny thing happened on the way to the gig", but Al Pitcher has got the photos to prove it. There is the picture of the street kid who mooned him in Glasgow, the photo of the mother throttling her child at a wedding in Melbourne, and the picture he took, just yesterday, of a man walking his pet goats through Redfern reports Tim Elliott in the 2May 2009 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald.
- Saying sorry is not enough
- The anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to Australia's aboriginal community has come and gone. What difference has it made? asks James Patterson in this article from openDemocracy.net
- Trust Action: North Eveleigh
- In early 2009, NSW Planning Minister Kristina Keneally approved the North Eveleigh Concept Plan writes Graham Quint in the National Trust Magazine (NSW) for May – July 2009.
- Rail staff cuts leave commuters at risk
- Staff cuts at train stations will leave commuters at risk, according to the Opposition and rail union reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Cental on 1 May 2009.
- Eye testing and fun at Redfern
- Children and their parents enjoyed free eye testing at Alexandria Park Community School recently when The Benevolent Society and Redfern Waterloo Authority sponsored a day of good health and family fun reports Kim Shaw in Central on 30 April 2009..
- Paddington rules the terrace house price league
- WHEN it comes to terraces, Paddington is indisputably No. 1. Data from Australian Property Monitors shows there were 55 terrace sales in Paddington for the year to February, for a median price of $1.23 million, a 4 per cent fall over over the previous 12 months reports Stephen Nicholls in the Sydney Morning Herald of 25 April 2009.
- NCIE Board, Newsletter and Website
- The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) released its first newsletter on 18 May 2009 which revealed the details of the new website www.ncie.org.au. The newsletter "I on Excellence" did not provide any of the expected details on the name change / change project focus to one of "excellence" and what the implications of this are for the local users. The newsletter gives no information about the NCIE Board but we have now received a belated media release on the new board which show Sol Bellear as the only local appointment with no local women's appointee. The newsletter is quite large and can not be searched or copied from so we have not put it on the REDWatch website - when it goes on the NCIE site we will link to it. The Board details are below:
- Sydney councillor’s call for Waterloo wet centre
- Sydney Greens councillor Irene Doutney is calling for the creation of a wet centre near Waterloo Green for alcohol-dependant locals reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 April 2009.
