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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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- Sartor Should Save Blacksmith’s Shop
- Minister for Redfern-Waterloo Frank Sartor should step in to save the historic blacksmiths shop at the Australian Technology Park (ATP) at Redfern, according to NSW Greens MP, Sylvia Hale in this media release of 6th August 2008.
- Sydney Council elections - four years on and Clover wants more
- Four years in office has failed to dampen Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s enthusiasm for the job, so the independent councillor and state MP is ready to work to keep her title in September’s local government elections reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 6th August 2008.
- Brian Dunnett Replies to Robert Domm on North Eveleigh
- Below are some comments from Brian Dunnett on a letter that is currently on the Redwatch site from Robert Domm in reply to an article that has been written in response to the SMH's "Battle Stations for North Eveleigh" on August 2 and Brian Dunnett's letter "Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past" that was published in the SMH on the 4th August.
- RWA Letter to Editor on North Eveleigh & ATP Blacksmith
- This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH's "Battle Stations for North Eveleigh" on August 2 and Brian Dunnett's letter "Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past".
- Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past
- The efforts of the head of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Robert Domm, to evict the blacksmith from the heritage Eveleigh Technology site should alarm all communities in NSW - not just heritage supporters ("Battle stations for Eveleigh," August 2-3) writes Brian Dunnett in this letter to the Sydney Morning Herald of 4th August 2008.
- Children, as young as 12, using illegal drug ice
- SYDNEY children as young as 12 are experimenting with the highly dangerous drug ice because they see it as glamorous, senior police say reports Kara Lawrence in The Daily Telegraph of 4th August 2008.
- North Eveleigh campus could mean homes for cash-strapped students
- Students would have a better chance of finding an affordable home if Sydney University’s North Eveleigh campus becomes a reality reports Andrew Newman in City news of 3rd August 2008..
- Last-ditch effort to save a piece of rail history
- Wrought Artworks is holding an Open Day on August 17 to muster support for the ATP-based blacksmithing business, threatened with eviction by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Anne Von Fehrn & Alex McDonald in City news of 3rd August 2008
- Bulldozing the past
- Down-at-heel housing estates in the inner city and on the western fringes are fighting back, writes Michael Duffy in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.
- Souths likely to reject ban on pokies
- THE grandiose vision of the Rabbitohs NRL part-owner Peter Holmes a Court to have a poker machine-free South Sydney leagues club is expected to be scuppered at a vote of the membership on August 17 reports Andrew Clennell State Political Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.
- Battle stations for Eveleigh
- In a city bursting at the seams, everyone has designs on this Redfern icon, writes Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.
- Introducing Robert Kok - CoS Councillor
- Robert Kok was elected as a Councilor of the City of Sydney Council on the Clover Moore Independents ticket and below we reproduce an Introduction to him as a candidate from Clover's enews of Friday 1 August 2008 - No. 408
- What next for North Eveleigh?
- This item from CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 1 August 2008 - No. 408 follows up from the Community Forum of 26th july 2008.
- Your Word: Who controls Babana?
- The independence, or not, of Aboriginal organisations is always an important part of how we perceive them and also how we deal with people who represent those organisations writes Don Clark in Babana News August 2008.
- Racism helps to ease the whitewash of Redfern
- I'm walking the dog. It's evening rush hour, near Redfern station. A young couple wobbles by like escapees from a three-legged race, giggling because she has new, less-than-sensible shoes and at day's end can barely walk. "Take them off," I suggest. He glares, wondering perhaps which "them" I mean. I smile, add "go barefoot". He focuses momentarily, decides I'm harmless (wrong), answers for her: "Not round here. Not with the Abos everywhere, all the needles in the streets. Be all right when they get rid of the blacks" writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 30, 2008.
- Block Party a Success
- Saturday’s Reclaim the Block festival has been declared a success by organisers and residents, who wanted to reclaim their streets from the drugs and antisocial behaviour the area is known for reports the Central of 30th July 2008.
- ‘Mainstream’ Mallard
- SYDNEY Liberal councillor Shayne Mallard has positioned himself as the mainstream alternative to a trio of "big-spending left-wing politicians" vying for the Lord Mayoralty reports Menios Constantinou in Central of 30th July 2008.
- Made up to shine
- A Hillsong self-esteem program which encourages girls as young as 10 to wear make-up and aspire to professions including waitressing and hairdressing is being taught in Redfern-Waterloo schools, alarming teachers, parents and health workers reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 30 July 2008.
- Sartor gives top job to ex-chief of staff
- THE Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, has appointed one of his former chiefs-of-staff as the new boss of the government agency in charge of billions of dollars worth of land on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour reports Jano Gibson Urban Affairs Reporter in the Sydney morning Herald of July 28, 2008.
- Lord Mayor Letter to Residents about North Eveleigh
- This letter was distributed in the lead up to the Saturday, 26 July 2pm meeting at CarriageWorks Track 8 about the proposed meeting and the City's concerns about the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan.
