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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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- Victory for Village Life - No Woolworths to be built in Erskineville
- ERSKINEVILLE residents have claimed victory in their fight to prevent a two-storey Woolworths supermarket being built at the Hive Complex on Erskineville Rd writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 21 May2008.
- An Opera House for Everybody - Applause for $5 tickets
- A CHARITABLE program that makes $5 Opera House tickets available to low-income earners is transforming lives with a dose of high culture reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 21 May2008.
- Budget: Health, Education Benefit - Windfall for local services
- THE Federal Budget, handed down last week, included almost $50 million for local universities and $50 million for cancer research at Camperdown writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 21 May 2008.
- Watpac wins Seven network construction project
- QUEENSLAND-based construction firm Watpac has won the contract to build the Seven Network's new $120 million headquarters in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern.
- Fee too much for Block project
- THE Aboriginal Housing Company has accused the Minister for Planning, Frank Sartor, of "trying to crucify" an ambitious housing plan for the Block in Redfern after his department refused to waive a $60,000 development application processing fee for the project reports Sunanda Creagh the Sydney Morning Heralds Urban Affairs Reporter on May 20, 2008.
- NSW urged to revive Block makeover
- The New South Wales Government is being pushed to waive a $60,000 fee to revive the Aboriginal Housing Company's stalled plan to rebuild The Block in inner Sydney reports ABC news on 20th May 2008.
- Holmes a Court to quit Souths
- JUST a few months after appointing himself executive chairman of the Rabbitohs, embattled South Sydney co-owner Peter Holmes a Court has revealed he will quit before the end of the season reports Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson in The Sunday Telegraph of May 18, 2008.
- Lord Mayor Comments on North Eveleigh Plans on Exhibition
- At City of Sydney Council Meeting Lord Mayor Clover Moore requested the City to prepare a submission examining a number of areas of concern about the proposed North Eveleigh plans. In her eNews of Friday 16 May 2008 she also made comment on the plans. REDWatch has detailed both below.
- Community Service Crisis
- SERIOUS concerns have been raised about the future of community services provided by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority when its funding runs out in less than two months.
- Facelift to make North Eveleigh a Cultural Hub
- A DRAMATIC plan for the redevelopment of North Eveleigh has been unveiled by Minister for Planning and Redfern-Waterloo, Frank Sartor. The site of the former Eveleigh rail yards wit? be transformed into 1260 apartments, markets, cafes and open space in a new draft concept plan for the site reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 14th May 2008.
- Pooley gets Labor’s nod for Town Hall
- SYDNEY Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Pooley has been endorsed as the Labor candidate for Lord Mayor in September's elections reports the Central of 14th May 2008.
- Last stop for old Eveleigh rail yards
- When 73-year-old Brian Dunnett heard about plans to redevelop the old North Eveleigh railway yards he was keen to check-out them out. How disappointed he was when he did reports Mick Roberts in City News - News / Sydney on 12th May 2008.
- The Great TRAIN ROBBERS still in business
- THIS IS VOLUNTEER’S WEEK, 12-18th MAY, 2008. There is no joy this week for the volunteers working at Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop with RailCorp doing everything possible to get rid of and close down their Heritage Rail operations writes volunteers associated with Eveleigh's Large.
- Liberal lashes nod to Keating
- A SYDNEY councillor has criticised a playground sculpture for featuring an extract from Paul Keating's Redfern speech, claiming the words were a "real guilt trip" to non-indigenous Australians who had already apologised to the Stolen Generations reports Ashleigh Wilson The Australian of May 08, 2008.
- Cooking up Dreams
- DARLINGTON'S Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training College is dishing up a potent mix of cooking and confidence-building that is helping local indigenous people find work in hospitality reports Inga Ting in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Vital Aboriginal Services Face Financial Threat
- THE Redfern Aboriginal Legal Service faces a service crisis unless the Federal Government increases funding in the next Federal Budget reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Locals Say No to Woolworths
- WOOLWORTHS has finally admitted to being behind a development application for a controversial supermarket in Erskineville vehemently opposed by locals reports Robert Burton-Bradley with in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Mums have their Say - Redfern mothers: our kids aren't safe in playgrounds
- A GROUP of Redfern Mothers is calling for enclosed playgrounds to be built in the suburb by Sydney Council, saying there is a shortage of secure places for children to play in Redfern reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Letters to the Editor - Central 7 May 2008
- The following letters in Central of 7 May 2008 dealt with Redfern Waterloo issues.
- Glebe to get 700 Affordable Units
- THE State Government and Sydney Council have announced a $260 million project to provide affordable housing to inner-city workers and families in an effort to tackle the city's housing crisis reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 7 May 2008.
