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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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- Plans drawn in black and white - 01.10.2005
- Elizabeth Farrelly in the SMH reports. There are uncomfortable echoes of the past in the battle over Redfern's future.
- The contempt for disrespect - 01.10.2005
- ROGER COOMBS in Saturday Interview in the The Daily Telegraph 1st October 2005 reports on Mick Mundine CEO of the Aboriginal Housing Company.
- Sol Bellear to lead new Aboriginal Authority - 21st September 2005
- Redfern Aboriginal Authority Media Release
- Sartor must change or stand aside - 21st September 2005
- Redfern Aboriginal Authority Media Release
- Mundine calls for Frank Sartor to step down - 20 September 2005
- Aboriginal Housing Company Media Statement
- City Unveils Vision for Redfern - 15 September 2005
- City of Sydney Media Release
- Burn to douse Redfern - 07.09.2005
- From the Inner West's Burwood to Inner City Redfern, Superintendent Catherine Burn takes up the fight. Report Cara Davis in September 7th 2005 Sydney Central Courier.
- Is Sartor taking the Micky? - 07.09.2005
- It's open-letter season on the future of The Block. Report Alexandra Walker in Sydney Central Courier
- Open letter from Michael Mundine to Frank Sartor Minister for Redfern Waterloo - 07.09.2005
- The following open letter appeared as an Exlcusive in Sydney Central Courier on 7th Septemeber 2005 in response to an open letter from Redfern Waterloo Minister Frank Sartor.
- What is the Pemulwuy Project?
- Many references are made these days to the Pemulwuy Project. For those who haven't access to its website, here is a summary of the plans which was published in the South Sydney Herald September 2005.
- Alan Jones throws his support behind The Block's Pemulwuy Project - 01.09.2005
- Alan Jones, 2GB broadcaster, has met with the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) and thrown his support behind their Pemulwuy Project. The project aims to replace deteriorated terrace housing on the Block with 62 new homes the South Sydney Herald September 2005 reports.
- Sartor refuses to budge on the Block - 29.08.05
- Tim Dick SMH Urban Affairs Reporter reports. In Frank Sartor's future for Redfern, everything is negotiable. Except the Block.
- Frank Sartor addresses public housing tenants
- South Sydney Herald August 2005 page 4 by Darcy Byrne
- Oval debate goes one more round - 15.07.2005
- Jane Shields in Southside News Issue 3/2005 Page 31 reports.
- Fear for future of historic court - 15.07.2005
- The closure and uncertain future of their 19th century courthouse has left Redfern people very unhappy. ELIAS JAHSHAN and NAMI KWON report. (Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 9)
- Deal to boost indigenous jobs in Redfern Waterloo - 15.07.2005
- Peta Fitzgerald Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 10 reports. An agreement between the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) and the main construction union has been reached in a bid to improve employment for Redfern's indigenous community.
- Sacred land and official secrets 15.07.2005
- In the early 1970s, many Aboriginal people living in Sydney were homeless and there was a serious overcrowding of what housing did exist. With no permanent housing they constantly faced eviction and racial discrimination in the private rent market. As a result of this lack of affordable housing, a group of Aboriginal people squatted in empty terraces on Louis Street in Redfern, in December 1972.
- How Moore's ‘kinda’onside with RWA - 15.07.2005
- The support of Sydney's Lord Mayor is vital for the success of the Redfern Waterloo redevelopment plan. But as DHEEPTHI NAMASIVAYAM finds out its not guaranteed. (Southside News issue 3/2005 page 10)
- Friend or foe Sartor has final say - 15.07.2005
- New South Wales Labor MP Frank Ernest Sartor, in his early years as a Sydney City councillor, described The Block in Redfern as: "the most difficult problem I have ever had to deal with". Today, as a minister, he heads the Redfern Waterloo Authority. JOE CORREY profiles the man who now has extraordinary power to change all of Redfern not just its notorious streets. (Southside News Issue 3/2005 pages 12-13)
- Pemulwuy inspires battle for The Block - 15.07.2005
- Pemulwuy was the Rainbow Warrior who in the late 1700s united Aboriginal clans to resist the British. This earned him the reputation as the most famous freedom fighter in Aboriginal history. Another battle is now brewing - this time between the NSW Government and the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC). The company has a plan to redevelop its prime land, The Block in Redfern. The Government has a plan to take over that development. Samantha Derrick Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 15.
