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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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- Spanish community care
- Despite the fact that the Spanish language is the sixth most spoken in Australia, there is a distinct lack of facilities and programs which cater to the largely ageing Spanish community. The Spanish Community Care Association (SCCA), since being awarded a grant from the Sydney City Council late last year, has begun to dissolve the social and financial barriers that have left many alienated from the greater community reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Spinifex – a Darlington business at the cutting edge
- Technological advances in display devices mean that LED screens can match the height of an Olympic stadium and wrap around irregular shapes while beaming interactive content. “LED screens are now more flexible,” says Tracey Taylor, executive producer for Spinifex, a locally based Design and Communications Agency reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Piecemeal approach to issues of domestic violence
- News the State Government has allocated $12,060 to the Redfern Legal Centre to educate female victims of domestic violence is evidence of a piecemeal approach, says a local Redfern woman in the know reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Food sustainability in Chippendale
- Since August, Chippendale residents and businesses have been buying their fruit and vegetables direct from farms within 100km of Sydney. On Saturday October 11, they will showcase their environmentally friendly approach at the Food for the Future sustainable food fair reports Alex Mackenzie in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- The rise and demise of Frank Sartor
- While I was away Frank Sartor resigned as a Cabinet Minister. Frank started his career in politics in Newtown as a community activist fighting in relation to appropriate development. Fast News spoke to Bill Sheridan last month and he reminded me of some of the history of the inner city and the former minister reports Trevor Davies in The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Step it up and go
- With Australia now having the highest rate of obesity in the world, four South Sydney locals have taken control of their own waistlines by starting a running group reports Alex Mackenzie in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Homelessness in Sydney an “epidemic”
- The number of people who are sleeping rough in Sydney is rising, and substantial increases in funding and housing are required to address the problem, says Lisa Burns of the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) reports Vanessa Watson in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Hospital site “for the benefit of local residents”
- There is much anxiety among members of the South Sydney community regarding the future of the site where the now derelict Royal South Sydney hospital stands. In June this year, Lord Mayor Clover Moore admitted that the Hillsong Church had expressed interest in the site after its DA for the former RTA site was knocked back. Local residents were concerned that the church would possibly be relocated just up the road on the site where the hospital once operated reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- City artists score prime studio space
- It was once a fire station, and was even a police impound at one point. Now the old Kent Brewery site in Chippendale has entered its next phase: multi-disciplinary art space reports Caroline Lai in City News of 5th October 2008.
- Chippo locals become sustainable heroes
- Chippendale will be divided into four “paddocks” during the Food for the Future fair this Saturday reports Alex McDonald in City News of 5th October 2008.
- City councillor who turned her life around
- City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney has been in and out of mental institutions throughout her life. Having been stricken by depression and eating disorders, she sees it as her responsibility to provide a voice for those who are unable to speak for themselves reports Peach Emmett in City News on 5th October 2008.
- Redfern residents kept in the dark over asbestos removal
- More asbestos has been unearthed after construction began on the old Redfern Public school in Cope Street. Residents are concerned for their health as contamination levels exceed what was originally reported reports Patrick Billings in City News of 5th October 2008.
- Construction imminent: Redfern's new community health centre
- Construction is about to begin on the community health centre at the former Redfern police station and courthouse site. Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) general manager, Petar Vladeta said the community health centre has now been approved by the Department of Planning. “I understand that a builder has been appointed and that construction will commence shortly,” he said reports Dheepthi Namasivayam in City News on 3rd October 2008.
- Time to Rethink Redfern Waterloo Authority: REDWatch
- Resident action group REDWatch says it is time to rethink the Redfern Waterloo Authority model and what will come next in this media release of 2nd October 2008.
- The GhosTrain Project – audio-portraits of the Redfern Locomotive & Eveleigh Carriage Works
- Nigel Helyer is the current ABC Radiophonic Fellow, working on the GhosTrain project.This new project aims to create a series of audio-portraits of the Redfern Locomotive & Eveleigh Carriage Works encompassing the oral histories and acoustic ecologies of Industrial culture. The works will be broadcast on ABC Radio National and be available as Podcasts. Future phases of the project will see the audio material transformed into a Sound-Sculpture installed throughout the CarriageWorks and also developed as a GPS guided Heritage Audio Tour of the site.
- Bloc tactics at council meeting
- Councillor Marcelle Hoff has been elected Deputy Lord Mayor at a meeting dominated by Clover Moore's Independent team reports Alex McDonald in City News on 30th September 2008.
- Peter's backing out of the rabbit hole
- Peter Holmes a Court's plan for a debt-free Souths leagues club hasn't worked out that way, writes Roy Masters at LeaugeHQ and in the Sydney Morning Herald on September 20, 2008.
- Green Square planning rules on the table
- The redevelopment of Green Square has reached an important milestone, with council releasing its updated planning guidelines for the $1.7 billion project reports Alex McDonald in City News of 27th September 2008..
- Combined Chippendale Community Groups Update - 25th September 2008
- This is the text of the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups Chippendale News of 25th September 2008.
- Next step for the Pemulwuy Project
- The Pemulwuy Project has finally reached exhibition stage and it is now a waiting game for approval. According to Peter Valilis of the Aboriginal Housing Company, “the only reason the project would be knocked back is because the powers that be do not want Aboriginal people back on the Block” reports Elizabeth Hope on Webdiary on 24th September 2008.
