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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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- Chippendale to become a “students’ playground”
- Concerned by spiralling numbers of students at The University of Notre Dame (UND) in Chippendale, residents have used Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to access the university’s long-term development plans reports Emma Rugg in the City News of 19 February 2009.
- Redfern is ‘the new Stalingrad’
- Locals are calling it ‘Stalingrad’ – the concept plan now approved by the Department of Planning to drive the development of the old Eveleigh railyards along Wilson Street between Redfern and Newtown reports Michael Gormly in City News of 19 February 2009.
- Former CUB site gets development tick
- THE New South Wales Government has given the green light to the $1.3 billion redevelopment of Sydney's old Kent Brewery site which has the potential to create 6700 jobs reports AAP on 19 February 2009 in the Australian.
- Redfern and Waterloo safer
- Redfern and Waterloo are becoming safer according to an evaluation of the area’s first Safety Plan recently released by the City of Sydney reports Emma Rugg in City News of 18 February 2009.
- Untie your chi for free
- City Council has started offering free tai chi classes at parks in several suburbs, eliciting mixed responses from local businesses. The classes, provided by not-for-profit organisation SHARE, aim to provide a cheap exercise option for senior city residents. They began in late January, taking place in Eddie Ward Park on Tuesday and Victoria and Redfern Parks on Wednesday reports Matt Carr in City news 18 February 2009.
- Unholy row to erupt again?
- SOUTH SYDNEY residents are preparing for another period of uncertainty after Hillsong leader Brian Houston said the Christian group was "going to put all [its] efforts" into expanding its activities into Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18th February 2009.
- Stories to Sing
- THE team behind the SBS series The First Australians has set to work on a new documentary about the indigenous history of Redfern writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18 February 2009.
- Welcome to our land
- Allen Madden believes knowing the past is the key to a better future for all Australians, writes TERRY SMYTH in The Sun Herald Extras of 15 February 2009.
- Justice for TJ!
- One hundred people marched through Redfern on February 14 to mark the fifth anniversary of the death of a young local Aboriginal man, TJ Hickey writes Aaron Benedek in Green Left Weekly of 15 February 2009.
- Eveleigh Market is bursting with Fresh Food and Artistic Flair
- Sydney’s newest market destination is gearing up for a big weekend – with the 2009 season launch of the weekly Eveleigh Farmers’ Market and the monthly Sunday Eveleigh Artisans’ Market says this media release from Eveleigh markets of 12 February 2009.
- Mundine spoils for a stronger apology
- "THE MAN" is not known for pulling punches. And Anthony Mundine is not about to start on the eve of the first anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to the stolen generation writes Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of 11 February 2009.
- Do you live in a crime hotspot?
- Have you had your car stolen in Pyrmont or been the victim of robbery somewhere around Central Station? Figures contained in the City Council’s Draft Glebe Community Safety Plan show that certain parts of the inner city are more prone to specific types of crime than others reports Michael Gormley in City News of 11 February 2009.
- Black Stars in a First for the Block
- REDFERN is preparing for a brawl this week when the Indigenous Boxing Academy hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boxers including former Rabbitoh Joe Williams reports Angus Street in the central of 11 February 2009.
- Night of the Black Stars rocks the Block
- The ‘House Full’ sign went up at the Bigtop tent on Black Friday night as Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture made a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern with the first ‘Night of the Black Stars’ reports Michael Gormley in City News of 19 February 2009.
- Souths return to Redfern Oval
- RUSSELL Crowe remembers what the old Redfern Oval used to look like. But he specifically remembers its sound reports Andrew Webster on 9 February 2009 in the Daily Telegraph.
- Notre Dame University Misleads Community Over Its Expansion
- In their 7 Fenruary 2009 Chippendale News the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups report on Notre Dame University expansion plans and a key DA just ending exhibition.
- Builders oust bankers in Australia's posh suburbs, while blue-collar areas move upmarket
- THE social structures of some of Australia’s wealthiest suburbs could deteriorate as quickly as their house prices, while "underdog" locales become increasingly gentrified reports Mark Schliebs on NEWS.com.au on 6 February 2009.
- National Indigenous Development Centre Update - Feb 2009
- This update was produced by the ILC and Tyford Consulting in February 2009 for the National Indigenous Development Centre (NIDC) and the YMCA's role in the NIDC.
- Roy Wakelin-King Appointed New CEO of Redfern-Waterloo Authority
- The Minister for Redfern Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, today announced the appointment of Mr Roy Wakelin-King as the new CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports this Ministerial media statement of 5 February 2009.
- Gordon Syron To Thank SBS & Promote Keeping Place
- Please join us in true spirit on Thursday, the 12th of February, where Uncle Gordon Syron, an Elder from the Worimi and Biripi Nations is congratulating SBS on the documentary series "First Australians" by donating a painting. This painting is similar to the painting that saw Syron win the "COFA Professional 2008 NSW Parliamentary Prize for Indigenous Art" reads this media release from the Keeping Place Committee.
