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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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- Urban Indigenous Body to Form
- SYDNEY Council is seeking applicants for its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel, the first of its kind in the city reports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 18 June 2008.
- Little Big Shots Stand Up to Bullies
- WATERLOO pupils will become movie stars when their DVD Good Dog Bad Dog tours the country as part of Little Big Shots, the largest film festival for kids in the Southern Hemisphere reports the Central of 18 June 2008.
- When the shed rules the heart
- TO lure Melbourne's Anna Schwartz to Sydney was always going to require an extraordinary gallery space reports Corrie Perkin in the Australian of June 13, 2008.
- Celebrating Aboriginal Culture
- The City is working towards greater cooperation and reconciliation with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by creating opportunities for cultural and economic sustainability reports CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 13 June 2008.
- ‘Ningla-a-Na’ - Screening of the 1972 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations
- Inner West Film Fanatics will screen the 16 mm print of NINGLA A-NA, (1972, 72 min) at the Petersham Bowling Club on Tuesday June 24th at 7.00 p.m. In 1972 at the peak of Aboriginal political militancy in Australia, two Italian brothers, Allessandro and Fabio Cavadini, made a film called ‘Ningla-a-Na’ about the 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations in Sydney and Canberra that year.
- The dirt on wonder worms
- It's easy to get a wriggle on when it comes to composting, writes Steve Dow in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 11, 2008. I have come to Redfern to see a man about some worms. A 250-gram, $30 package of 1000 of this man's red and tiger worms will get the party started.
- Redfern RSL Explores its Potential
- REDFERN RSL is now up for grabs to developers, and could potentially become an 18-storey building reports Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 11 June 2008g.
- Delay Costing Lives
- A HOUSING, educational and cultural plan for Redfern will save lives - and needs to be fast-tracked for senseless and violent deaths to stop, according to Aboriginal activist Mick Mundine reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.
- Woolworths takes fight to Erskinville
- THE developer behind a proposed two-storey supermarket for Erskineville has taken the matter to the Land and Environment Court after Sydney Council rejected his development application reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.
- Business booming in the City
- The City of Sydney is looking for the best of the best in small and medium businesses and is now calling for nominations for the 2008 City of Sydney Business Awards reports this media release from the City of Sydney of 10 June 2008.
- 3D virtual tour of North Eveleigh
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority is pushing ahead with its plans to redevelop the North Eveleigh site. The RWA recently held a community consultation at the proposed site, which presented the future plans in scale model and 3D virtual tour reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Making sense of a city
- Jack Carnegie steps over his dog, Carlo, a giddy fox terrier, and sets his latest photographic work on his desktop for a sneaky preview. Browsing through the shots, taken on a digital SLR camera, it’s clear his passion for photography goes hand in hand with a good eye. He has taken images that look so perfect they could be on a Christmas card reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- “I paint like I’m dreaming” - Artist Profile: Shireen Malamoo
- Born into the slave trade in Northern Queensland, where Islanders and Aboriginals were forced to work on cane farms, Shireen Malamoo made a break one day. It was a decision she would never look back on with regret reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - May 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008 has reported on some Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Indigenous inquiry says empowerment is key
- Later this month the Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in NSW will submit its interim report to parliament, with an underlying message to empower Indigenous communities reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Disappearing park signs
- Tony Pooley, City of Sydney Councillor and former Mayor of South Sydney, has been asking questions – questions as to why signs seem to be disappearing from parks and reserves of South Sydney reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Labor Lord Mayoral candidate, Tony Pooley
- Tony Pooley has served in the area of Local Government for eight years: four with South Sydney Council and four with the City of Sydney after the amalgamation of the two councils. Prior to that, he was engaged as a public servant with two different NSW Ministers and then as a staff person for the Australian Republican Movement reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.[ STOP PRESS: Since time of writing Tony Pooley has withdrawn as Labor's candidate for Lord Mayor. The new candidate is Dr. Meredith Burgmann - SSH].
- Bike to work
- It is 7.15 in the morning and a group of commuters are hitting their stride. Wilson Street is relatively quiet. The sun has just risen behind the terraces. The street is wide enough – and quiet enough – for everyone to talk as they ride. The pace is relaxed reports Samantha Walker in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Bermuda Triangle in Heffron?
- There is a novel website where you can find out which of your neighbours cares about global climate change and it calculates how much your behaviour is contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is called www.whoonearthcares.com and it is an initiative of the Australian Conservation Foundation reports Anna Christie in the Environment Column in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Gamarada – men of earth
- In Redfern, a group of Aboriginal men, and a Maori, have been trained and are running the Gamarada Men’s Self Healing Program reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
