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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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- 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.
- Redfern Drug Bust
- SEVENTEEN people were arrested last week in an operation targeting street-level drug supply and drug use in Redfern reports the Central of 7 May 2008.
- Frasers Broadway plan greener, bigger
- Frasers Property announced on April 8 that it proposes to alter the approved concept plan for the former CUB brewery site. Central to the proposed change is to build Australia’s first six-star green precinct with a target of 100% carbon neutrality reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Some concerns over plans for North Eveleigh
- Sweeping developments proposed by the Redfern Waterloo Authority to transform the North Eveleigh rail yards have been met with tepid approval from local community inspectors REDWatch reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Unsung heroes remembered and honoured
- To the sounds of the didgeridoo and cheering onlookers, Indigenous soldiers, their families and supporters walked through the streets of Redfern on Anzac Day, in what was the second annual Coloured Diggers March reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Dreaming Man
- Housed in an unassuming Redfern warehouse is one of the most remarkable art collections you could ever hope to see reports Cassy Cochrane in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Young Mob impresses at Youth Awards in Redfern
- The City of Sydney Betty Makin Youth Awards ceremony took place recently at Redfern Town Hall, with a huge crowd in attendance reports Darcy Byrne in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Local resident wants ATP to turn it down
- Bill Sheridan, a long-term resident of Darlington, has an axe to grind with the Australian Technology Park in Redfern: he says noise from parties held there has been keeping him up at night reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- MTV at the ATP
- The MTV Awards came to Sydney on April 26, the location: The Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh. Stepping out in designer outfits, stilettos or black leather were a mixed bunch of local and international talent reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald May 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 May 2008 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Alcohol-feulled violence is worst in the City
- Trendy night spots in the booming pub districts of East Sydney the City are recording a higher number of alcohol-related violent crimes than Redfern reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
