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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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- Councillor criticises brewery redevelopment plan
- City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney says an amended development proposal for the old Kent Brewery site at Broadway largely ignores the New South Wales Government's concept plan reports ABC News of 9th April 2008.
- World's biggest home brew - and room for 13,000 at the inn
- BUILDING of one of the biggest urban renewal projects in Sydney for decades could start as early as next year, with the Singapore developer Stanley Quek expected to lodge an amended masterplan soon with the State Government for the old brewery site in Chippendale reports Wendy Frew the Urban Affairs Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of April 9, 2008.
- Minister Reviews Revised CUB Proposal
- New proposals claiming to transform the old Carlton and United Brewery into Sydney's most environmentally-friendly development precinct were outlined today at a presentation to Planning Minister Frank Sartor reporets this media release from The Hon Frank Sartor MP Minister for Planning and Minister for Redfern Waterloo.
- “Green and Mega Big” - Former CUB site - Amended Plans
- “Green and Mega Big”, is how we thought best described the amended Concept Plan for the former CUB site we saw tonight reports this update from Coalition Chippendale Community Groups on 8th April 2008.
- Green precinct plan for Sydney brewery
- A $2 billion plan has been unveiled to turn a disused central Sydney brewery into Australia's greenest urban precinct, housing up to 13,000 workers and residents reports AAP’s Danny Rose on 8th Aprril 2008.
- Redfern the latest fringe attraction
- LOW vacancy rates across all capital cities should continue because of limited supply coming on line, property trust analysts say reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of 5 April 2008.
- New "green" plans for former brewery site revealed
- Amid strong public criticism, owners of the former CUB site at Broadway have been forced to revise their original development plans to include a raft of new environmentally-friendly initiatives writes Roje Adaimy in The City News April 5 2008.
- Teams make way for Precincts
- A RADICAL restructure of local Police Accountability Community Team meetings has begun, after criticism that they were closed to the public and lacked transparency reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 2 April 2008.
- Redfern Revamp Stresses Culture, Business
- AN indigenous cultural centre attracting international visitors is just one of the ideas put forward for Redfern in the Sydney Council 2030 plan for the city's future reports Central of 2 April 2008.
- Hills Heightened
- A MAJOR revitalisation of Surry Hills is flagged in Sydney Council's visionary 2030 plan. Improved transport connections to surrounding suburbs, retail revitalisation and a major redevelopment of Central station are among the plan's proposals reports Central of 2 April 2008.
- On ya bike, Sydney! New cycleway for the CBD
- Cycling is experiencing a renaissance in Sydney at the moment. But as more people express an interest in cycling, Sydney’s CBD is in desperate need of a cycle makeover reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Can Kevin help Sydney’s homeless?
- Jake Hawkes, 31, was once a chef. He is now one of hundreds of Sydneysiders who wait on the public housing list for a place to live reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Erskineville “not a village in need of a supermarket”
- The Lord Mayor Clover Moore and five City of Sydney Councillors met with Erskineville residents on Saturday March 15 to discuss the development proposal of a Woolworths supermarket at the north-western fringe of the village reports Benjamin Tedeschi in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Locals star in Erskineville Stories
- Saturday March 8. When Carl Schwartz opened the night’s program, on behalf of Erskineville Stories director Annie Kennedy and her team, he probably didn’t expect to see about 3000 people sitting in front of him on the grass of Erskineville Park waiting in happy anticipation! They were all ages – some old-time residents returned from far away and many people from present-day Erko with their friends and families. It was a perfect night reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Rosebery residents take action
- Rosebery would have been considered a sleepy little suburb, once upon a time. But lately its residents have been appropriately puffing their feathers and making a lot of noise about the proposed development of a massive Hillsong Church entertainment centre and bible college reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Historic Rachel Forster Hospital
- I read with interest the story about the Rachel Forster site (SSH February ’08) Writes Neil Whitfield in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Dry” alcohol support service
- In a letter to the editor Don Stewart from the RWA clarifies that the RWA supports a “dry” alcohol centre for Redfern Waterloo.
- Excessive noise from ATP
- Not for the first time, a function was held at the ATP on Tuesday March 18 which exceeded legal noise levels, causing stress to residents Writes Janice Murphy in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Sydney University plans to expand
- The University of Sydney may well be the best and biggest in town, although it should be known that it has plans to grow even bigger. With its current landmass large enough to be deemed its own suburb, Sydney Uni has, for some time, been vying for the area currently occupied by the tiny and unsung suburb of Darlington reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Darlington and Florence!
- “500 houses were knocked down before people realised what was happening,” says Flo. When residents became aware of what was going on – that the University was buying up and taking over – a community meeting was called. “This street was saved,” she says reports Katherine Keefe in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
