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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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- All roads lead to the city
- Kristina Keneally has taken the axe to the transport blueprint of her predecessor, cancelling the proposed metro network to spend the money on expanding the heavy rail system reports Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 February 2010.
- Free one month art mecca in Sydney from March 25
- A MONTH-long free art mecca celebrating original works from Sydney's city fringe will be held from March 25 reports Nick Soon in the Blacktown Sun of 22 February 2010.
- New Express Rail Services for Western Sydney - 21 February 2010
- Premier Kristina Keneally today (21 February 2010) announced the $4.53 billion Western Express CityRail Service – a dedicated rail track to slash travelling times from western Sydney to the CBD reports this Media Release from Premier Keneally.
- Keneally Creates Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority
- Premier Kristina Keneally on February 21 2010 announced the State Government would set up a Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority – to drive future transit-oriented development and urban renewal.
- Pilot for Stronger and Safer High Rise Public Housing
- A $12 million three-year program – which includes "concierge" style front desk staff, on the ground maintenance teams, and extra security measures, especially at night - will be trialled at six Waterloo high-rise public housing buildings to improve safety for their 1,500 residents reports this media release from the NSW Premier on 19 February 2010.
- Sell-off in the city sees Seven join the rush
- SYDNEY residential and mixed-use developments worth more than $1 billion are being put up for sale, including the Seven Network's Epping site and John Beville's $800 million revamped Top Ryde City complex, which is expected to carry a price tag of about $250m writes Bridget Carter in the Australian of 18 February 2010.
- Crime drop in Redfern 'random'
- A recent drop in crime committed by Aboriginal youth in Redfern is probably "nothing more than a random variation" and not a sign of the success of government policy, a criminologist said yesterday reports Geesche Jacobsen Crime Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald on 16 February 2010.
- Redfern shows plunge in crime
- On the sixth anniversary of the Redfern riots, the NSW government says the inner Sydney suburb is on the up and up reports AAP on 15 February 2010 in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- The changing face of Redfern and Waterloo: Crime Down, Housing Prices Up, Jobs and Opportunity for the community
- Independent data shows that the partnership approach set up by the NSW Government and the local community is transforming Redfern and Waterloo reports this media release reports this media release from the NSW Premier on 15 February 2010.
- Tear Down The Barbed Wire Of Discrimination
- In all of Australia's modern history, the crime of silence accompanies the death, destruction and denial that obliterates the rights of indigenous people writes Jeff McMullen in the Age of 15 February 2010.
- ‘Stop the intervention’ protests
- Rallies against the Northern Territory intervention into Aboriginal communities took place across Australia on February 13. In Sydney, 350 people rallied at the Redfern Community Centre where they were met by 80 Aboriginal activists and supporters who walked 17km from La Perouse. Speakers included Irene Fisher, an Aboriginal health worker with the NT’s Sunshine Health Service, and Greens MLC Lee Rhiannon reports Green Left on 13 February 2010.
- Macklin heckled on apology anniversary
- Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin has defended the federal government's intervention policy after being heckled during a speech to mark the second anniversary of the apology to indigenous Australians reports Britt Smith on 12 February 2010 for AAP in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- Focusing on Excellence
- For far too long the nation’s focus has been on Aboriginal disadvantage rather than their positive contributions to Australian society writes Ehssan Veiszadeh in City News on 11 February 2010.
- Sydney gets its own Central Park
- It already has a Hyde Park, to match its namesake in London. Now, Sydney is seemingly turning to New York for inspiration, with the new public space approved this week for part of the former Carlton and United Breweries site on Broadway provisionally given the name ‘Central Park’ reports Shant Fabricatorian in City News on 11 February 2010.
- Former CUB Site To Create 1200 Jobs, $6m
- Construction is to begin shortly on the redevelopment of the former Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) site at Broadway, in Sydney following the approval of the site’s $6 million main public park and associated infrastructure reports Annette Shailer in The Shout on 10 February 2010.
- Watpac completes $140m project in Sydney
- Heritage at risk - Sylvia Hale
- The preservation and enhancement of our heritage is a central component of the Greens’ philosophy because the protection of our natural, cultural and built environments is a central tenet of ecological sustainability, a principle that underlines our approach to all policy writes Sylvia Hale in the National Trust (NSW) Magazine and reproduced on the Communist Party of Australia Website.
- Old brewery site to become Sydney park
- Where they rolled out the barrel for more than 150 years, they'll soon be rolling, cutting and watering lawn. The lawn will sit amid acres of tranquil parkland on the edge of Sydney's CBD - the former site of Carlton and United's Broadway brewery reports AAP in the Sydney Morning Herald of 8 February 2010.
- The touching gesture he'll always remember
- IT WAS the moment a cinematic gladiator reduced a footballing warrior to tears. Before his first match for the Rabbitohs - a trial game against Manly before a few hundred diehard fans - Russell Crowe escorted Sam Burgess to the southern end of Redfern Oval writes Glenn Jackson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 8 February 2010.
- RWA UPDATE Issue #4 - 8th February 2010
- This is the RWA’s electronic Update which was issued on 8 February 2010.
