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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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- Greens candidate: Irene Doutney
- Council elections will be held in September and the Greens are first to preselect candidates (Labor will announce candidates following its State Conference in early May). Chris Harris is the Greens Lord Mayoral candidate, with Irene Doutney number two on the ticket reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Writing on the wall for Housing Minister
- It was late last year. On learning that Matt Brown, Minister for Housing, was to tour Waterloo with members of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the SSH approached the Minister’s department for information reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Waterloo Green: not a safe place
- Public housing residents near Waterloo Green are exhausted and fearful in their own neighborhood, having to confront drug dealing and public drunkenness every day reports John Williams in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Fire in presbytery, claims of demolition by neglect
- A fire broke out in the presbytery of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern at 1.30am on March 19 reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Help on the way for Pemulwuy?
- The Aboriginal Housing Company wants the State Government to waive $180,000 in fees for its Pemulwuy Project for The Block, as the cash-strapped company edges closer to exhibiting what it said is a model for affordable housing reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Koori Radio returns to Redfern
- After years of wandering, Koori Radio prepares to come back home to Redfern. In 1982, 27-33 Cope Street was handed over to the Aboriginal Development Corporation after the Uniting Church Synod passed resolutions recognising Aboriginal claims to land rights reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Our day to talk about things, our way” – Babana hosts Men’s Health and Wellbeing Expo
- Rodd Island in Sydney's scenic inner-Harbour was crowded with over 100 men from across Sydney last month taking matters into their own hands reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Protesting “punitive” welfare reforms
- About 50 protestors crowded outside Redfern Centrelink offices on March 13 to protest the Government’s expansion of welfare reforms, aimed at Aboriginal communities. The reforms, which include the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments under a food ration system, are set to be exported to Queensland and Western Australia reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - April 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items which we have reported below:
- Doggie disappearances in Waterloo
- Having disappeared for more than three months Bronwhyn Bourke had almost given up hope of seeing her pet dog, Bridget, again reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Old Rovers set new records at Masters
- The hair is a little thinner, the waist line a touch thicker and the pace somewhat slower, but that didn’t stop the Alexandria Rovers over 35 team from making its debut in the official ARL Masters Rugby League Tournament held over four days on the Gold Coast in March reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- CarriageWorks Works
- Scott Wright Artistic Director of Erth Visual & Physical Inc wrote the following letter in the Central of 26 March 2008 in response to an earlier Central article on CarriageWorks.
- Aboriginal Men’s Health and Well-Being Information Day
- Over 100 men from across Sydney today attended an Aboriginal Mens’ Health Information Day on Rodd Island in Sydney’s picturesque inner-Harbour reports this media release from Babana Aboriginal Men’s Group Incorporated on Tuesday 25 March, 2008.
- Colleges soak up space in city and fringe areas
- THE character of the CBD is changing - a variety of new industries are entering the district once dominated by accounting, banking and finance firms reports Carolyn Cummins the Sydney Morning Herald’s Commercial Property Editor in the SMH of March 22, 2008.
- Community Harmony or Budget Sanctuary?
- This opinion piece by Ross Smith responds to the media release: “Iemma Government Targets Illegal Graffitti in Waterloo” of Wednesday, March 12, 2008. It appeared in the National Tenant Support Network’s weekly opinion email Rimfire Review 31 March 2008.
- Redfern and Waterloo Revitalisation by RWA or Not?
- This opinion piece by “Taz Devil” appeared in the National Tenant Support Network’s weekly opinion email Rimfire Review 31 March 2008.
- Committee to Decide
- This is the text of letter written by City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney in the Central of 19 March 2008 in response to last weeks letter on the Hillsong DA by Kristina Keneally MP.
- Police Stick to New Redfern Graffiti Plan
- A GRAFFITI-deterring initiative was launched in Waterloo last week by NSW Housing Minister Matt Brown, more than six months after it was requested by public housing residents and Redfern Police reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 19 March 2008.
- History in the Making - Indigenous Centre Proposed
- Sydney could soon become a world-class destination for Aboriginal heritage with a proposed indigenous history and culture centre gaining local support from figures including Aboriginal activist Mickey Mundine, who says Redfern is the perfect location reports Lisa Capozzi in the cover story of Central of 19 March 2008 with photos (including a front page of Mick Mundine and children on the AHC’s land at the Block) by Phil Rogers, Danielle Butters, AP.
- Tennis Great to serve on ILC board
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley, MBE, AO has never been a person to shrink from a challenge reports the Indigenous Land Corporation’s publication land matters summer edition 2008.
