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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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- Surviving dialysis
- For about 30 years now I've been writing about other people – their jobs, their politics, their wins and losses, their births, their deaths and everything in between. Today I'm writing a little about me writes Denis Peters in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Staring down racism
- Gordon Syron is known as the “father of urban Aboriginal art”. His gritty, narrative style is direct, bold. Common motifs in his vivid oils and water-colours include black fairies and “red coats”, waratahs, wildflowers and native birds. Syron eschews “dots and dashes” in favour of a certain realism – the landscape scarred by the violence of invader-settlers, the politics of assimilation, reconciliation, casting white and black Australians in adversarial and ambiguous roles reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Platform 10 – a great initiative in Redfern
- The Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association has been in George Street Redfern since the 1950s. In addition to its supported employment program it is now opening a creative initiative on Level 11, 1 Lawson Square, the building above the Redfern Police Station. This is especially impressive because it effectively meets at least two types of need. It is being funded by both Federal and NSW governments reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Pondering the art of Shireen Malamoo
- As a non-painter, I went into the exhibition at the Washhouse Gallery (in June) deliberately at a time when there would be no crowd or ambience of furtive assessment. I took my time and was rewarded accordingly reports Peter Griffin in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- From King Street to Wilson Street Artist profile: Maggie Stein
- Eve Gibson spoke with Newtown artist Maggie Stein who is currently a co-stallholder at the Eveleigh Artisans’ Market in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- No timeline for new train line
- The NSW Government recently announced the start of planning for the second Sydney Metro Rail line, called the West Metro. The train line, proposed to start at Central, will run through stations at Broadway-Sydney University, Camperdown, Leichhardt, Five Dock and on to Westmead reports Naomi Crain in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Temple Terraces to be repaired
- Each Chinese New Year, hundreds of people visit the historic Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria to celebrate. But last month, members of the Yiu Ming community gathered in Retreat Street for a different kind of celebration reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Mini Vinnies in Erskinville
- St Mary’s School in Erskineville commissioned its first Mini Vinnies group at an inauguration ceremony in June. Mini Vinnies is a program of the St Vincent de Paul Society which exists in primary schools in Australia, and the St Mary’s group is the first to open in the Sydney region reports Brendan Wong in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Bowling for Alexandria
- Tucked away behind Erskineville Oval, not altogether visible from the main road, is a quaint clubhouse reports Robert Morrison in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Northcott celebrates 25 years
- Let me admit my misgivings about the Northcott Estate, a block in Surry Hills I have visited once, rather timidly, in 25 years of living nearby. My callow prejudices were based on news reports, rumours or sordid stories about things that happened to this friend of a bloke at the pub who knows people that used to live there and reckon it’s dodgy as reports Peter Whitehead in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Letter from Lord Mayor to Member of Heffron regarding Aldi DAs
- The following letter from Clover Moore has been received by Heffron MP Kristina Keneally in reply to representations made about proposed Aldi Supermarkets in her electorate.
- Irene Doutney on Redfern Business Study
- This is the text of Councilor Irene Doutney's address to Council Committee on 3 August 2009 on why Council needed to do more than note the Redfern Business study alongside the report on Newtown.
- Redfern reaches 150
- This month, Redfern Town Hall hosted a day of celebrations to mark the suburb’s 150th birthday, but not all of Redfern’s residents were there to celebrate reports Drew Sullivan 20 August 2009.
- Affordable Housing SEPP Released - 1 August 2009
- Premier Nathan Rees announced today the Government had delivered its promise to make it easier to build affordable housing – cheaper rental properties, granny flats and specialised social housing reports this Media Release of 1 August 2009.
- NSW Govt makes New Appointments to CSPC - 30 July 2009
- Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, today announced new State Government appointees to the City of Sydney’s Central Sydney Planning Committee (CSPC). They will hold the positions until July 2011 reports this media release from the Minister for Planning on 30 July 2009.
- Redfern Waterloo Human Services Plan Phase One Evaluation Report Released
- The Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) released the first evaluation report of the Redfern-Waterloo Human Services Plan Phase One today (28 July 2009) reports this media release from the Redfern Waterloo Authority.
- Rally against looming rail staff cuts
- Fifty people attended a rally at Redfern station on July 18. The protesters said Railcorp’s proposed staffing cuts were unjustified and put commuters at risk reports John Coleman, in Green Left Weekly on 25 July 2009.
- COURT AGAIN UPHOLDS CITY'S RETAIL VISION FOR GREEN SQUARE
- The Land and Environment Court has again endorsed the City's vision and planning for the Green Square Town Centre by upholding our refusal of a major retail and commercial shopping centre development on the outskirts of the renewal area reports Clover Moore's eNews of Friday 24 July 2009 - No. 457.
- The marginalisation of Ted Kennedy
- Andrew Hamilton the consulting editor for Eureka Street looks at Edmond Campion’s book about Father Ted Kennedy in Eureka Street on July 23, 2009.
- Police launch mentoring program for Redfern youth
- Police have launched a program designed to steer “at risk” youths within the Redfern Local Area Command away from a potential life of crime reports police media on 19 July 2009.
