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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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- Factory Centre Receives Welcome Makeover
- The Factory Community Centre in Waterloo is celebrating recent upgrades to their 30 year old facilities reports this media relase from the Factory of 9 April 2009.
- Do you know a Star? Who will you nominate for the Waterloo and Redfern Volunteer Awards 2009?
- The Factory Community Centre, through its auspiced Housing NSW HCP programme is turning up the heat for the communities’ Third Annual Volunteers’ Awards Event. Members of the public, volunteer, and community groups are being asked to nominate individuals or community groups who deserve to be recognised for making an outstanding contribution by their volunteering work reports this media Statement from the Factory on 9 April 2009.
- Redfern refuses to be blocked
- The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) say they will stage a protest if Railcorp are allowed to move the main entrance of Redfern train station off Lawson Street, amid discussion of Eveleigh’s future development reports Angus Thompson in City News of 9 April 2009.
- Alcohol Free Zones extend further through Sydney
- Now is the time to comment on Sydney Council plans to increase the number of alcohol-free zones by a third. For three years streets around the city and inner-suburbs have been declared alcohol-free, allowing police to confiscate alcohol from people who drink in the street reports Kim Shaw in the Central of 9 April 2009.
- Former South Sydney Hospital off the market
- Rosebery residents are worried that a two-year battle with Hillsong Church over plans to build a 2700-seat auditorium and seven-storey tower will begin anew reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 8 April 2009.
- Green Square town centre has priority : Court
- A LAND and Environment Court decision handed down last month will ensure Green Square is not threatened by rival commercial development reports Robert Burton Bradley in Central of 8 April 2009.
- South Sydney Youth Service offers free hip hop
- Young people keen on hip-hop but unable to afford lessons should apply to South Sydney Youth Services where a new dance program is giving kids the chance to dance.
- RWA’s new CEO in listening mode
- “Moving on”, “leaving the past in the past” and “looking to the future” were just some of the well-tested catch-cries heard when the new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and recently appointed CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Roy Wakelin-King, met with REDWatch and other community members on Thursday March 5 at the Factory Community Centre in Waterloo reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Intercom installed in public housing complex
- An earlier story in the SSH (‘Elderly residents at risk …’ [November 2008]) told of the quest for an intercom for a Housing Department complex, particularly to allow access by the emergency services. At the time of publication, the residents had been trying for over a decade, without success reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Caroliners enjoy picnic in the park
- On Sunday, March 1, the residents of Caroline Street decided to have a celebration of the diversity that exists within their neck of the woods in Redfern. For all the trouble that is often associated with the area it was a great change to meet each other in the park across the road from their houses, to be able to share a joke, a bite of food and have a good time reports the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Green Loop sets high standard
- The proposed Green Square Town Centre is at the heart of Australia’s largest urban renewal area – right between the CBD and our international airport (although the site is not excessively affected by aircraft noise. Several arterial roads intersect in the area, serviced by a number of cross regional bus routes and there is a modern subway station at that intersection. The site is as close to a blank slate as you will find in any international city writes Jack Barton in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Ravens on the run!
- Greetings and howdy doo! Achtung! Atencion! Hear this! We need supporters! The Sydney Half Marathon is the aim. And Ravens is the name reports Adrian Spry in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009…
- Long journey home from Newport to Redfern on a Saturday
- A few weeks ago I bravely ventured up the Northern Beaches to a family function at the Newport Hotel on a Saturday night. I came back by bus at about 9pm reports Trevor Davies as part of The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Opening windows on pain
- Nikki Brown, the Fundraising Manager for the Windows on Pain campaign gives us the background to this moving and powerful exhibition reports the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Government grant for city upgrades
- South Sydney childcare centres, town halls and community centres are soon to benefit from a $660,000 Federal Government grant to upgrade energy and water facilities across Sydney reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Notre Dame – ever expanding
- The Notre Dame University has lodged a Development Application (DA) for Pioneer House on Broadway (cnr Buckland Street), to house 480 students, opening next year reports John August in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Rovers move to Erskineville Oval
- After 60 years the Alexandria Rovers Football Club has made the move to Erskineville Oval from Alexandria Park. It now allows the club to train where we play reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009.
- Clarification by CoS on Future of Community Safety Plans in Redfern Waterloo
- REDWatch has raised concerns about the failure of the CoS to impliment the recomendation from the Evaluation of the Redfern Waterloo Community Safety Plan which calls for Council and the community "to decide what needs to be done from now on”. The Issue was raised at the March 2009 Redfern Waterloo Community Forum. The response below was received from the CoS in response to follow up correspondence to CoS CEO and Deputy Lord Mayor Marcelle Hoff. REDWatch continues to seek discussion between Council and the community about a Redfern Waterloo specific follow up to the Redfern Waterloo Community Safety Plan which Council now considers completed.
- Surry Hills Festival April 18: Bring your bike
- Wedged between two housing towers in a car park in Phillip Street, Waterloo is Cycle Recycle, a-do-it-yourself bike maintenance club where people drop in to repair and rebuild their bikes from scratch reports Kim Shaw in Central on 7 April 2009.
- Redfern program helps Indigenous youths get ahead
- For many young people all it takes is the right opportunity to get their career and their life back on track Koori Job Ready is a program set up in inner city Sydney to train young Indigenous people to work in the construction industry reports Michael Edwards for ABC’s AM on 4 April 2009.
