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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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- The Erko supermarket debate
- Friends of Erskineville have stepped up their Internet-based campaign in opposition to the proposal of a two-storey supermarket. The momentum has continued to gather pace with more than 3,000 people signing petitions in local shops and online reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Residents up in arms over Hillsong
- Rosebery residents met face-to-face with Hillsong last month to decide the fate of the building of a 2,700-seat mega-church at an old RTA site in Rosebery reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Progress, not panic, for Darlington business
- Redfern Station will be upgraded in under four years and a supermarket is likely near the CarriageWorks, according to the CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008
- Redfern Stadium to Benefit Entire Community
- REDFERN rugby league hopefuls will have a home ground for the first time in almost 80 years when they share Redfern Park and Oval with the South Sydney Rabbitohs writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 5th March 2008.
- ‘Nothing will stop us’
- ABORIGINAL Housing Company chief executive Micheal Mundine says nothing will stop the company's Pemulwuy Project for The Block, despite the volunteer organisation being unable to pay an assessment fee required by the Planning Department writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 5th March 2008.
- Mural's resurrection opens scars
- A PLAN to renovate a Redfern community centre and invite Aboriginal artists to repaint a destroyed mural has reopened old wounds in the rapidly changing suburb, pitting some residents against members of the indigenous community writes Sunanda Creagh Urban Affairs Reporter of the SMH on March 4, 2008.
- Union helps build new hope
- JUST seven months ago, the future for Chris Davies was looking very bleak. The 18-year-old was unemployed, had no contact with his family and roamed the streets of Sydney's inner-city Redfern Brad Norington in The Australian of March 04, 2008.
- ANZAC DAY 2008 “Coloured Digger” March, Ecumenical Service and Exhibition, Redfern NSW Australia
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women have fought courageously for Australia in all overseas conflicts. They are Australia’s Unsung Heroes reports this Media Alert of 3 March 2008 from the “Coloured Digger” about ANZAC Day 2008.
- Ethical Food
- The City of Sydney Council is developing an Ethical Food Policy to ensure that sustainable, healthy and cruelty-free options are considered and implemented for all catered functions says this media release from City of Sydney Greens Councillor Irene Doutney on 2nd March 2009.
- LIVING ON A PRAYER
- FORMER high-ranking Hillsong member Leigh Coleman has been accused of deliberately misleading the public and the media as the battle for Rosebery's future intensifies reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 27th February 2008.
- Whistle Blows on Rail History
- SYDNEY faces the loss of significant rail and Labor union movement history unless more is done to preserve the Eveleigh rail yards, local group Friends of Eveleigh (FOE) has said. At the centre of the debate is the heritage listed Large Erecting Shop, the only remaining building at the rail yards still mostly intact and performing it's original function, according to FOE and the National Trust reports Robert Burton-Bradley with Picture by Tlmothy Clapin in Central of 27th February 2008
- Action Needed Now
- Residents near Waterloo Green say the NSW Department of Housing is dragging its feet on a possible solution to antisocial behaviour reports Robert Burton-Bradley with Picture by Phil Rogers in Central of 27th February 2008
- Ready to Rock - Redfern's red carpet ride
- When the stars hit the red carpet at this year’s MTV Awards, they’ll put Eveleigh and Redfern on the international stage. But several local projects are also helping this area move forward in leaps and bounds reports Lisa Capozzi in the cover story of Central of 27th February 2008 with photos (including a front page of RWA CEO Robert Domm with guitar and train) by Phil Rogers, Melanie Russell.
- Apology brings chance to end family violence
- ABORIGINAL Australians from all over NSW and Victoria gathered at Redfern last week to help improve support services for Aboriginal men, following the Federal Government's historic apology to the stolen generations reports Lisa Capozzi in Central of 20 February 2008.
- Heritage advisers will take on development under office amalgamation
- THE body responsible for providing heritage advice to the State Government will be folded into the Department of Planning in a move critics fear could seriously undermine protection of heritage buildings and sites in NSW reports Wendy Frew Urban Affairs Editor February 19, 2008.
- Redfern Legal Centre helping young tenants
- With the start of the university year approaching, many young students will be leaving home for the first time, often into shared housing reports this media statement from Office of Fair Trading on 19 February 2008.
- Department of Planning Heritage Office Changes Statement
- Heritage conservation and management in NSW will be supported through changes to the internal structure of the NSW Department of Planning reports this media statement from the department of Planning of 19 February 2008.
- Staging place - A workshop for creative regeneration
- Sydney's newest performing arts venue celebrated its first birthday last month. The challenge now is to develop an adjacent commercial hub that will fully fund its activities, writes Katrina Strickland in the Australian Financial Review of Thursday 14th February 2008.
- Redfern out in force to watch apology, despite rain
- The crowd was attentive while the PM gave the apology, and applauded loudly at his use of the word 'sorry' reports Simon Santow for the ABC on Wednesday 13th February 2008.
- Speech gets standing ovation in Redfern
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's speech received a standing ovation at the Redfern Community Centre, where hundreds gathered reports Leesha McKenny in the SMH of February 13, 2008.
