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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.
You can get up to date news by setting up a Google News alert at http://www.google.com/alerts. News Alerts will not pick up local media and some mainstream media stories which do not appear on a news website, where possible we put these stories on our website to provide wide access to the stories.
- Aboriginal war heroes campaign
- Peter Charlton is The Brisbane Courier Mail’s national affairs editor. He is a former Army Reserve Lieutenant-Colonel who commanded a battalion in an integrated regular-reserve brigade in Brisbane. He is also a published military historian, with works on World War I and II, to his credit, he wrote in the Courier Mail about some of our Unsung Heroes reports the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Waterloo generosity gets food service up and running
- The generosity of two local businesses is helping a vital food service get up and running in Waterloo. The Salvation Army Neighbourhood Centre, on the corner of Cope and Phillip Street in Waterloo, has started providing food packages to people struggling to fill their cupboards. This is made possible because of donations from IGA Waterloo and the Australian Technology Park. The money has allowed the Centre to expand its services to the community, which already include subsidised meals and markets reports Bill Birtles in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Redfern and Regent Streets open for business
- In November 2005 Sydney Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, invited residents to a public meeting at Redfern Town Hall to discuss the plans to upgrade Redfern and Regent Streets. This project was part of the $50 million investment planned for the inner city, and all work was to be carried out in consultation with the local community reports Pam Dagwell in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Synesthetic artists deliver in new Performance Space
- A collaboration of Sydney’s finest synesthetic artists launched their new label demux at the Performance Space at the beginning of March. Te label is the brain child of Sydney‑based artists, Wade Marynowsky and Peter Newman, who are seeking to fill a gap in the support of “live audio visual events, documentation and experimental events for screen.” reports Ben Falkenmire in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Election Results - Labor, Labor and Clover
- This year’s NSW election result failed to raise many eyebrows, with the Iemma Government, Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt and Independent Clover Moore mandated by voters for another four years reports Ben Falkenmire in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Iemma names ten new faces for cabinet
- This is the News Release issued by the Premier of New South Wales Media Release on Friday, 30 March, 2007 to announce the post - election 2007 NSW cabinet.
- Courts the new battleground in war against nature
- Elizabeth Farrelly in the March 28, 2007 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald writes about the move to use climate change considerations to challenge developments including at the CUB site in Chippendale.
- Ten Years From the Heart - Photographs of Redfern Waterloo
- Photojournalist Lisa Hogben spent 10 years examining those threads, making friends in parks and on street corners with her Aboriginal neighbours reports the media release for Lisa's exhibition.
- Gucci - from Milan to Redfern
- MILAN came to Redfern last night as luxury Italian fashion house Gucci launched it's spring/summer 2007 collection to a packed VIP crowd of 300 style setters reports Jen Melocco on The Daily Telegraph March 21, 2007.
- Souths Leagues sacks all workers
- Souths Leagues club has sacked all of its workers and will close down in a fortnight, saying it was not feasible to remain open during major renovations reports AAP on Thursday March 15th on ninemsn.
- Equity trade-off for bigger home loans
- A NEW mortgage has been unveiled that can boost a home buyer's spending power by a quarter, but the lender keeps 40 per cent of any capital gain reports Matt Wade Economics Writer Sydney Morning Herald March 14, 2007.
- Thanks for the Money - The Inner City Mobile Play Bus program
- A very worthy cause that Central championed before Christmas has been given the green light for another year's worth of funding.
- Web Site Apologies for March 10-13
- We apologise to those who have tried to access the REDWatch website between Saturday 10th and Tuesday 13th March 2007.
- Please help stop child abuse in NSW Aboriginal communities - ANTaR
- As you may be aware, the New South Wales Government and Opposition have so far refused to fund a major new program to tackle child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
- Sick of burying kids, Crews learns how best to save them
- IT took a herculean battle against bureaucracy but today the Reverend Bill Crews will finally open the remedial reading centre promised two years ago to Redfern's indigenous children writes Miranda Devine in the Sun-Herald of March 10 2007.
- Rocking the Block Plans for ‘07
- The following has been received from Joel Beasant, lead singer of Andorra who jointly with Donald Enoch (Founding member of Bangarra) and Lani Tuitavake General Manager Aboriginal Housing Company have been organising Rock the Block and other activities on the Block which will continue in 2007.
- Policewoman named NSW Woman of the Year
- Assistant Police Commissioner Catherine Burn has been named NSW Woman of the Year for her work with the embattled aboriginal community in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Redfern reports the Sydney Morning Herald of 9th March 2007.
- SOCIALIST ALLIANCE – MARRICKVILLE - Defend the Redfern Block, abolish the RWA
- The reason for the existence of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) can be summed up in just two words: corporate greed writes Pip Hinman, Socialist Alliance Candidate for Marrickville, in the 9th March 2007 edition of Green Left.
- Police officer named NSW Woman of the Year
- A senior policewoman has been named the New South Wales Woman of the Year reports the ABC on 9th March 2007.
- Redfern Community Health Centre Documents Now Available
- On 7th February 2007 the Department of Planning Posted the Director Generals requirements for the Redfern Community Health Centre in the former Redfern Court House and Former Police Station. Other documents made available include Preliminary Environmental Assessment, Major Project Application, Redfern Courthouse Revision, Redfern Final Drawings and Traffic Report
