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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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- Making airwaves
- Koori Radio is thriving in its new home in Redfern, offering better services and opportunities for indigenous youngsters. Having previously broadcasted out of the old Marrickville hospital site, the station now boasts several community-focused programs reports Peach Emmett in City News of 26 October 2008.
- Light rail transit loop to link Green Square to city
- MORE than 22,000 future residents of Green Square are to be moved around the massive urban renewal site on a high-capacity bus or light rail service under plans being considered by the State Government and the City of Sydney Council writes Linton Besser Transport Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of October 23, 2008.
- Black and white world of the Dreamtime
- THE truth of it is we don't know their pain. Rod Jensen began talking about growing up an Aboriginal with a white father, and trying to find a place in their world for both of them reports Paul Kent in the Herald Sun.
- Planning angst strikes a chord with community groups
- Green Ban activist Jack Mundey has described the current Labor administration as the worst this state has seen since the Askin Government of the mid-'70s reports Alex McDonald in City News of 23 October 2008.
- Positive Energy
- The winds of change are blowing through Redfern, according to the new president of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce (RWCC), Mary Lynne Pidcock reports Sandra Fonseca in Central of 22 October 2008..
- Public transport excludes disabled
- Mel Harrison cannot get the train to Redfern Station because of continuing delays to installation of disabled access reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 October 2008.
- What can council do to make the City of Sydney a more open and transparent government?
- Talking Heads in City News asked Michael Gormly & Andrew Woodhouse to respond to the question in City News of 19 October 2008.
- Putting the heat on Souths
- An investigation into alleged breaches at South Sydney Leagues Club, the entertaining of celebrities at Homebush Bay, and real estate transactions at the Redfern premises is proceeding following revelations in the Herald last month of members' frustration since the takeover of the Rabbitohs by high-profile owners Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court reported the Sydney Morning Herald of 18th October 2008.
- Sydney Uni turns hit on investments into cuts
- THE University of Sydney will cut planned spending after taking a $100 million hit on its investments, highlighting the ripple effect of the credit crisis reports Jacob Saulwick in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18th October 2008.
- Redfern Waterloo Issues Discussed with Minister Keneally
- On 14th October 2008 Geoff Turnbull, in his individual capacity as a community member active on Redfern Waterloo issues, met with Minister for planning and Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally. During the meeting Geoff raised a range of Redfern Waterloo issues. Below is the note prepared for the meeting which details the issues raised with the new Minister.
- FRIENDS OF EVELEIGH INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE RAID RALLY
- Like so many other dedicated citizens around the state, we are a group endeavouring to protect our colonial and Australian cultural heritage says this media release of 14th October from Friends of Eveleigh.
- Redfern's green housing project unveiled
- While the silvertails of Kirribilli discuss solar panel rebates and water harvesting over a latte, Redfern locals can now look forward to having their carbon footprint reduced, as residents of the first Green public housing project reports Patrick Billings in City News of 13th October 2008.
- Extra classes for inner city
- Enrolments in inner-city public schools are on the rise, with primary and high schools forced to add extra classes to deal with the influx of 550 extra students this year, according to new Education Department figures reports Sandra Fonseca in Central of 8th October 2008.
- Kids settle into play
- At three o’clock, the Settlement Neighbourhood Centre in Darlington begins to fill with children reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 8th October 2008.
- RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Proposed Changes September 2008
- The RWA has submitted to Department of Planning its responses to submissions received during the exhibition of their North Eveleigh Concept Plan in May and June 2008. The RWA’s has also submitted its modifications to the Concept Plan in their Preferred Project Report. This document and its appendices including responses to submissions received are now on the Department of Planning’s website. Below we have provided from the RWA documents an outline of the changes.
- Policing in Redfern - Knowing our rights, creating trust
- Telling the story shortly after it happened, 30-year-old Darlington resident Ben Falkenmire was still unsettled: “The problem is, we don’t know our rights. I didn’t know what to do.” reports Benjamin Ball in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Feeling proud of who you are
- Shane Phillips smiles genially as he gestures for me to take a chair. As CEO of the Tribal Warrior organisation, delegate to the Prime Minister’s 2020 summit in Canberra, and coach of the Redfern All-Blacks, the community activist and life-long resident of the The Block is notoriously self-effacing reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- By the light of the Chinese moon
- Every year, the Chinese community celebrates its Moon Festival. Obviously, in China, this is an autumn festival, as it is timed for the full moon which appears in mid-September – rather like the celebration of Christmas, when a northern hemisphere winter festival becomes translated into a summer event in Australia reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Leagues Club launches loyalty program
- South Sydney Leagues Club is in its 50th year and although the first half century was filled with memorable moments and some controversy, the next 50 years look most promising. For this Leagues Club is probably the most watched over in Australia, with intense interest from media and members reports the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- For artists and passers-by
- Shopfront Studio, located at 152 Redfern Street in Redfern, is a studio/gallery space where local artists can create and display their art. People walking by get to witness the creative process of the artists reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
