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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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- Sydney development shelved as economic crisis bites
- It seems unlikely there will be cranes on the Broadway site any time soon. A major Sydney development has been put on hold, due to the economic downturn, putting more pressure on the state's rising unemployment levels.
- Govt centres to give street drinkers a guzzle
- Sydney’s problem drinkers could be herded off the streets in a joint move by Housing NSW and the City of Sydney to provide venues for alcoholics to nurse their addiction reports Angus Thompson in City News of 16 April 2009.
- TJ Hickey’s death site to be stripped by upgrade
- The fence on which Redfern Aboriginal teenager Thomas ‘TJ’ Hickey was fatally wounded may be removed as part of a planned upgrade by Housing NSW reports Angus Thompson in City news of 16 April 2009.
- Step Right Up
- The Luncheon Club’s new walking group is aiming to get people on their feet. Stella Di Laudo is eager to get people moving. And as the driving force behind a newly-formed walking group for people living with HIV, she’s doing just that reports Reg Domingo in SX on 15 April 2009.
- Reflections on Council Consultation in Darlington - Geoff Turnbull
- Issues arising from planned upgrade of Darlington’s Charles Kernan Reserve illustrate the potential for improving Council’s local consultation and planning processes. Geoff Turnbull reflects on how Council consultation might be improved in Darlington.
- Redfern and Waterloo gets $3,856,098 to upgrade 1404 homes
- NSW Housing Minister David Borger and Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that over $9.2 million is being invested in the inner Sydney suburbs of Glebe, Redfern, Waterloo, Marrickville and Sydney to upgrade 3104 social housing homes reports this media release of 14 April 2009 from both Ministers.
- Just like kids... only with poo patrol
- From a $NZ280 spa treatment to a personal shaman for your dog, we look at the some of the boutique services available for today's pampered pooches [including Redfern] reports Nicky Park for AAP on stuff.com.nz.
- Award-winning builder takes Indigenous leadership role
- Union organiser Rohan Tobler has won the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award for helping young Aboriginal people in inner Sydney find employment in the building industry reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 10 April 2009.
- Honest John bares warts-'n-all
- JOHN McIntyre has a down-to-earth approach, SARAH HUDSON writes in the Weekly Times Now.
- 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.
