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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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- Land and secrets on The Block - 15.07.2005
- On May 25, a map of Redfern Waterloo was published in the Government Gazette. It showed areas declared state significant within Redfern and Waterloo boundaries and included The Block - land privately owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company. Gazetting means planning and compulsory acquisition powers will now move to the recently established Redfern Waterloo Authority. Government documents show control of The Block was always central to the $5 billion redevelopment plan for the area. SAMANTHA DERRICK reports for Southside News (Issue 3/2005 Pages 13-14.)
- Less traffic, cleaner air, Manhattan vibrancy: these are the benefits of denser living - 03.06.2005
- Uncompromising vision is still seen as un-Australian, writes Elizabeth Farrelly.
- Minister Sartor takes planning control of Redfern's Block
- A map of Redfern Waterloo has been published in the Government Gazette, which shows the initial areas declared as state significant within the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) boundaries. The map includes private land as well as the publicly owned land which were to pass to the RWA under the provisions of the Redfern Waterloo Act.
- The Block under threat, says AHC - 31.05.2005
- THE NSW government is making a land grab for the Sydney Aboriginal housing estate known as The Block in order to "cleanse" the area of indigenous people, a peak Aboriginal housing group says.
- No Black Faces on the Block? - May 2005
- The Carr Government’s plans for the rundown suburb of Redfern are yet to be revealed, but anyone taking a white brush to the black heart of Sydney is surely in for a fight. MARNI CORDELL reports on the battle for Redfern-Waterloo.
- Price of revamp - Authority to consult on new social agenda - 13.04.2005
- Alexandra Walker in the SydneyCentral Courier reports that Amid media reports of financial uncertainty, the Redfern-Waterloo Authority has begun its community consultation process, holding meetings to discuss the future of human services in the area. Reports surfaced on Monday that the authority is facing a financial crisis that will require it to seek loans of up to $36 million.
- Joining Forces for Redfern
- Plans for redeveloping The Block are engaging politicians from all sides. Report Alexandra Walker in Sydney Central Wednesday April 6 2005 Page 10
- Redeveloping The Block: the battle drags on - April 2005 SSH
- Negotiations between the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) and the Redfern Waterloo Authority have come to a standstill because of a failure to agree on what is a sustainable future for The Block. The AHC is committed to the Pemulwuy Redevelopment Project, which would replace deteriorated terrace housing on the Block with 62 homes in a low-rise apartment complex.
- SMH Letters 7th-11tt March 2005
- Following the SMH article "Hardly a black face on the Block - Sartor's vision for Redfern", there were a number of letters criticval of the Minister. On March 8th the Minister replied followed by Michael Mundine CEO of the AHC on March 11th. The letters that appeared in the SMH are below.
- Hardly a black face on the Block - Sartor's vision for Redfern - 05.03.2005 SMH
- On the hottest day last month, the minister responsible for Redfern, Frank Sartor, walked into the offices of the Aboriginal Housing Company and dropped a bombshell: he didn't want any Aboriginal housing on the Block.
- New corporate park 'no threat' to Redfern facility
- New South Wales Premier Bob Carr says a new corporate park he will open in Sydney's east today does not pose a threat to the financially troubled Australian Technology Park at Redfern.
- Taking a bite out of the Big Apple
- Inner City Sydney may become Manhattan down under. REPORT KIRSTEN CRAZE & ALEXANDRA WALKER report in Central Courier 3rd February 2005 on a recent report from the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources.
- Redfern team set for long haul - 15.01.2005
- Work on the $5 billion redevelopment of Redfern and Waterloo will begin on Monday, but the governing authority says any physical developments are still a long way off.
- Showcase for brilliance - except at making money - 21.12.2004
- By Debra Jopson in SMH of December 21, 2004 reports on the Australian Technology Park.
- Residents protest Carr's Redfern-Waterloo plan - 15.12.2004
- On December 6, 300 people rallied in the inner-city suburb of Redfern to protest against the sale of Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) land and the local public school under the NSW Labor government plan to extend the city's commercial business district out to Sydney Airport.
- Sartor keeps right to annex land around Redfern - 09.12.2004
- The new State Government body that will oversee the redevelopment of Redfern and Waterloo will be able to bypass heritage laws and consent to its own development plans despite amendments to the Government's proposals yesterday.
- Government, developers threaten Redfern Block - 08.12.2004
- The inner-city suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo, home to the Australian Heritage-listed Redfern Block, which has historically been a centre of Black empowerment and organising, faces a $5 billion state government “redevelopment”. The plan involves seizing control of the Block and letting private developers take over two-thirds of the area’s public housing estates.
- Safety risk stops rail apartments - 04.12.2004
- Anne Davies, State Political Editor of the SMH reports that: As Sydney grapples with how to accommodate its future population, a report to RailCorp has warned that building residential apartments over railway lines is "inherently problematic", could pose safety risks and inhibit growth of the rail network.
- Action group wants law to ensure rights for residents - 01.12.2004
- A residents' action group has called for the state upper house to tighten legislation next week handing one NSW minister sweeping powers over planning in Redfern-Waterloo, saying there are fears that people living there will be stripped of rights enjoyed by residents of local government-controlled areas.
- Redfern changes the first of many under growth plan - 01.12.2004
- The State Government is considering setting up a body to take charge of some of Sydney's run-down corridors and employment and industrial centres as it fine tunes plans to cope with the city's projected growth.
