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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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- On ya bike, Sydney! New cycleway for the CBD
- Cycling is experiencing a renaissance in Sydney at the moment. But as more people express an interest in cycling, Sydney’s CBD is in desperate need of a cycle makeover reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Can Kevin help Sydney’s homeless?
- Jake Hawkes, 31, was once a chef. He is now one of hundreds of Sydneysiders who wait on the public housing list for a place to live reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Erskineville “not a village in need of a supermarket”
- The Lord Mayor Clover Moore and five City of Sydney Councillors met with Erskineville residents on Saturday March 15 to discuss the development proposal of a Woolworths supermarket at the north-western fringe of the village reports Benjamin Tedeschi in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Locals star in Erskineville Stories
- Saturday March 8. When Carl Schwartz opened the night’s program, on behalf of Erskineville Stories director Annie Kennedy and her team, he probably didn’t expect to see about 3000 people sitting in front of him on the grass of Erskineville Park waiting in happy anticipation! They were all ages – some old-time residents returned from far away and many people from present-day Erko with their friends and families. It was a perfect night reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Rosebery residents take action
- Rosebery would have been considered a sleepy little suburb, once upon a time. But lately its residents have been appropriately puffing their feathers and making a lot of noise about the proposed development of a massive Hillsong Church entertainment centre and bible college reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Historic Rachel Forster Hospital
- I read with interest the story about the Rachel Forster site (SSH February ’08) Writes Neil Whitfield in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Dry” alcohol support service
- In a letter to the editor Don Stewart from the RWA clarifies that the RWA supports a “dry” alcohol centre for Redfern Waterloo.
- Excessive noise from ATP
- Not for the first time, a function was held at the ATP on Tuesday March 18 which exceeded legal noise levels, causing stress to residents Writes Janice Murphy in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Sydney University plans to expand
- The University of Sydney may well be the best and biggest in town, although it should be known that it has plans to grow even bigger. With its current landmass large enough to be deemed its own suburb, Sydney Uni has, for some time, been vying for the area currently occupied by the tiny and unsung suburb of Darlington reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Darlington and Florence!
- “500 houses were knocked down before people realised what was happening,” says Flo. When residents became aware of what was going on – that the University was buying up and taking over – a community meeting was called. “This street was saved,” she says reports Katherine Keefe in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Greens candidate: Irene Doutney
- Council elections will be held in September and the Greens are first to preselect candidates (Labor will announce candidates following its State Conference in early May). Chris Harris is the Greens Lord Mayoral candidate, with Irene Doutney number two on the ticket reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Writing on the wall for Housing Minister
- It was late last year. On learning that Matt Brown, Minister for Housing, was to tour Waterloo with members of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the SSH approached the Minister’s department for information reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Waterloo Green: not a safe place
- Public housing residents near Waterloo Green are exhausted and fearful in their own neighborhood, having to confront drug dealing and public drunkenness every day reports John Williams in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Fire in presbytery, claims of demolition by neglect
- A fire broke out in the presbytery of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern at 1.30am on March 19 reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Help on the way for Pemulwuy?
- The Aboriginal Housing Company wants the State Government to waive $180,000 in fees for its Pemulwuy Project for The Block, as the cash-strapped company edges closer to exhibiting what it said is a model for affordable housing reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Koori Radio returns to Redfern
- After years of wandering, Koori Radio prepares to come back home to Redfern. In 1982, 27-33 Cope Street was handed over to the Aboriginal Development Corporation after the Uniting Church Synod passed resolutions recognising Aboriginal claims to land rights reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Our day to talk about things, our way” – Babana hosts Men’s Health and Wellbeing Expo
- Rodd Island in Sydney's scenic inner-Harbour was crowded with over 100 men from across Sydney last month taking matters into their own hands reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Protesting “punitive” welfare reforms
- About 50 protestors crowded outside Redfern Centrelink offices on March 13 to protest the Government’s expansion of welfare reforms, aimed at Aboriginal communities. The reforms, which include the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments under a food ration system, are set to be exported to Queensland and Western Australia reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - April 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items which we have reported below:
- Doggie disappearances in Waterloo
- Having disappeared for more than three months Bronwhyn Bourke had almost given up hope of seeing her pet dog, Bridget, again reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
