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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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- May 2010 - RWA Update – Text Version
- In the May 2010 RWA Update - NEWS / Redfern chosen for Greater Sydney Partnership launch / New ‘What’s On’ Calender / Generation One function at Yaama / Heritage update / Graffiti Action Day / Farmers’ markets on SBS and in Sydney Magazine / News from the ATP / RWA staff update - DEVELOPMENT NEWS / Redfern RSL redevelopment begins / Car park on Gibbons Street exhibition / Abercrombie and Cleveland St, Redfern application / Momentum event in North Eveleigh - WHAT’S ON / Yaama Dhiyaan - 2010 dates / The Factory Community Centre: World Festival of Children’s Theatre Germany 2010 / Waterloo Community Forum / Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm / Artisans’ Market – 1st Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm
- New Move for CarriageWorks CEO, Sue Hunt
- CarriageWorks announces the resignation of its inaugural Chief Executive. Linda Gregoriou, Acting Chair of CarriageWorks’ Board, has this week announced the resignation of Carriageworks’ Chief Executive, Sue Hunt according to CarriagewWorks May 2010 News.
- RWA Responses to REDWatch Questions
- At the REDWatch meeting of 4 March 2010 attendees placed questions into a question box and these were passed to the RWA for a response. The RWA replied in writing to a number of the questions on 7 April 2010. The balance questions were answered on 5 May 2010. Following the RWA meeting on 15 March 2010 the REDWatch Co-ordinating Group also wrote to the RWA raising a number of concerns. At the end of that letter were a series of questions summarising the issues raised. The RWA responded to this letter in their response of 7 April 2010. For ease of interpretation REDWatch has taken the RWA responses and added into it the questions and the REDWatch Co-ordination Group Letter.
- University of Sydney Community Notice
- The following advertisement appeared in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010 from Sydney University.
- Academic body needs good neighbours
- An uneasy alliance has formed between the residents of Darlington and their expansive neighbour, Sydney University. A community meeting at the Settlement in Edward Street on April 20 confirmed the University’s intention to build better relations reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Kristina Keneally on Waterloo High Rise Initiative
- Kristina Keneally MP Member of Heffron provided the following information about the HNSW trial in Waterloo High Rises in her Advertisement in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Saving community services
- St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Young Street, Redfern, prides itself on providing various community groups with the opportunity to use its church hall in Ogden Lane. At least four community groups claim the mailing address of 9 Ogden Lane, Redfern, including the Food Distribution Network, South Sydney Community Transport, the Housing Access and Care Program, and the Uniting Care Home Maintenance Services reports Georgia Flynn in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Gamarada – stronger, better
- It is a Monday night, just after 7pm, and in a room to the left of the reception desk at Redfern Community Centre, a gathering of Indigenous men is taking place. Among their number are numerous guests, including Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Minister for Justice Greg Smith, who is eager to support the group’s work reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Learning to share
- A Multicultural Playgroup has been established at the Alexandria Community Centre. The group started as an offshoot of the Alexandria Park Playgroup to meet the needs of local families from non-English-speaking backgrounds reports Brendan Wong in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- New regulations for disabled
- The Commonwealth Government has introduced a basic set of access standards for people with disabilities as part of a 10-year National Disability Strategy reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Last month’s demo on The Block
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010 has reported the following Redfern Waterloo item extracted below:
- Underground gardening
- Dozens of new rain gardens will be built throughout the city as part of the City of Sydney’s plan to treat stormwater pollution reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Help for problem gamblers
- The recent Australian Productivity Commission Report shows that for every problem gambler, there are five to 10 others who are significantly affected. “Those who have a close relationship with problem gamblers are often the first to realise something is wrong,” says Sondra Kalnins from HopeStreet’s Inner City Gambling Counselling Service. “Because of that they have a vital role to play in ensuring that those gamblers get the help they need before the situation becomes critical.” reports the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Question time
- A while ago Dr Peta Seaton (the doctorate is in archaeology) sat around the table with a number of people in or on the edges of politics, among them former NSW Premier Nick Greiner, and asked a number of questions. Many were questions Peta Seaton had fielded from constituents when she was Liberal Party member for the Southern Highlands from 1996 to 2007. From this came draft notes, and then, 2010 to 2011 being election season in a number of states, and federally, it was decided to formulate questions and answers at greater length in a book reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Shades of red
- Miriam Cabello, Reena Shein, Floria Tosca and Maria Villa are a diverse group of artists sharing a common bond through a focus on materiality as pertinent to their artistic practices. They have chosen “red” as their theme for this show. It is the beacon that highlights their individual concerns but also connects them to each other reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- That’s the way we roll
- Many families in Sydney own a set of the shiny steel balls known as boules, but due to a lack of proper places to play most are only used at picnics for a game or two on grass. Redfern resident, Darin Evans, would like to change that. “The proper name for the game is petanque and the surface is hard dirt with some gravel. This allows the full range of skills and tactics to come out,” he explained reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- RWA Comments on North Eveleigh - April 2010
- Apology - In the April issue of the SSH we reported that the Redfern Waterloo Authority had not responded to our questions in regard to the sale of North Eveleigh. The RWA's Community Relations Manager had indeed forwarded the following responses.
- Clover Moore Supports Sydney Uni Public Forum for 28 April
- Clover More in her enews No 492 of Friday 16 April 2010 has welcomed Sydney University's initiative in exploring opportunities for working with the community for mutual benefit over the North Eveleigh site. She will attend the forum being run by the University at CarriageWorks on 28 April. The text from the enews is below:
- Aboriginal Centre of Excellence Opens in Sydney
- Described as a watershed moment in recent Aboriginal history, Australia's first Centre for Indigenous Excellence has opened in the inner-city district of Redfern in Sydney reports Phil Mercer on BBC News Thursday, 22 April, 2010.
- Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce Eveleigh Sub-Committee & Eveleigh Interpretation Plan
- At its second meeting the Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce resolved to establish an Eveleigh Sub-Committee and to develop a Eveleigh Interpretation Plan. Below is the notice calling from Interest in the Sub-Committee and details of the RWHT decision to set up the Sub-Committee.
