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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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- Praise & Brickbats
- PICK-A-PROJECT votes are in, but not eve-ryone is happy. The State Government's community building partnerships program asked residents to pick their favourite local project for funding writes Kate Carr in the Central of 11 November 2009.
- Chance to Dance
- Through an alliance with South Sydney Youth Services, the Urban Dance Centre runs a program titled “Chance to Dance”’ where students from the Redfern area are invited into the school reports Kristy Johnson in Central on 8 November 2009.
- RWA Update Issue 2 - 4 November 2009
- This is the RWA’s second electronic Update which was issued on 4 November 2009.
- Donation trepidation
- Monday night’s City of Sydney Council meeting saw the application of a newly-conservative approach towards donations disclosures, with both Lord Mayor Clover Moore and Liberal councillor Shayne Mallard treading softly in light of questions raised over their adherence to Council’s Code of Conduct reports Shant Fabricatorian in City News on 5 November 2009.
- Redfern-Waterloo supermarket DAs approved
- Two more supermarket DAs in the City of Sydney, this time in Redfern-Waterloo, were approved by Council this week. But while approval for a new ALDI was granted unanimously, the application for the fitout of the forthcoming IGA in Redfern encountered significant reservations from a number of councillors, and determined opposition from The Greens reports Shant Fabricatorian in City News on 5 November 2009.
- Miller films to move into CarriageWorks
- A MOTION capture studio at the CarriageWorks precinct in Eveleigh could boost the state's ailing film industry reports Jessica Mahar in the Sydney Morning Herald of 4 November 2008.
- SUPERMARKET APPROVED
- Sydney Council has approved an IGA supermarket on the ground floor of South Sydney Leagues Club in Chalmers St at Redfern reports Kim Shaw in Central of 4 November 2009.
- Kinchela plan for healing
- A new plan to help Aboriginal families in NSW who are suffering from the trauma of forced removal, was launched at Redfern Community Centre reports Central on 4 November 2009.
- Behrendt’s novel launched by Germaine Greer
- Larissa Behrendt's latest novel Legacy was launched by Germaine Greer last Friday at the State Library reports Central on 4 November 2009.
- Seven rates poorly with Alexandria residents
- As Channel Seven’s new Alexandria studios near completion, residents have criticised the local planning authority for failing to address their concerns about the development reports Flint Duxfield in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Indigenous school in Redfern presbytery
- The proposed redevelopment of an unused Redfern presbytery as an Aboriginal school has been met with some opposition reports Navot Rom in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Promising start for markets in the park
- In just its second month of operation, the Redfern and Waterloo Community Markets, or RedWater Markets, attracted 14 stallholders, many bargain hunters and happy faces reports. The market, held in Redfern Park on Saturday, October 17, was a colourful sight Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Promoting health and independence
- The Food Distribution Network (FDN) is a fresh food service, delivering quality fruit and vegetables to the frail aged, people living with disabilities and their carers reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Small business leaders watch the parking meters
- In an effort to deter the use of vehicles on inner-city streets, Sydney City Council is pushing ahead with plans to carpet suburbs with paid meters and tighter parking restrictions. One suburb that will cop new meters is East Chippendale, situated between Abercrombie and Regent Streets reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Aunty Beryl’s three-word dictionary
- “My dictionary has just three words,” Aunty Beryl Van-Oploo says. “Communication, Education, Respect. That’s what I tell those students in there all the time.” Not a bad dictionary that, and there’s a story and a half behind it reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Indigenous youth to advise on excellence
- On September 25, the Hon. Linda Burney, NSW Minister for Community Services and Minister for Women, officially announced the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence’s Youth Advisory Committee (NCIEYAC) reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Start the day the short course way
- Breakfast is essential for Chantelle Kemble. The 17-year-old discovered that when undertaking a short course in hospitality near where she grew up in the suburb of Waterloo, where more than 70 per cent of housing is public. The course was only for nine weeks, but they were a long nine weeks for Chantelle, on the back of four rough years reports the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Running for Pemulwuy – the rundown
- On Saturday October 24, a group convened at Tripod Café in Darlington to draw to a close the Running for Pemulwuy fundraising campaign begun in training for the Sydney Running Festival (held on September 20) reports the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- Kristina Keneally MP – Eveleigh Markets Declared Best in Sydney
- The Eveleigh Markets have won The Sydney Morning Herald 2010 Foodies Award for Best Markets in Sydney and more than 3,000 people a week are enjoying them says Kristina Keneally in her advertisement in the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
- “I expect the highest standards …” An interview with NSW Premier Nathan Rees (Part 2)
- Last month Kelly Lane and Nicholas McCallum interviewed the NSW Premier. There were more questions that needed to be asked. So we sent them by email and the Premier has provided the following responses reports the South Sydney Herald in November 2009.
