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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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- Pub with Dark Past Celebrates 170th Birthday
- Iconic Sydney venue the Cauliflower Hotel is to celebrate its 170th birthday on December 1, with the hotel’s licence dating back to 1838 writes Annette Shailer on theshout.com.au.
- Charles Kernan Reserve Darlington Design Plans – Until 12 December 2008
- The City of Sydney have displayed the proposed plans for the redesign of Charles Kernan Park at the corner of Abercrombie and Shepherd Streets Darlington. Two proposed designs are being exhibited for comment. Please make your comments to Council if you were unable to attend the exhibition on 15th November 2008.
- Engines started on Green Square
- DEVELOPERS and investors have welcomed the opening of the $1.7 billion Green Square project, saying that the South Sydney precinct had become stagnant reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of November 22, 2008.
- Council reluctant to expand free shuttle service
- Council will not increase its funding for the popular Village to Village shuttle bus next year, despite increased passenger numbers which have meant the free service is now stretched to the limit reports Alexandra Beech in City news of 22 November 2008.
- Eveleigh Farmers' and Artisans' Market Opens 13th December
- Eveleigh Farmers' and Artisans' Market is to open in Historic Sydney Building Inaugural Season Event. Traditional Christmas Farmers’ Market Saturday 13 December 8am – 1.30pm.
- Next Step taken on $1.7 Billion Green Square Town Centre
- Mirvac/Leighton Properties has been selected to partner with Landcom to deliver the first phase of the $1.7 billion Green Square Town Centre reports this media release from Minister for Planning Kristina Keneally on 17 November 2008.
- The Pemulwuy forward
- The traffic in front of Redfern Station flows roughly down the same trajectory. People stream out of the ticket gates, then take sharp left turns down Redfern Street in the direction of Sydney University, emphatically avoiding eye-contact with the stretch of dilapidated terraces between Eveleigh, Vine and Louise Streets report Rebecca Zhou in City News of 16 November 2008.
- New property star on horizon
- THE Australian Technology Park at Redfern is to become one of the prime property sales in NSW, after the State Government put it on the market this weekreports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 November 2008.
- Waterloo Youth Facility Refurbishment
- A proposal for a green "crown roof" is among the sustainability features included in the concept design for the refurbishment of the Waterloo Youth Facility, which will be considered by Council's Cultural and Community Services Committee on Monday reports Clover's eNews of 14 November 2008 .
- Gallery on the go looks for a new home
- Gordon Syron's most famous painting, 1978's Judgement By His Peers, depicts a personal fantasy of sorts: a black man being tried before a panel of black men reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 13 November 2008.
- Waterloo Safe, say Police
- REDFERN police have hit back at suggestions that Waterloo is an unsafe area for international students - an emotional claim made by the mother of a woman who died after falling from an apartment balcony on Hunter Street recently reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 12 November 2008.
- Coloured Digger Project Thanks Damien Minton Gallery
- Redfern’s own Damien Minton Gallery today presented a cheque for $4,000.00 to the Coloured Digger Project Steering Committee reports this media release from Ray Minniecon at the Coloured Digger Project.
- NSW razor broadly misses IT spending
- The article below on by Brett Winterford ZDNET.com.au on 11 November 2008 provides some background on the ATP sale decision as part of a broader look at the mini-budget's impact on IT spenbding.
- Govt to Sell 99 Year Lease Over ATP to Private Sector
- Commercial assets and leases belonging to the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and the Australian Technology Park (ATP) at Redfern will be placed on the market as part of the NSW Government’s Mini-Budget reportsd this media release was issued by the Minister for Planning and Minister for Redfern Waterloo on 11 November 2008.
- Authority scrapped
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority will be wound up by 2012, Planning Minster Kristina Keneally has announced reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 5 November 2008.
- Clover's right-hand woman
- Monica Barone is not your typical CEO. Artworks adorn her office walls, and there is not a whiff of smugness from the woman who manages a good deal of Sydney's urban infrastructure writes Emma Kemp in City News of 2 November 2008.
- Elderly residents at risk in public housing complex
- Emergency services have been denied simple access to a public housing complex in Darlington reports Aaron Jones in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Public housing tenants deserve better
- Earlier this year the former Housing Minister issued a media release announcing $1.6 billion for repairs and upgrades for public housing says the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- New Minister for Redfern-Waterloo
- Last month saw NSW politics in turmoil with a new Premier and Deputy Premier, and the departure from the scene of Frank Sartor, the former Planning Minister and the Minister responsible for the Redfern-Waterloo Authority. Kristina Keneally, the former Minister for Ageing and Disability, was given Frank Sartor’s previous areas of responsibility, alongside her being the Member for Heffron. Some are suggesting that this may be a problem, others that local people will find her easier to deal with than her predecessor. The SSH asked Geoff Turnbull of REDWatch to collate a few questions for Ms Keneally reports the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- North Eveleigh – questions persist
- The reshuffle in the NSW Government, with a new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and a new Premier, Nathan Rees, “creates a unique opportunity to rethink the methodology of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority,” said REDWatch spokesperson, Geoff Turnbull reports Kate Lamb in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
