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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. You can get up to date news by setting up a Google News alert at http://www.google.com/alerts. News Alerts will not pick up local media and some mainstream media stories which do not appear on a news website, where possible we put these stories on our website to provide wide access to the stories.
Apology and Intervention – a contradiction?
On February 13, to mark the second anniversary of the Apology to the Stolen Generation, the Stop the Intervention Collective Sydney is participating in a national day of action beginning at La Perouse at 9am for a walk against racism and finishing in a rally at The Block at 1pm reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald of February 2010.
Copenhagen Accord disappoints
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has “more than underperformed” and “bullied” small nations at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen, according to Aboriginal and Islander activist Patricia Corowa who attended the troubled summit reports Melanie Kembrey in the South Sydney Herald of February 2010.
Local Arrested at Climate Blockade
Dr Miriam Pepper of Waterloo was one of four Uniting Church members among 130 people arrested in Canberra on November 23 reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2010.
Documenting illicit love, hopes and dreams
Set in a remote Aboriginal settlement, Warwick 1ornton’s critically acclaimed Samson & Delilah was said by many to have been the depiction of outback life Baz Luhrmann ought to have created. And while some may be surprised that this hauntingly intimate picture made it as far as the Cannes International Film Festival, local documentary maker Mary Monro knows a thing or two about why the Indigenous film industry is moving forward in leaps and bounds reports Laura Bannister in the The Review in South Sydney Herald of February 2010.
All Options to be Explored for M5 Link Road
The NSW Minister for Transport and Roads David Campbell confirmed that residents will have more time to have their say on the M5 expansion, with community consultation extended to 12 March 2010 reports this media release of 1 February 2010.
Heritage Update - 28 January 2010
In this Heritage Update: Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce (RWHT) – Terms of Reference / Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce (RWHT) Call for Projects / ATP Conservation Management Plan (CMP) Input / ATP S170 Heritage Register Overview Report & Moveable Heritage at ATP. This is an update was prepared for railway heritage people by Geoff Turnbull but is equally relevant to local residents concerned about heritage.
Friends in High Places
One man polishing his Australia Day gong this morning is Roy Wakelin-King. You may remember him from such government appointments as chief executive officer of the World Youth Day Co-ordination Authority reports The Diary in the Sydney Morning Herald of 26 January 2010.
Two-day Hip Hop Festival in Sydney from March 19
A TWO-day Hip Hop Festival will be held at CarriageWorks in Eveleigh on March 19 and 20 this year. Prior to this there will be three Saturdays of free hip hop dance classes on February 27, March 6 and 13, a graffiti and a street art tour of Sydney's inner west with legendary graffiti artist, Mistery on March 13 reports Nick Soon in the Blacktown Sun of 26 January 2010.
Housing Stock Transfer from the Government Sector in NSW
In the NSW the conduct of Housing NSW and some individual Community Housing Providers during the stock transfer process to date has been at distinct variance with Housing NSW’s own Operational Policy EST0006B: Commitment to Service and Code of Conduct. Nor has it been in line with HNSW’s Code of Conduct and HNSW’s Business Ethics, with which Housing NSW claims compliance is a prerequisite for all who wish to do business with Housing NSW writes Ross Smith in TSN's Rimfire Review of 25 January 2010.
Opinion - A day to reflect on our racial tolerance
Whether republican or monarchist, most of us took some delight in seeing the Aboriginal kids of Redfern interacting so happily with Prince William a week before Australia Day said Frank Brennan's Australia Day call for more tolerence reported on CathNews on 25 January 3010.
Pemulwuy on the Block - ABC Encounter
Once notorious for drink, drugs and violence, Australia's largest urban Aboriginal community in the Sydney suburb of Redfern is today on the cusp of a momentous transformation. The story of how it got there involves a Catholic priest and a family of boxers who won't take no for an answer. It's a story which gives all of us hope for the future. This program was first broadcast on 13th September, 2009 on ABC Encounter.
Pemulwuy on the Block - ABC Encounter
Once notorious for drink, drugs and violence, Australia's largest urban Aboriginal community in the Sydney suburb of Redfern is today on the cusp of a momentous transformation. The story of how it got there involves a Catholic priest and a family of boxers who won't take no for an answer. It's a story which gives all of us hope for the future. This program was first broadcast on 13th September, 2009 on ABC Encounter.
Indigenous crime action a failure, says justice leader
REFORMS introduced after the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody have not worked, the outgoing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Tom Calma, has said reports Malcolm Brown in the Sydney Morning Herald of 23 January 2010.
Funding cuts hit Aboriginal literacy
THE nation's oldest Aboriginal education institution cancelled its literacy, numeracy and business courses this week, turning away enrolled students because of federal funding cuts reports Debra Jopson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 January 2010.
Artist brushes off Keneally
SEAN NICHOLLS AND LEESHA MCKENNY in the Sydney Morning Herald’s Diary of 19 & 21 January 2010 reported on Gordon Syron’s latest exhibition and his painting depicting Kristina Keneally.
Two Catholic worlds collide as church disagreement deepens
The fight, ostensibly, is over a baptismal font and some words in chalk on a wall, but the latest in a series of rows at St Vincent's Catholic Church in Redfern shows the conflict runs much deeper reports Jacqueline Maley in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 January 2010.
Redfern parish disagreement reflects church divide
A church in Sydney's Redfern neighbourhood has become the battleground for a clash of traditions, following a row over a baptismal font and removal of chalk writings referring to an "Aboriginal Christ" reports Catholic News on 19 January 2010.
Redfern residents thrilled by Prince's visit
Prince William won over Aboriginal elders and children during a visit to the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern on Tuesday afternoon reported Dina Rosendorff on ABC on 19 January 2010.
Prince William greets admirers in Sydney
Whether meeting dignitaries, greeting admirers and celebrities or just chatting happily with children, Prince William is definitely his mother's son. After flying in around noon (AEDT) on Tuesday for his first visit to Australia since he was a toddler, the prince spent the early afternoon visiting Admiralty House, the Sydney home of Governor-General Quentin Bryce reports AAP in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18 January 2010.
Indigenous artist calls for whole truth in Australian history on Eve of Australia Day
The following media release was issued by Andrew Woodhouse, president, Australian Heritage Institute, an Australia-wide network of local heritage societies and Mr Gordon Syron, distinguished Indigenous Artist for an art exhibition by Gordon Syron at Chapel by the Sea, Bondi Beach until 4 February 2010. The exhibition features Gordon’s painting – “We jail 'em in NSW - KKK a portrait”
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