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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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- The City develops an Aboriginal Cultural Centre
- Much history has been recorded of white settlement in Australia, but little has been written about the culture and history of its original owners reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- AHC supports army recruitment project
- The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) is preparing to introduce a new project that will recruit disadvantaged Aboriginal youths into the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The project is aimed at providing an alternative to gaol with employment opportunities and skills training for young Aboriginal people on The Block reports Christine Dellenty in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Passionate Indigenous advocate resigns
- The former Coordinator of the now defunct Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) run by the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous welfare is calling it quits after 12 years reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Libs back Pemulwuy, more police and transport
- A Liberal State Government would approve the Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project (AHC), promote community-minded policing in and around Redfern, and would seek better transportation infrastructure to encourage people to use it reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Shepherd Street in trouble
- The tranquil existence of Darlington residents may be in further jeopardy from the proposed development of the North Eveleigh site. Its tiny streets, already clogged with the car and foot traffic stemming from Sydney University, are facing further increases reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Tucker tricks
- A new culinary centre creates special native menus, reports Kelsey Munro in the Sydney Morning Herald of 1st July 2008.
- RWA, AHC and the Block in Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage
- There are many references to Redfern in the Standing Committee on Social Issues Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales Interim Report June 2008. Here we have extracted two sections about the RWA and Aboriginal Housing Company that deal with one of the ongoing issues in Redfern – Aboriginal Housing on the Block. The Committee has called for reconsideration of the proposed fee $60,000 lodgement fee for the Pemulwuy Project Concept plan.
- Just go nuts
- The cavernous foyer of Redfern's CarriageWorks may have met its match in this year's Underbelly Festival reports Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 27, 2008.
- Block tower
- One American artist recruited Redfern's indigenous community for his visionary project. American artist Michael Rakowitz arrived at a lunch at Redfern Community Centre in March armed with sketches of an idea for the Biennale writes Josephine Tovey Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.
- Traders of the Lost Arts – Guido Gouverneur Blacksmith
- Geraldine O’Brien meets a small group of passionate people who keep the skills of a bygone era safe for the future in this article in the the(sydney)magazine July 08. [One of those people is Guido Gouverneur who has been served with a notice to quit his Australian Technology Park workshop by the RWA / ATP – we have reproduced the extract on Guido from the(Sydney)magazine article given the campaign to keep Guido at one of the last two functioning sections of the old Eveleigh Railyards – REDWatch]
- Uni plans to build an arc
- SYDNEY University has unveiled plans to create a $2 billion educational arc that includes Callan Park, Harold Park and North Eveleigh reports the Glebe on Wednesday 25 June, 2008.
- Frasers Broadway Community Information Session – Wednesday 9 July, 2008 5pm
- Frasers have arranged a Community Information Session for Wednesday 9 July 2008 from 5pm to 8pm at the Fosters Brewery Office, Broadway. As requested by community representatives Frasers advise there will extensive opportunities to discuss the modified plans with the project team at an initial informal display session.
- Carrying Away the Carriages
- THE volunteers of Eveleigh's Large Erecting Shop have dedicated more than 21 years to restoring heritage equipment and rolling stock. Now RailCorp has announced it is selling more than 130 items, many of which were restored at the Large Erecting Shopreports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 25th June 2008.
- Department Acts to Equip Playground
- A Central campaign to fix unsafe playgrounds in Waterloo public housing has succeeded after the intervention of the Housing Minister reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 25 june 2008.
- School's out - to take over half the city
- IT MAY one day be known as the university that ate Sydney. The University of Sydney has swallowed half of Darlington and is set to take Callan Park, and now a capital development masterplan for the next 12 years reveals it also has designs on North Eveleigh and Harold Park reports Harriet Alexander Higher Education Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.
- Officers stand by claims of corruption in AFP
- AS A growing band of federal police stationed inside Redfern's TNT towers spiralled out of control in late 1988, two NSW detectives took an extraordinary stand reports Steve Barrett and John Kidman in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.
- How elite agents went off the rails
- THEY were the untouchables, an elite band of Australian Federal Police, some of whom insiders say were no better than "gangsters with police badges" reports John Kidman and Steve Barrett in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.
- Robert Domm Appointed CEO of Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
- Planning Minister Frank Sartor today (20 June 2008) announced the appointment of Mr Robert Domm as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority reports this media release from Minister Frank Sartor.
- Uni Growth Fears
- A DRAFT plan for the $2 billion future development at the University of Sydney is making its neighbours nervous reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 18 June 2008.
- Labor Prepares for Elections
- LABOR members have selected a representative team to join mayoral hopeful Meredith Burgmann on the Labor team for Sydney Council's elections in September reports the Central of 18 June 2008.
