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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.
South Sydney winger Nathan Merritt overjoyed after being named in Aboriginal All-Star team
NATHAN Merritt remembers the spot being right across the road from Souths Leagues. No barbed wire. No jagged metal, either. Just up, over and get stuck in. "Yeah, me and my cousins, we were always climbing that fence at Redfern Oval when we were little," Merritt recalls, grinning. "But back in those days it really was one of only two options ... footy or the PCYC." reports Nick Walshaw in the The Daily Telegraph on 20 November 2009.
It's last drinks at the Abercrombie and punters raise a toast
LAST drinks have been called at a historic Sydney pub on the former Carlton United Brewery site as construction of the $2 million residential and commercial hub approaches reports Josephine Tovey in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 November 2009.
Unis push for land to build student housing
FIVE public universities are negotiating with the Premier, Nathan Rees, to relax planning laws and free up Crown land to help build housing for an extra 15,000 students in Sydney reports Heath Gilmore in the Sydney Morning Herald of 19 Novemner 2009.
Sydney city ``most exciting’’ place to live: Community Pulse Survey
Readers from 20 newspapers across Sydney, including those of the Mt Druitt Standard, all agreed the suburb was dull. Blacktown, Redfern, Campbelltown and Liverpool rounded out the top five most boring suburbs. At the other end of the scale the city, Bondi, Manly, Newtown and Parramatta were listed as the most exciting reports Central on 18 November 2009.
Mixed Communities - Placebo or Panacea
Paul Cheshire’s paper of 17th May 2007, Segregated neighbourhoods and mixed communities, provides an interesting insight into the concept of induced Social Mix currently being implemented in Australia on multiple levels of government writes Ross Smith in TSN's Rimfire Review on 16 November, 2009.
Slammin' Sam's the man for Lang
Souths kicked off their preparations for 2010 yesterday by announcing their Redfern neighbour, the Australian Technology Park, had signed a two-year deal to sponsor the club's charitable arm, Souths Cares reports this extract from Leauge HQ's Slammin' Sam's the man for Lang on 14 November 2009.
Australian Technology Park signs two-year sponsorship deal with Souths Cares and Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval
The Australian Technology Park today entered into a two-year agreement to sponsor local community service provider Souths Cares, as well as take on the naming rights to the Australian Technology Park Performance Centre at Redfern Oval reports this media release from South Sydney Rabbitohs on 13 November 2009.
More businesses interested in Indigenous Enterprise Partnerships
An organisation that brokers partnerships between some of Australia's biggest corporations and Cape York Indigenous communities in far north Queensland says more companies want to get involved reports ABC news on 13 November 2009.
Clarification on C7 & Global TV Marshalling prior to entering ATP studios
The following extract is taken from a letter from architectus on behalf of Global Television Services and Channel 7 in relation to DA number 051-08-09 to clarify the process of audience arrival and marshalling prior to entering the studios on 29 October 2009. As this letter addresses a number of issues which have been raised as concerns in the community during exhibition we have reproduced the clarifications here. The letter from which this has been extracted is part of the DA Application which is being exhibited until 2 December 2009.
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.
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