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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.
Friends of Eveleigh write to Minister
The Friends of Eveleigh (FOE) have heard that the eight heritage carriages are now scheduled to be moved from the Large Erecting Shop to Thirlmere on Tuesday 16th January 2007 after the morning peak. FOE have written to Ministers concerning the carriages as the move will see the carriages leave enclosed storage at Eveleigh and go to a site that has no storage for them. A copy of the letter to the Minister for Transport has been provided by FOE and has been reproduced below.
Former Rail Workers to Relive Old Times at CarriageWorks January 21-22 2007
This Media Release has been issued by the CarriageWorks with details of their Open Weekend events for January 20th- 21st 2007 which have been aimed at those who have earlier worked at Eveleigh.
Open weekend for CarriageWorks
Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts is holding an open weekend to celebrate its debut on the local arts scene reports Arts Hub Australia on Wednesday, January 10, 2007.
Mr. Premier - This (Rail Heritage) is your responsibility
The Following media statement was issued by Friends of Eveleigh on Sunday, 7th January, 2007 concerning the Office of Rail Heritage’s decision to remove eight carriages from Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop on Tuesday 9th January 2007. The Cariages did not leave as scheduled but the move is still planned. The Friends of Eveleigh Media Release raises major concerns about the handling of state rail heritage and the proposal to move the carriages.
Business and flats will follow arts to Eveleigh
WHEN the glittering Sydney Festival crowd hit the CarriageWorks arts precinct last night, the Eveleigh railyard workers of the past would have turned in their graves writes Sunanda Creagh Sydney Morning Herald Urban Affairs Reporter on January 6, 2007
RailCorp to Move Heritage carriages from the Large Erecting Shop
The following is the text of a Media Statement from the Friends of Eveleigh concerning the decision by RailCorp to remove eight Heritage Carriages from Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop. The transfer is scheduled for Tuesday 9th January 2007.
St Andrew’s Cathedral School Redfern (Gawura) Campus Consolation – 9th January 2007
St Andrew’s Cathedral School have advised that they would like to hold a second community consultation meeting in regards to the Gawura Campus Development Application. The Consultation is to be held Tuesday 9 January 2007 at Redfern Community Centre Level 3, 29 Hugo St Redfern NSW 2016 from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. All interested persons are invited to attend.
Shot in the arm for inner south
BUSINESSMAN and co-owner of the Rabbitohs rugby league club, Peter Holmes a Court, has set up a forum of community and business leaders to re-invigorate the inner southern suburbs according to the Sun Herald December 31, 2006.
When push comes to shove landowners stand up for their rights
The natives are getting restless. On February 11 there will be a rally in Hyde Park to protest against the State Government's long-running assault on democracy and private property. At a meeting at Rouse Hill just before Christmas, about a dozen community groups decided to join forces for what they hope will be a big event writes Michael Duffy in The Sydney Morning Herald of December 30, 2006.
Revealed: the Sydney flats squeeze
TENS of thousands of new homes will be forced upon traffic-choked Sydney suburbs under a State Government plan that councils have condemned as being unrealistic and shrouded in secrecy reports Justin Norrie and David Braithwaite in the Sydney Morning Herald of December 26, 2006.
3801 Moving to Thirlmere on 20 December 2006
The Rail Transport Museum have posted a schedule for the movement of the locomotive 3801 on Thursday 20 December 2006 on their website. The transfer is taking place on this date due to the reduced fire danger. The RTM website also contains other recent information on 3801.
Pokies dumped by Souths Leagues Club
The future of South Sydney Leagues Club will depend on a boost in memberships after it decided to remove its 60 poker machines - although the licences will be retained for a "rainy day" reports AAP on the SMH website on December 20, 2007.
OUR RAILWAY HERITAGE UNDER THREAT
The 3801 steam locomotive was recently transferred from the Large Erecting Shop in Eveleigh to the Hunter Valley Training Company workshops. Clover Moore is concerned that this makes way for redevelopment of the Eveleigh site for non-rail uses. (From CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 15 December 2006 - No. 327)
CUB SITE "OWNER'S CONSENT" UPDATE
In response to a request from Fosters for permission to include sections of Council's roads in its Concept Plan for the CUB site, the City reaffirmed its commitment to public open space that is adequate to meet future population needs and contribute to parkland usable by the whole Chippendale community. (From CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 15 December 2006 - No. 327).
NORTHCOTT DECLARED SAFE
The World Health Organisation declaration of the Surry Hills Northcott Department of Housing estate as a "Safe Community" is evidence of that community's success in overcoming disadvantage and isolation. It is the only public housing community in the world to be given this accreditation. (from CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 15 December 2006 - No. 327)
Carriageworks... Or will it?
Government is aware of what it has really done. In a disused old railway carriage works, a stone’s throw away from inner city Redfern, there is a bubbling... a simmering sound writes Nicholas Pickard in Arts Hub Australia of Friday, December 15, 2006. .
BLAST FROM THE PAST
MAJOR NEW INNER-CITY ARTS VENUE CARRIAGEWORKS COULD INSPIRE FUTURE MARDI GRAS FESTIVAL EVENTS REPORTS IAN GOULD FROM THE SYDNEY STAR OBSERVER ISSUE 846 14 DECEMBER 2006.
Off the rails in a creative move
Sydney's Victorian-era railway yards are being reborn as a contemporary arts centre, writes Matthew Westwood in the Australian December 11, 2006.
Street drinking banned at casino and on Block
THE troubled streets of the Block and those around Star City casino might become alcohol-free as part of a City of Sydney plan to cut crime and antisocial behaviour across the inner city reports Caroline Marcus in the Sun Herald of December 10, 2006.
Sartor dismisses rail heritage worries
Claims Australia's rail heritage is under threat from development have been dismissed by State Planning Minister Frank Sartor reports Rowan Barker Reporter Macquarie National News Friday, 08 December 2006.
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