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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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- Nation’s Mental Health Crisis - New report exposes dire situation
- URGENT funding increases are required to boost supervised accommodation for the mentally ill nationwide, according to a "revolutionary" new study reports Lisa Capozzi in Central 6th February 2008.
- Clean up this Mess
- WATERLOO Green is unsafe and unclean, according to public housing tenants living near the park. They allege an action plan drawn up by residents and Redfern police has been ignored by the Department of Housing (DOH) reports Central of 6th February 2008 page 10.
- In Line for Honours
- A REDFERN-based Aboriginal line dancing troupe are kicking up their heels after winning a national title at The Tamworth Country Music Festival reports Lisa Capozzi in Central 6th February 2008 Page 9.
- Revivalist meeting as Cousins faces his demons
- THE Block in Redfern has seen plenty of things in its time, but nothing quite like this. When Ben Cousins, Anthony Mundine and Sonny Bill Williams, clad in shimmering white shirts, appeared apparition-like in the sunlight, it looked for all the world like a revivalist meeting reports AAP on 6th February 2008.
- Questions for Redfern Police
- The relationship between some of the Aboriginal community and Redfern Police has become so dysfunctional that complaints against officers are rarely made despite claims of rampant harassment circulating Redfern and Waterloo reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Police activities must be monitored
- The relationship between the police and many Aboriginals in Redfern-Waterloo is pitiful reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Rachel Forster site sold to highest bidder
- The former Rachel Forster Hospital at Redfern has been sold at the end of last year, following Planning Minister Frank Sartor’s approval of a concept plan for the $70 million residential redevelopment reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Walker Street housing project underway
- The State Government’s housing strategy for the Redfern-Waterloo has seen its frst bit of action, with the construction of a new $28 million public housing project in Walker Street, Redfern, beginning last month reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Missy in action on behalf of the AMS
- Pop singer and Aussie icon Missy Higgins took time out from her busy schedule to lend support to the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Legacy of a “cruel and heartless” government
- The STEP ERS program, administered by the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation, has been introduced to replace the successful Community Development Employment Program, which was axed by the Howard Government in mid-2006 reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Yabun Festival 2008
- Yabun Festival on Australia Day (aka Invasion/Survival Day) not only hosted the best black music in the country and a sea of communities from down the road or down the highway, it featured the makings of the world’s largest poem reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Human Rights Award for Redfern Legal Centre
- The Redfern Legal Centre has won the 2007 Human Rights Award, presented by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Have You Heard
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items.
- Marking time and place - Artist Profile: Michelle Frances Collocott
- Michelle Collocott’s residential studio is located at 314 Abercrombie Street, Darlington. An artist of some renown, nationally and internationally, her work (spanning 50 years) incorporates painting, photography, collage, and, of late, horticulture, to express intimate concern for urban and rural environments reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- City of Sydney supports public tenants
- City of Sydney Public Housing Liaison Officer, Dominic Grenot, is developing a public housing plan reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- South Sydney to Hobart
- Simon Williams is a Redfern resident and business development officer for TAFE NSW. His job, he says, entails working hard to raise funds for an under-resourced and important educational organisation. Because he works hard he also needs to rest and have fun. Simon’s idea of fun is yachting. This summer marked his seventh Sydney to Hobart. Simon spent three days and 19 hours on board a yacht called Zen reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Incinerator makes way for civic centre
- Demolition work has begun on the disused Waterloo incinerator at Zetland, Green Square – a building that has been at the heart of over 30 years of public planning controversy. The demolition, which is expected to take up to six months, brings to an end debates over how the controversial site could be used reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Rosebery residents challenge mega-church
- On Friday January 11, around 50 Rosebery residents gathered outside the office of State Labor Member for Heffron, Kristina Keneally. The MP was presented with a petition of over 800 signatures in protest over the proposed Hillsong mega-church to be built on the old RTA site on Rothschild Avenue reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- Erskineville stories for the big screen
- Erskineville Stories is a film made by local artist, Annie Kennedy. It tells the stories of 10 residents who have lived in Erskineville since the 1920s reports the South Sydney Herald of February 2008.
- 3801 Ltd Announce new Illawarra Tour service
- 3801 Ltd, who operate out of the Large Erecting Shop at South Eveleigh, have announced in the media release below that the Cockatoo Run will incorporate the “Illawarra Tree Top Flyer” which is expected to open on 8th March 2008. 3801 Ltd expects to operate this new tourist service every Thursday & Sunday commencing following the opening of the “Illawarra Tree Top Flyer”. The detail of the media release of 3rd February 2008 is below.
