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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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- Alcohol Free Zones – ‘ two sides to the coin’
- Thank you, Central, for raising the very important debate on the topic of ‘Street drinking and Alcohol Free Zones’. I read with interest the divided views on their effectiveness and it appears there is valid argument in both camps writes Mike Shreenan in this letter to Central on 22 April 2009.
- Planning Minister promises to fix problems of Redfern Waterloo
- Member for Heffron and Planning Minister Kristina Keneally has made bold claims about her intention to tackle the serious social issues confronting public housing communities in Redfern and Waterloo reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 April 2009.
- Head to Head
- Member for Heffron Kristina Keneally (above right) has come out swinging against her Labor Party colleague, City of Sydney councillor Meredith Burgmann (above left) over her position on alcohol-free zones reports Central on 22 April 2009.
- Pemulwuy housing project in Redfern nears approval
- The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy development plans for the Block at Redfern are nearing final approval from the NSW Planning Minister Kristina Keneally and the Department of Planning reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 22 April 2009.
- Acknowledging Indigenous Diggers
- THIS Anzac Day, an often forgotten contingent of diggers will be celebrated and their contribution remembered at Redfern reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 April 2009.
- No Date Set for Works
- THE global downturn has hit the massive Frasers development site in Chippendale with the company's owner stating there is no firm start date for construction to begin reports Kim Shaw in Central of 22 April 2009.
- April 2009 - RWA Update – Text Version
- March 2009 - RWA Update – Text Version / North Eveleigh Concept Plan approved / New CEO Roy Wakelin-King writes / All Blacks basketball teams are winners / Eveleigh Market is open for business / The Coloured Digger Project – ANZAC Day 2009 / Housing NSW Redfern Redevelopment Project: 106 houses and 20 jobs / Congratulations Allana! RWA’s frst trade qualifed carpenter / On the tools and in the classroom / Factory Community Centre: 30 years – still going strong / Koori Job Ready Course in warehousing and storage / Rohan Tobler honoured at ACTU Awards / New sport and recreational services in Redfern / Need assistance?
- Frasers Property affirms commitment to CUB site on Broadway [including RWA Contributions]
- In response to reports appearing in today’s (17 April 2009) media in respect of the Frasers Broadway development (the old Carton United Brewery site), Frasers Property makes the following clarifications in its media release of 17 April 2009.
- It's off: Carlton brewery site goes flat
- THE developer behind the massive former Carlton and United Brewery project at Broadway has called an indefinite halt to construction and says the project will not start until the global economy recovers reports Matthew Moore in the Sydney Morning Herald of 17 April 2009.
- Rail Corp Lodge DA with RWA for North Eveleigh Demolition
- RailCorp have lodged a Development Application in regard to the demolition of certain buildings in the North Eveleigh area. Given community interest following the RailCorp tender being advertised without a DA application we are making available the information received from the RWA late Friday 17 April 2009. The DA will be exhibited from 29 April to 20 May 2009.
- RWA - Frasers Modified Affordable Housing Agreement
- The Agreement between the RWA and Frasers on Affordable Housing on 28 November 2008 provides for payment in 5 installments starting in June 2009. Each of the first four installments are for $6m with an adjusting installment dependendt of the final FSR. Interest is charged on any late payment at 2% above the Bank Bill Rate. The link to the agreement is below:
- Sydney development shelved as economic crisis bites
- It seems unlikely there will be cranes on the Broadway site any time soon. A major Sydney development has been put on hold, due to the economic downturn, putting more pressure on the state's rising unemployment levels.
- Govt centres to give street drinkers a guzzle
- Sydney’s problem drinkers could be herded off the streets in a joint move by Housing NSW and the City of Sydney to provide venues for alcoholics to nurse their addiction reports Angus Thompson in City News of 16 April 2009.
- TJ Hickey’s death site to be stripped by upgrade
- The fence on which Redfern Aboriginal teenager Thomas ‘TJ’ Hickey was fatally wounded may be removed as part of a planned upgrade by Housing NSW reports Angus Thompson in City news of 16 April 2009.
- Step Right Up
- The Luncheon Club’s new walking group is aiming to get people on their feet. Stella Di Laudo is eager to get people moving. And as the driving force behind a newly-formed walking group for people living with HIV, she’s doing just that reports Reg Domingo in SX on 15 April 2009.
- Reflections on Council Consultation in Darlington - Geoff Turnbull
- Issues arising from planned upgrade of Darlington’s Charles Kernan Reserve illustrate the potential for improving Council’s local consultation and planning processes. Geoff Turnbull reflects on how Council consultation might be improved in Darlington.
- Redfern and Waterloo gets $3,856,098 to upgrade 1404 homes
- NSW Housing Minister David Borger and Federal Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek today announced that over $9.2 million is being invested in the inner Sydney suburbs of Glebe, Redfern, Waterloo, Marrickville and Sydney to upgrade 3104 social housing homes reports this media release of 14 April 2009 from both Ministers.
- Just like kids... only with poo patrol
- From a $NZ280 spa treatment to a personal shaman for your dog, we look at the some of the boutique services available for today's pampered pooches [including Redfern] reports Nicky Park for AAP on stuff.com.nz.
- Award-winning builder takes Indigenous leadership role
- Union organiser Rohan Tobler has won the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award for helping young Aboriginal people in inner Sydney find employment in the building industry reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 10 April 2009.
- Honest John bares warts-'n-all
- JOHN McIntyre has a down-to-earth approach, SARAH HUDSON writes in the Weekly Times Now.
