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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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- 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.
- Sydney's Inner City Homelessness Action Plan Phase Two
- The NSW Government has developed a plan to address the problem of homeless people sleeping rough around inner Sydney. It came about in order to guide the Partnership Against Homelessness, a Department of Housing led initiative bringing together 12 NSW Government agencies that fund or administer programs for homeless people (established in 1999).
- Greens - Marrickville - Greens Back Aboriginal Housing on the Block
- Greens candidate for Marrickville, Fiona Byrne, and Greens candidate for Heffron, Ben Spies-Butcher, this week met with the Aboriginal Housing Company to discuss the AHC’s plans, and to offer their support for Aboriginal housing on the Block reports this Greens Media Release on 4th December 2006.
- Aboriginal kids to get top private education
- A NEW private school for Aboriginal children will be established at the Block at Redfern, the cultural centre of the city's indigenous population reports Hannah Edwards in the Sun Herald of December 3, 2006.
- CCCG - CUB Sun Access also an Issue for CUB Site Submissions
- The following email was put out by the Combined Chippendale Community Groups on 2 December to encourage submissions and to provide information on the sun access proposals with the concept plan.
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- A Void exisits in drug and alcohol treatment centres in the inner city
- Intravenous drug users in the inner city are not receiving adequate treatment because of shortfalls in detoxifcation services, an expert in Indigenous health has said reports Darren Mara In the December 2006 issue of the South Sydney Herald.
- CarriageWorks, Redfern/Newtown’s - newest theatrical venue opens
- CarriageWorks, on land formerly owned by State Rail, is managed by Arts NSW and directed by Sue Hunt, a former director of performing arts at the Sydney Opera House reports Peter Whitehead in the December 2006 issue of the South Sydney Herald.
- Public housing sold to private owners
- The dwindling amount of public housing available has left many concerned about the availability of housing for low-income earners in the Redfern-Waterloo area. This comes as five Waterloo properties owned by the NSW Department of Housing were sold to private owners reports Brenden Hills in the December 2006 issue of the South Sydney Herald.
