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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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- Alan Jones throws his support behind The Block's Pemulwuy Project - 01.09.2005
- Alan Jones, 2GB broadcaster, has met with the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) and thrown his support behind their Pemulwuy Project. The project aims to replace deteriorated terrace housing on the Block with 62 new homes the South Sydney Herald September 2005 reports.
- Sartor refuses to budge on the Block - 29.08.05
- Tim Dick SMH Urban Affairs Reporter reports. In Frank Sartor's future for Redfern, everything is negotiable. Except the Block.
- Frank Sartor addresses public housing tenants
- South Sydney Herald August 2005 page 4 by Darcy Byrne
- Oval debate goes one more round - 15.07.2005
- Jane Shields in Southside News Issue 3/2005 Page 31 reports.
- Fear for future of historic court - 15.07.2005
- The closure and uncertain future of their 19th century courthouse has left Redfern people very unhappy. ELIAS JAHSHAN and NAMI KWON report. (Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 9)
- Deal to boost indigenous jobs in Redfern Waterloo - 15.07.2005
- Peta Fitzgerald Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 10 reports. An agreement between the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) and the main construction union has been reached in a bid to improve employment for Redfern's indigenous community.
- Sacred land and official secrets 15.07.2005
- In the early 1970s, many Aboriginal people living in Sydney were homeless and there was a serious overcrowding of what housing did exist. With no permanent housing they constantly faced eviction and racial discrimination in the private rent market. As a result of this lack of affordable housing, a group of Aboriginal people squatted in empty terraces on Louis Street in Redfern, in December 1972.
- How Moore's ‘kinda’onside with RWA - 15.07.2005
- The support of Sydney's Lord Mayor is vital for the success of the Redfern Waterloo redevelopment plan. But as DHEEPTHI NAMASIVAYAM finds out its not guaranteed. (Southside News issue 3/2005 page 10)
- Friend or foe Sartor has final say - 15.07.2005
- New South Wales Labor MP Frank Ernest Sartor, in his early years as a Sydney City councillor, described The Block in Redfern as: "the most difficult problem I have ever had to deal with". Today, as a minister, he heads the Redfern Waterloo Authority. JOE CORREY profiles the man who now has extraordinary power to change all of Redfern not just its notorious streets. (Southside News Issue 3/2005 pages 12-13)
- Pemulwuy inspires battle for The Block - 15.07.2005
- Pemulwuy was the Rainbow Warrior who in the late 1700s united Aboriginal clans to resist the British. This earned him the reputation as the most famous freedom fighter in Aboriginal history. Another battle is now brewing - this time between the NSW Government and the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC). The company has a plan to redevelop its prime land, The Block in Redfern. The Government has a plan to take over that development. Samantha Derrick Southside News Issue 3/2005 page 15.
- Land and secrets on The Block - 15.07.2005
- On May 25, a map of Redfern Waterloo was published in the Government Gazette. It showed areas declared state significant within Redfern and Waterloo boundaries and included The Block - land privately owned by the Aboriginal Housing Company. Gazetting means planning and compulsory acquisition powers will now move to the recently established Redfern Waterloo Authority. Government documents show control of The Block was always central to the $5 billion redevelopment plan for the area. SAMANTHA DERRICK reports for Southside News (Issue 3/2005 Pages 13-14.)
- Less traffic, cleaner air, Manhattan vibrancy: these are the benefits of denser living - 03.06.2005
- Uncompromising vision is still seen as un-Australian, writes Elizabeth Farrelly.
- Minister Sartor takes planning control of Redfern's Block
- A map of Redfern Waterloo has been published in the Government Gazette, which shows the initial areas declared as state significant within the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) boundaries. The map includes private land as well as the publicly owned land which were to pass to the RWA under the provisions of the Redfern Waterloo Act.
- The Block under threat, says AHC - 31.05.2005
- THE NSW government is making a land grab for the Sydney Aboriginal housing estate known as The Block in order to "cleanse" the area of indigenous people, a peak Aboriginal housing group says.
- No Black Faces on the Block? - May 2005
- The Carr Government’s plans for the rundown suburb of Redfern are yet to be revealed, but anyone taking a white brush to the black heart of Sydney is surely in for a fight. MARNI CORDELL reports on the battle for Redfern-Waterloo.
- Price of revamp - Authority to consult on new social agenda - 13.04.2005
- Alexandra Walker in the SydneyCentral Courier reports that Amid media reports of financial uncertainty, the Redfern-Waterloo Authority has begun its community consultation process, holding meetings to discuss the future of human services in the area. Reports surfaced on Monday that the authority is facing a financial crisis that will require it to seek loans of up to $36 million.
- Joining Forces for Redfern
- Plans for redeveloping The Block are engaging politicians from all sides. Report Alexandra Walker in Sydney Central Wednesday April 6 2005 Page 10
- Redeveloping The Block: the battle drags on - April 2005 SSH
- Negotiations between the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) and the Redfern Waterloo Authority have come to a standstill because of a failure to agree on what is a sustainable future for The Block. The AHC is committed to the Pemulwuy Redevelopment Project, which would replace deteriorated terrace housing on the Block with 62 homes in a low-rise apartment complex.
- SMH Letters 7th-11tt March 2005
- Following the SMH article "Hardly a black face on the Block - Sartor's vision for Redfern", there were a number of letters criticval of the Minister. On March 8th the Minister replied followed by Michael Mundine CEO of the AHC on March 11th. The letters that appeared in the SMH are below.
- Hardly a black face on the Block - Sartor's vision for Redfern - 05.03.2005 SMH
- On the hottest day last month, the minister responsible for Redfern, Frank Sartor, walked into the offices of the Aboriginal Housing Company and dropped a bombshell: he didn't want any Aboriginal housing on the Block.
