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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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- New regulations for disabled
- The Commonwealth Government has introduced a basic set of access standards for people with disabilities as part of a 10-year National Disability Strategy reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Last month’s demo on The Block
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010 has reported the following Redfern Waterloo item extracted below:
- Underground gardening
- Dozens of new rain gardens will be built throughout the city as part of the City of Sydney’s plan to treat stormwater pollution reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Help for problem gamblers
- The recent Australian Productivity Commission Report shows that for every problem gambler, there are five to 10 others who are significantly affected. “Those who have a close relationship with problem gamblers are often the first to realise something is wrong,” says Sondra Kalnins from HopeStreet’s Inner City Gambling Counselling Service. “Because of that they have a vital role to play in ensuring that those gamblers get the help they need before the situation becomes critical.” reports the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Question time
- A while ago Dr Peta Seaton (the doctorate is in archaeology) sat around the table with a number of people in or on the edges of politics, among them former NSW Premier Nick Greiner, and asked a number of questions. Many were questions Peta Seaton had fielded from constituents when she was Liberal Party member for the Southern Highlands from 1996 to 2007. From this came draft notes, and then, 2010 to 2011 being election season in a number of states, and federally, it was decided to formulate questions and answers at greater length in a book reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- Shades of red
- Miriam Cabello, Reena Shein, Floria Tosca and Maria Villa are a diverse group of artists sharing a common bond through a focus on materiality as pertinent to their artistic practices. They have chosen “red” as their theme for this show. It is the beacon that highlights their individual concerns but also connects them to each other reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- That’s the way we roll
- Many families in Sydney own a set of the shiny steel balls known as boules, but due to a lack of proper places to play most are only used at picnics for a game or two on grass. Redfern resident, Darin Evans, would like to change that. “The proper name for the game is petanque and the surface is hard dirt with some gravel. This allows the full range of skills and tactics to come out,” he explained reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2010.
- RWA Comments on North Eveleigh - April 2010
- Apology - In the April issue of the SSH we reported that the Redfern Waterloo Authority had not responded to our questions in regard to the sale of North Eveleigh. The RWA's Community Relations Manager had indeed forwarded the following responses.
- Clover Moore Supports Sydney Uni Public Forum for 28 April
- Clover More in her enews No 492 of Friday 16 April 2010 has welcomed Sydney University's initiative in exploring opportunities for working with the community for mutual benefit over the North Eveleigh site. She will attend the forum being run by the University at CarriageWorks on 28 April. The text from the enews is below:
- Aboriginal Centre of Excellence Opens in Sydney
- Described as a watershed moment in recent Aboriginal history, Australia's first Centre for Indigenous Excellence has opened in the inner-city district of Redfern in Sydney reports Phil Mercer on BBC News Thursday, 22 April, 2010.
- Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce Eveleigh Sub-Committee & Eveleigh Interpretation Plan
- At its second meeting the Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce resolved to establish an Eveleigh Sub-Committee and to develop a Eveleigh Interpretation Plan. Below is the notice calling from Interest in the Sub-Committee and details of the RWHT decision to set up the Sub-Committee.
- Me-Mel: Goat Island though Bennelong’s eyes - Media Release
- Aboriginal training and cultural organisation, Tribal Warrior Association, will hold a day of cultural celebrations and festivities on Sydney Harbour’s Goat Island on Sunday 18 April says this Media Release from Tribal Warrior on 12 April 2010.
- Stock Transfer, Is it the way forward for Social Housing ?
- In 2009 HNSW began the process of transferring 3,000 of its properties to community housing providers across the state and hopes to finish the transfer this year. Now many HNSW residents wait with bated breath to find out if their tenancies will stay with the Government or will be transferred on to a Community Housing Provider. Many residents prefer the devil they know to a provider they know nothing about and a sense of insecurity is felt by many tenants who don’t know what to expect from the new system reports this article in RedWater News April 2010.
- Heritage works begin at ATP - April 2010
- In the following extract from ATP News of 7 April 2010, ATPPML advised details of the heritage plans for Innovation Plaza, Bays 1 & 2 and Heritage Lighting around the ATP.
- The NCIE now open!
- Many of us had already visited the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence before it was officially opened by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd recently. However, that took nothing away from the great day. After all the planning, building, preparing of the great facilities and training of its enthusiastic and capable staff, the formal opening was still a very special celebration reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010.
- No uplifting news for Redfern
- Redfern Railway Station still lacks a plan to make it disability friendly, despite the State Government’s pledge to spend $50 billion improving Sydney’s transport system. While every other major Sydney station from North Sydney to Sydenham is expected to be an Easy Access station by 2016, Redfern is still in the planning stages reports Flint Duxfield in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010.
- University campus at North Eveleigh?
- The University of Sydney’s campus expansion plans have been disrupted for more than two years by the State Government, which has failed to make a decision about the sale of an Eveleigh site reports Melanie Kembrey in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010.
- RWA optimism
- The recent opening of the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE), the new Redfern Health Centre and the one-year anniversary of the Eveleigh Farmers Market are three tangible examples of the good work being done to benefit Waterloo and Redfern, according to Redfern Waterloo Authority CEO, Roy Wakelin-King reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - April 2010
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Kristina Keneally on the NCIE
- The following Advertisement from Kristina Keneally, State Member for Heffron dealt with the opening of the NCIE in the South Sydney Herald of April 2010
