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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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- From little cuttings, big plants grow – streetscape community garden in Waterloo
- It all started with some cuttings and a green thumb. Now, a streetscape garden in Waterloo is giving millionaires’ rows in Surry Hills and Woollahra a run for their money reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Chippendale’s food for the future
- Chippendale residents treated Sydney-siders to a rare delight this month when they transformed their streets into a community food fair reports Flint Duxfield in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- A spiked love story
- Working out of the Old Fitzroy Hotel in Woolloomooloo, theatre company Tamarama Rock Surfers is collaborating with Redfern locals, Luke Cowling and Melinda Dransfield of Unit 107. Their new production of Kiss Me Like You Mean It, written by Chris Chibnall of Doctor Who and Torchwood fame, is a play of parallel love stories and the bittersweet joy of enduring love that must confront the ultimate sacrifice reports Leonie Tillman in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Love times two – local author’s enchanting memoir
- In the late 1960s, Kathy, a young woman living and working in suburban Sydney, met a Polish medical student and fell in love. In My Two Husbands Kathy Golski, recollects her time with her first husband, Olek, which was tragically cut short, and how she found love again with another Polish man, Voy. My Two Husbands chronicles a tale of survival and hope through laughter and tears reports Amanda Robb in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Snoop Dogg in Redfern
- The rap star Snoop Dogg arrived in Sydney late yesterday and headed straight to the Redfern Community Centre, where the mob waited, chanting his name. The visit was to help promote the Field of Dreams project, a South Sydney Football Club youth charity scheme to build a touch-football field in The Block. Inset: Dogg in South Sydney gear, flanked by Nathan Merritt.
- Australia's best house
- The EDO apartment building, designed by the Sydney firm Stanisic Associates, and CarriageWorks, by Tonkin Zulaikha Greer, were "really innovative". CarriageWorks, which won the Lachlan Macquarie Award for Heritage, was so good it almost won a commercial architecture award as well, Mr Tzannes said. The full report by Richard Jinman in the Sydney Morning Herald of October 31, 2008 is below.
- Indigenous jobs plan launched
- A chance for all … Tremain Mundine and Clive Cavanagh speak to the businessman Andrew Forrest about the jobs they would like to find reports Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter of the Sydney Morning Herald of October 31, 2008.
- Rudd gives $20m to black scholarship fund
- THE Federal Government will fund a big expansion of the country's main indigenous boarding school scholarship scheme to allow an extra 2000 Aboriginal students to attend top secondary schools reports Mark Davis Sydney Morning Herald Political Correspondent October 31, 2008.
- RWA continues to 2011-12 - Minister
- "The Redfern-Waterloo Authority continues operation until 2011-12 at which point it will reviewed, either for termination or to be incorporated into other agencies". This announcement was included in the Summary of Planning Portfolio reforms accompanied Minister Keneally's the media release on "Planning Reform to Keep Development and New South Wales Moving" of Wednesday 29 October 2008.
- And they're leaving: Harold Park for sale
- THE historic Harold Park track in Glebe, home to harness racing since 1902, will be sold, paving the way for the NSW Harness Racing Club to move its headquarters to south-western Sydney and leaving the huge inner-city site open for development reports John Schell with Alexandra Smith in the Sydney Morning Herald of October 27, 2008.
- Making airwaves
- Koori Radio is thriving in its new home in Redfern, offering better services and opportunities for indigenous youngsters. Having previously broadcasted out of the old Marrickville hospital site, the station now boasts several community-focused programs reports Peach Emmett in City News of 26 October 2008.
- Light rail transit loop to link Green Square to city
- MORE than 22,000 future residents of Green Square are to be moved around the massive urban renewal site on a high-capacity bus or light rail service under plans being considered by the State Government and the City of Sydney Council writes Linton Besser Transport Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of October 23, 2008.
- Black and white world of the Dreamtime
- THE truth of it is we don't know their pain. Rod Jensen began talking about growing up an Aboriginal with a white father, and trying to find a place in their world for both of them reports Paul Kent in the Herald Sun.
- Planning angst strikes a chord with community groups
- Green Ban activist Jack Mundey has described the current Labor administration as the worst this state has seen since the Askin Government of the mid-'70s reports Alex McDonald in City News of 23 October 2008.
- Positive Energy
- The winds of change are blowing through Redfern, according to the new president of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce (RWCC), Mary Lynne Pidcock reports Sandra Fonseca in Central of 22 October 2008..
- Public transport excludes disabled
- Mel Harrison cannot get the train to Redfern Station because of continuing delays to installation of disabled access reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 October 2008.
- What can council do to make the City of Sydney a more open and transparent government?
- Talking Heads in City News asked Michael Gormly & Andrew Woodhouse to respond to the question in City News of 19 October 2008.
- Putting the heat on Souths
- An investigation into alleged breaches at South Sydney Leagues Club, the entertaining of celebrities at Homebush Bay, and real estate transactions at the Redfern premises is proceeding following revelations in the Herald last month of members' frustration since the takeover of the Rabbitohs by high-profile owners Russell Crowe and Peter Holmes a Court reported the Sydney Morning Herald of 18th October 2008.
- Sydney Uni turns hit on investments into cuts
- THE University of Sydney will cut planned spending after taking a $100 million hit on its investments, highlighting the ripple effect of the credit crisis reports Jacob Saulwick in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18th October 2008.
- Redfern Waterloo Issues Discussed with Minister Keneally
- On 14th October 2008 Geoff Turnbull, in his individual capacity as a community member active on Redfern Waterloo issues, met with Minister for planning and Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally. During the meeting Geoff raised a range of Redfern Waterloo issues. Below is the note prepared for the meeting which details the issues raised with the new Minister.
