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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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- Local Government Seeks Election Commitments on Planning
- NSW councils will press candidates standing for the 2007 State election to support a number of reforms to significantly improve the transparency and accountability of the current planning system in NSW. The changes would also streamline working arrangements between State and Local Government reports a media statement on 1st February 2007 from the Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW.
- Football lands in Redfern
- This year Police and Community Youth Clubs NSW will establish for the first time a new PCYC Football Club based at Redfern. With the aim of re-establishing pathways for children and young people in through sports, PCYC has in the last two years built the largest network of futsal (indoor soccer) competitions across New South Wales. In 2007, PCYC is trying its hand at outdoor football reports the Central of 31st January 2007.
- The shuttle to keep Redfern locals on the move
- Central of 31st January 2007 reports on the new Redfern to Glebe shuttle bus.
- Anthony Mundine Attacks Howard, Union Jack In Rap Video
- Footballer-turned-boxer-turned-rapper Anthony Mundine burns a photo of Prime Minister John Howard as well as the Union Jack in his first music video reports Daniel Zugna on undercover on January 31 2007.
- CUB Deed secures Public Benefit
- CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 26 January 2007 - No. 331 reports that The City has secured commitment to vital public benefits from Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) site owners through our negotiations with them on including some Council roads in their plans.
- GREENS - Heffron - “Law and order” auction fails NSW Indigenous communities - 25th January 2007
- The Greens NSW will today (25th January 2007) launch their approach to reducing Indigenous incarceration rates, increasing community safety and ensuring community development.
- Oasis and the duty-free store in the Citygold building
- The following item is taken from the 25 January 2007 email update put out by the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups. The item deals with recent wins against premises operating without council approval in Chippendale and with issues connected to brothels in Chippendale. While the locations are outside Redfern Waterloo they do apply to broader City of Sydney issues that may also impact on Redfern Waterloo.
- Owning a home: it's an 8-year bitch
- AN ASPIRING home buyer would have to save every cent of a median salary for more than eight years to pay for a house in Sydney, an international housing affordability survey has found. In 1980 it took a buyer 3½ years reports Catharine Munro Urban Affairs Editor Sydney Morning Herald January 23, 2007.
- GREENS - Heffron - The future of the Eveleigh railyards must be for the community, not big business.
- Greens MP Lee Rhiannon and Greens candidate for Heffron, Ben Spies-Butcher, attended the Open Day at the Carriageworks art space today to highlight local concerns about the development of the Eveleigh Railyards in this Media Release dated 20th january 2007.
- Chippendale Improvement Plan
- The draft Chippendale Improvement Plan, currently on exhibition until 13 February, details projects to improve local area traffic management, public domain, open spaces and community facilities reports CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 19 January 2007 - No. 330.
- Developer Contributions for Redfern Waterloo
- The City has sought better provision for open space in the Redfern Waterloo Authority's (RWA) Draft Development Contributions Plan and is now also preparing a submission on the Authorities new Draft Affordable Housing Contributions Plan. CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 19 January 2007 - No. 330.
- City’s Draft Homelessness Strategy
- A vision to end to chronic homelessness in the inner city over the next 10 years has been spelled out in the City's draft Homelessness Strategy, currently on public exhibition until 26 February 2007 reports CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 19 January 2007 - No. 330.
- Friends of Eveleigh write to Minister
- The Friends of Eveleigh (FOE) have heard that the eight heritage carriages are now scheduled to be moved from the Large Erecting Shop to Thirlmere on Tuesday 16th January 2007 after the morning peak. FOE have written to Ministers concerning the carriages as the move will see the carriages leave enclosed storage at Eveleigh and go to a site that has no storage for them. A copy of the letter to the Minister for Transport has been provided by FOE and has been reproduced below.
- Former Rail Workers to Relive Old Times at CarriageWorks January 21-22 2007
- This Media Release has been issued by the CarriageWorks with details of their Open Weekend events for January 20th- 21st 2007 which have been aimed at those who have earlier worked at Eveleigh.
- Open weekend for CarriageWorks
- Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts is holding an open weekend to celebrate its debut on the local arts scene reports Arts Hub Australia on Wednesday, January 10, 2007.
- Mr. Premier - This (Rail Heritage) is your responsibility
- The Following media statement was issued by Friends of Eveleigh on Sunday, 7th January, 2007 concerning the Office of Rail Heritage’s decision to remove eight carriages from Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop on Tuesday 9th January 2007. The Cariages did not leave as scheduled but the move is still planned. The Friends of Eveleigh Media Release raises major concerns about the handling of state rail heritage and the proposal to move the carriages.
- Business and flats will follow arts to Eveleigh
- WHEN the glittering Sydney Festival crowd hit the CarriageWorks arts precinct last night, the Eveleigh railyard workers of the past would have turned in their graves writes Sunanda Creagh Sydney Morning Herald Urban Affairs Reporter on January 6, 2007
- RailCorp to Move Heritage carriages from the Large Erecting Shop
- The following is the text of a Media Statement from the Friends of Eveleigh concerning the decision by RailCorp to remove eight Heritage Carriages from Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop. The transfer is scheduled for Tuesday 9th January 2007.
- St Andrew’s Cathedral School Redfern (Gawura) Campus Consolation – 9th January 2007
- St Andrew’s Cathedral School have advised that they would like to hold a second community consultation meeting in regards to the Gawura Campus Development Application. The Consultation is to be held Tuesday 9 January 2007 at Redfern Community Centre Level 3, 29 Hugo St Redfern NSW 2016 from 2.00pm to 3.00pm. All interested persons are invited to attend.
- Shot in the arm for inner south
- BUSINESSMAN and co-owner of the Rabbitohs rugby league club, Peter Holmes a Court, has set up a forum of community and business leaders to re-invigorate the inner southern suburbs according to the Sun Herald December 31, 2006.
