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- Union helps build new hope
- JUST seven months ago, the future for Chris Davies was looking very bleak. The 18-year-old was unemployed, had no contact with his family and roamed the streets of Sydney's inner-city Redfern Brad Norington in The Australian of March 04, 2008.
- Redfern Legal Centre helping young tenants
- With the start of the university year approaching, many young students will be leaving home for the first time, often into shared housing reports this media statement from Office of Fair Trading on 19 February 2008.
- Full steam ahead as artists do the hard yards
- One hundred years ago, the Eveleigh rail yards were filled with train carriages and noisy machinery. These days, visitors are more likely to encounter break dancers, dinosaur puppets or a studio audience for So You Think You Can Dance Australia writes Louise Schwartzkoff in the SMH of March 6, 2008.
- ‘Nothing will stop us’
- ABORIGINAL Housing Company chief executive Micheal Mundine says nothing will stop the company's Pemulwuy Project for The Block, despite the volunteer organisation being unable to pay an assessment fee required by the Planning Department writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 5th March 2008.
- Redfern Stadium to Benefit Entire Community
- REDFERN rugby league hopefuls will have a home ground for the first time in almost 80 years when they share Redfern Park and Oval with the South Sydney Rabbitohs writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 5th March 2008.
- Residents up in arms over Hillsong
- Rosebery residents met face-to-face with Hillsong last month to decide the fate of the building of a 2,700-seat mega-church at an old RTA site in Rosebery reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- The Erko supermarket debate
- Friends of Erskineville have stepped up their Internet-based campaign in opposition to the proposal of a two-storey supermarket. The momentum has continued to gather pace with more than 3,000 people signing petitions in local shops and online reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Centenary year: plenty to cheer about
- South Sydney Football Club held a Rabbitohs Member and Fan Appreciation Day at Erskineville Oval on Sunday February 17. Fans young and young at heart cheered as the Souths NRL squad for the club’s Centenary Season in 2008 was introduced reports Zimmy Watt in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Mundine and his Cousins
- A media frenzy ensued inside Mundine’s Gym last month in Redfern, when Ben Cousins appeared before a media scrum to talk about his rehabilitation from drug use reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- To Canberra, towards Reconciliation
- Sarah Malik takes a bus into Canberra on a cold Tuesday morning to cover the protest rally against the Indigenous intervention in the Northern Territory and writes about it in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Human rights and the national apology
- Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to the Stolen Generations presents Australia with an opportunity to reflect on the state of human rights in this country. To understand where we stand on human rights it is imperative to examine the political context of the world today, and where we as Australians fit into this reports Aletha Penrith and Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- On the issue of compensation
- On Wednesday February 13, as the first order of business in the 42nd Parliament, an apology was offered to members and families of the Stolen Generations reports Mark Hughes in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Apology draws tears, offers hope
- Seldom has a single word meant so much as when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to the Stolen Generations on February 13, saying “sorry” to families torn apart by governments that removed children from a 50,000-year-old culture and left them alone in a country rife with racism and without their traditional role models reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Have You Heard - The Fast News March 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items which we have reported below:
- Wish List 2008
- In the South Sydney Herald of March 2008 Ellice Mol asks community representatives what they wish for in 2008. Two of those asked came from Redfern Tony Pooley and Leanne Fraser.
- More than transport - Launch of another free shuttle bus
- On February 15, Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, launched the second development in the “Village to Village” free shuttle bus service for South Sydney Community Transport reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- From Russia to Randwick: 100 years
- Not many of those pushing the 90-years barrier would think about moving house, let alone country. Waterloo resident Lev Gudeyskiy did just that back in 1996, coming to Australia to start a new life reports the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- MTV awards in Redfern
- The Australian Technology Park in Eveleigh will host the MTV Australia Awards on April 26 reports in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Saint of Redfern remembered ‘Mum’ Shirl (1924-1998)
- The City of Sydney lit up Redfern Street on February 27 in an official memorial service for Colleen Shirl Perry, better known as “Mum Shirl” reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008.
- Progress, not panic, for Darlington business
- Redfern Station will be upgraded in under four years and a supermarket is likely near the CarriageWorks, according to the CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of March 2008
- Hillsong Development Donations and Issues
- The Central Sydney in it 12 March 2008 edition has continued to carry articles on Hillsong, this week with a focus on Donations to the ALP. They also carry letters on the Hillsong DA from a Rosebery resident and local Member Kristina Keneally on the proposed development.
- Mural to Return
- A NEW generation of indigenous youth will paint alongside internationally recognised artists under a council plan to restore a Redfern mural. Work by indigenous artists including Tracey Moffatt, Jeffrey Samuels, Fiona Foley and Avril Quaill was painted over after a change of management at the The Settlement Neighbourhood Centre three years ago reports Xanthe Kleinig in the Central of 12 March 2008.
- Runaway Train
- THE cost to tax payers from Eveleigh Arts facility Carriageworks continues to rise while local arts institutions struggle for basic funding reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 12 March 2008.
- Stadium Stoush
- YOUR article ("Redfern Park to Benefit Entire Community," March 5, 2008) overlooks a few important issues writes Paul Dorron in this letter to Central of 12 March 2008.
- Iemma Government Targets Illegal Graffiti in Waterloo
- The lemma Government is launching an initiative to investigate ways to crack down on illegal graffiti, including photographing graffiti 'tags' before painting over them reports this media release from Minister for Housing Matt Brown on 12th march 2008.
- ANZAC DAY 2008 “Coloured Digger” March, Ecumenical Service and Exhibition, Redfern NSW Australia
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and women have fought courageously for Australia in all overseas conflicts. They are Australia’s Unsung Heroes reports this Media Alert of 3 March 2008 from the “Coloured Digger” about ANZAC Day 2008.
- History in the Making - Indigenous Centre Proposed
- Sydney could soon become a world-class destination for Aboriginal heritage with a proposed indigenous history and culture centre gaining local support from figures including Aboriginal activist Mickey Mundine, who says Redfern is the perfect location reports Lisa Capozzi in the cover story of Central of 19 March 2008 with photos (including a front page of Mick Mundine and children on the AHC’s land at the Block) by Phil Rogers, Danielle Butters, AP.
- Police Stick to New Redfern Graffiti Plan
- A GRAFFITI-deterring initiative was launched in Waterloo last week by NSW Housing Minister Matt Brown, more than six months after it was requested by public housing residents and Redfern Police reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 19 March 2008.
- Committee to Decide
- This is the text of letter written by City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney in the Central of 19 March 2008 in response to last weeks letter on the Hillsong DA by Kristina Keneally MP.
- Colleges soak up space in city and fringe areas
- THE character of the CBD is changing - a variety of new industries are entering the district once dominated by accounting, banking and finance firms reports Carolyn Cummins the Sydney Morning Herald’s Commercial Property Editor in the SMH of March 22, 2008.
- Aboriginal Men’s Health and Well-Being Information Day
- Over 100 men from across Sydney today attended an Aboriginal Mens’ Health Information Day on Rodd Island in Sydney’s picturesque inner-Harbour reports this media release from Babana Aboriginal Men’s Group Incorporated on Tuesday 25 March, 2008.
- CarriageWorks Works
- Scott Wright Artistic Director of Erth Visual & Physical Inc wrote the following letter in the Central of 26 March 2008 in response to an earlier Central article on CarriageWorks.
- Redfern and Waterloo Revitalisation by RWA or Not?
- This opinion piece by “Taz Devil” appeared in the National Tenant Support Network’s weekly opinion email Rimfire Review 31 March 2008.
- Community Harmony or Budget Sanctuary?
- This opinion piece by Ross Smith responds to the media release: “Iemma Government Targets Illegal Graffitti in Waterloo” of Wednesday, March 12, 2008. It appeared in the National Tenant Support Network’s weekly opinion email Rimfire Review 31 March 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - April 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008 has reported on a number of Redfern Waterloo items which we have reported below:
- Old Rovers set new records at Masters
- The hair is a little thinner, the waist line a touch thicker and the pace somewhat slower, but that didn’t stop the Alexandria Rovers over 35 team from making its debut in the official ARL Masters Rugby League Tournament held over four days on the Gold Coast in March reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Doggie disappearances in Waterloo
- Having disappeared for more than three months Bronwhyn Bourke had almost given up hope of seeing her pet dog, Bridget, again reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Protesting “punitive” welfare reforms
- About 50 protestors crowded outside Redfern Centrelink offices on March 13 to protest the Government’s expansion of welfare reforms, aimed at Aboriginal communities. The reforms, which include the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments under a food ration system, are set to be exported to Queensland and Western Australia reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Our day to talk about things, our way” – Babana hosts Men’s Health and Wellbeing Expo
- Rodd Island in Sydney's scenic inner-Harbour was crowded with over 100 men from across Sydney last month taking matters into their own hands reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Koori Radio returns to Redfern
- After years of wandering, Koori Radio prepares to come back home to Redfern. In 1982, 27-33 Cope Street was handed over to the Aboriginal Development Corporation after the Uniting Church Synod passed resolutions recognising Aboriginal claims to land rights reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Help on the way for Pemulwuy?
- The Aboriginal Housing Company wants the State Government to waive $180,000 in fees for its Pemulwuy Project for The Block, as the cash-strapped company edges closer to exhibiting what it said is a model for affordable housing reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Fire in presbytery, claims of demolition by neglect
- A fire broke out in the presbytery of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern at 1.30am on March 19 reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Waterloo Green: not a safe place
- Public housing residents near Waterloo Green are exhausted and fearful in their own neighborhood, having to confront drug dealing and public drunkenness every day reports John Williams in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Writing on the wall for Housing Minister
- It was late last year. On learning that Matt Brown, Minister for Housing, was to tour Waterloo with members of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the SSH approached the Minister’s department for information reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Greens candidate: Irene Doutney
- Council elections will be held in September and the Greens are first to preselect candidates (Labor will announce candidates following its State Conference in early May). Chris Harris is the Greens Lord Mayoral candidate, with Irene Doutney number two on the ticket reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Darlington and Florence!
- “500 houses were knocked down before people realised what was happening,” says Flo. When residents became aware of what was going on – that the University was buying up and taking over – a community meeting was called. “This street was saved,” she says reports Katherine Keefe in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Sydney University plans to expand
- The University of Sydney may well be the best and biggest in town, although it should be known that it has plans to grow even bigger. With its current landmass large enough to be deemed its own suburb, Sydney Uni has, for some time, been vying for the area currently occupied by the tiny and unsung suburb of Darlington reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- “Dry” alcohol support service
- In a letter to the editor Don Stewart from the RWA clarifies that the RWA supports a “dry” alcohol centre for Redfern Waterloo.
- Historic Rachel Forster Hospital
- I read with interest the story about the Rachel Forster site (SSH February ’08) Writes Neil Whitfield in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Rosebery residents take action
- Rosebery would have been considered a sleepy little suburb, once upon a time. But lately its residents have been appropriately puffing their feathers and making a lot of noise about the proposed development of a massive Hillsong Church entertainment centre and bible college reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Locals star in Erskineville Stories
- Saturday March 8. When Carl Schwartz opened the night’s program, on behalf of Erskineville Stories director Annie Kennedy and her team, he probably didn’t expect to see about 3000 people sitting in front of him on the grass of Erskineville Park waiting in happy anticipation! They were all ages – some old-time residents returned from far away and many people from present-day Erko with their friends and families. It was a perfect night reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Erskineville “not a village in need of a supermarket”
- The Lord Mayor Clover Moore and five City of Sydney Councillors met with Erskineville residents on Saturday March 15 to discuss the development proposal of a Woolworths supermarket at the north-western fringe of the village reports Benjamin Tedeschi in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Can Kevin help Sydney’s homeless?
- Jake Hawkes, 31, was once a chef. He is now one of hundreds of Sydneysiders who wait on the public housing list for a place to live reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- On ya bike, Sydney! New cycleway for the CBD
- Cycling is experiencing a renaissance in Sydney at the moment. But as more people express an interest in cycling, Sydney’s CBD is in desperate need of a cycle makeover reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Excessive noise from ATP
- Not for the first time, a function was held at the ATP on Tuesday March 18 which exceeded legal noise levels, causing stress to residents Writes Janice Murphy in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008.
- Hills Heightened
- A MAJOR revitalisation of Surry Hills is flagged in Sydney Council's visionary 2030 plan. Improved transport connections to surrounding suburbs, retail revitalisation and a major redevelopment of Central station are among the plan's proposals reports Central of 2 April 2008.
- Redfern Revamp Stresses Culture, Business
- AN indigenous cultural centre attracting international visitors is just one of the ideas put forward for Redfern in the Sydney Council 2030 plan for the city's future reports Central of 2 April 2008.
- Teams make way for Precincts
- A RADICAL restructure of local Police Accountability Community Team meetings has begun, after criticism that they were closed to the public and lacked transparency reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 2 April 2008.
- Redfern the latest fringe attraction
- LOW vacancy rates across all capital cities should continue because of limited supply coming on line, property trust analysts say reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of 5 April 2008.
- World's biggest home brew - and room for 13,000 at the inn
- BUILDING of one of the biggest urban renewal projects in Sydney for decades could start as early as next year, with the Singapore developer Stanley Quek expected to lodge an amended masterplan soon with the State Government for the old brewery site in Chippendale reports Wendy Frew the Urban Affairs Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of April 9, 2008.
- Green precinct plan for Sydney brewery
- A $2 billion plan has been unveiled to turn a disused central Sydney brewery into Australia's greenest urban precinct, housing up to 13,000 workers and residents reports AAP’s Danny Rose on 8th Aprril 2008.
- “Green and Mega Big” - Former CUB site - Amended Plans
- “Green and Mega Big”, is how we thought best described the amended Concept Plan for the former CUB site we saw tonight reports this update from Coalition Chippendale Community Groups on 8th April 2008.
- Councillor criticises brewery redevelopment plan
- City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney says an amended development proposal for the old Kent Brewery site at Broadway largely ignores the New South Wales Government's concept plan reports ABC News of 9th April 2008.
- Rabbitoh push for Hillsong church
- A GROUP of prominent politicians, business leaders and community organisations including the South Sydney Rugby League Club are supporting the controversial Hillsong Church campaign to build a mega-church in the inner city reports Paul Bibby and Jano Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 11, 2008.
- Men get some healthy advice
- WHAT hope has a fella got for improving his health when he hasn't even got a Medicare card? That question confronted organisers of a health awareness day in Sydney recently, when it was discovered that 15 of more than 100 men attending did not have a card reports Darren Coyne in Koori Mail of 9th April 2008.
- HILLSONG PETITION 'DECEPTIVE'
- HILLSONG Church has been accused of underhanded tactics in an attempt to sway the body considering a Hillsong DA for a super church at Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley Central 16th April 2008.
- REVISED PLANS APPLAUDED
- FRASERS Property has revealed its final plans for the $2-billion redevelopment of the old Kent Brewery site on Broadway reports Jennifer Bennett Central 16th April 2008.
- Hillsong link to club's letter of support
- A LETTER from the South Sydney Police and Community Youth Club urging City of Sydney council to support a controversial development proposal by the Hillsong Church was written by a former Hillsong volunteer who later became the club's manager, it was revealed yesterday reports Paul Bibby in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 16, 2008.
- Tennis Great to serve on ILC board
- Evonne Goolagong Cawley, MBE, AO has never been a person to shrink from a challenge reports the Indigenous Land Corporation’s publication land matters summer edition 2008.
- Indigenous workers help Black Theatre site stage a comeback
- The historic Black Theatre site at Redfern in Sydney is taking a $9 million step back into the limelight and construction work is already creating Indigenous employment reports the Indigenous Land Corporation’s publication land matters summer edition 2008.
- Friends of Eveleigh Media Release – 17th April 2008
- The nomination of the Large Erecting Shop and its contents for National Heritage Listing is still proceeding while the NSW Office of Rail Heritage is looking to disperse the contents. This Media Release from Friends of Eveleigh of 17th April covers the Old Commissioner’s Car repair and non-return to its registered home at the Large, the recent visit from Office of Rail Heritage to record all rolling stock at the Large and the need for support for the National Heritage Listing.
- Auction flurry: keen prices for the cashed-up
- AS THE clock ticks down to the end of the this financial year, agents are tipping a flurry of auctions to hit the market as investors cash up amid the uncertain outlook for the economy reports Carolyn Cummins in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 19, 2008.
- Family & Friends Welcome to March in Redfern in ANZAC Day
- Speaking in Redfern last night at the opening of the Coloured Digger-2 exhibition at the Damien Minton Gallery, Redfern ANZAC Day March Coordinator, Pastor Ray Minniecon, last night issued an open invitation to supporters in the community to march with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander servicemen and servicewomen and their family members in Redfern on ANZAC Day reports this "Coloured Digger" media release of 23 April 2008.
- March for Recognition - Indigenous veterans stand up to be remembered
- THIS Anzac Day, an often forgotten but vital contingent of diggers will be remembered at Redfern reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 23rd April 2008.
- Hillsong ‘Recruiting’ Kids - Club volunteers accused
- HILLSONG Church has been accused of infiltrating the South Sydney Police and Community Youth Club in the guise of volunteers in order to recruit children reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 23rd April 2008.
- Black & White .Irene Doutney A Green Government
- REDFERN resident Irene Doutney has spent her life fighting for Sydney's less fortunate. Now the veteran aid worker and volunteer has turned her hand to politics, aiming to become the second Greens councillor on Sydney Council come September's election reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 23rd April 2008..
- Redfern Residents Brace for MTV Awards
- WITH the MTV awards taking place this weekend, Redfern residents around Australian Technology Park are getting ready for another noisy Saturday night reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 23rd April 2008.
- False Promises - `Clueless' minister can't deliver
- HOUSING NSW has contradicted Housing Minister Matt Brown about the failure of a new Waterloo Graffiti eradication program. The Minister announced the program last month and at a press conference at the Marton public housing building said the new program was to target graffiti both "inside and outside" the building reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 23rd April 2008.
- Risky State of Play
- HOUSING NSW playgrounds in Redfern and Waterloo are no place for children, with rusty equipment, sharp edges, broken swings and missing bolts just accidents waiting to happen, mothers said. Owen and Samantha (pictured) just want a safe place to play, with equipment that works reports Robert Burton-Bradley with Pictures by Phil Rogers in a feature article in Central of 23 April 2008. The topic was also the subject of the editorial also below.
- Friends of Eveleigh Remember fallen Railway Workers from the Large
- ON ANZAC DAY WE WILL REMEMBER THEM - They left the Large to see the world and to fight a bloody war in support of their country and our allies. Sadly many did not return reports this media release from Friends of Eveleigh on 24th April 2008.
- Fight your own battles
- In this opinion piece on nzherald.co.nz Irfan Yusuf, a Sydney lawyer who won the 2007 Allen & Unwin Iremonger Award for public affairs writing puts the Coloured Digger story into the broader colonial war context.
- Lest we forget: indigenous diggers still fighting
- THERE is one in almost every suburban centre and country town in Australia - a bronze digger in a slouch hat or a sandstone monument marking the sacrifice made by Australia's servicemen and women reports Paul Bibby Sydney Morning Herald April 10, 2008.
- Indigenous servicemen to be remembered
- A roll of honour for Aboriginal ex-servicemen and women will be compiled during an indigenous Anzac Day celebration in Sydney's Redfern reports AAP April 23, 2008 in the Sydney Morning Herald.
- Indigenous diggers march through Redfern
- More than 100 onlookers have cheered on Indigenous veterans taking part in the Coloured Diggers' March in Redfern, in inner Sydney reports ABC on Friday April 25, 2008.
- Movement at the station to ease squeeze
- A $550 MILLION redevelopment of the old Redfern railway workshops will include a 16-storey block of flats just 100 metres from the troubled area of The Block reports Frank Walker in the Sun Herald of April 27, 2008.
- $550m to `sex up' Eveleigh
- THE long-neglected railyards at Eveleigh are set to become one of Sydney's trendiest areas under a $550 million revamp of the site reports political writer Linda Silmalis in the Suday Telegraph of 27 April 2008.
- Six- star system fails to earn its stripes
- A growing demand for six-star green buildings from Australian architects and developers means the country's planning authorities are being pushed to rewrite archaic ratings systems and rules reports Michelle Singer in the Australian Financial Review of 29th April 2008.
- Lest we Forget
- ABORIGINAL performers guide the Indigenous and Torres Straight Islander war veteran march on Anzac Day in Redfern (left) and (below) a crowd of about 20,000 watched veterans march through central Sydney. Hundreds of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders honoured their war dead on April 25 at dawn services across the two nations and at battlefields around the globe where their soldiers have fallen reports Central of 30th April 2008.
- Redfern rocks
- REDFERN locals and fans from all over Sydney queued for hours to see their favourite stars - including Hollywood 'it' girl Mischa Barton and US rapper 50 Cent - strut down the red carpet at the MTV Awards, held at our own Australian Technology Park reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central 30th April 2008.
- Minister steps in to fix playgrounds
- Last week Central ran an article about the poorly maintained Housing NSW Playgrounds putting children at risk. Following the article the Minister stepped in to address the issue. The following Article and Editorial by Lisa Capozzi in Central 30th April 2008 and a letter to the editor on the issue tell the story.
- Sydney's worker bees will get inner-city homes
- WHEN can a cleaner afford a brand new apartment in a prime location? When the Government realises that without them, the city would grind to a halt reports Sunanda Creagh the SMH’s Urban Affairs Reporter on April 30, 2008.
- Factory Balnaves Foundation Open House Program Continues
- The Factory has announced the renewal of our partnership with the Sydney Opera House and the excellent and exciting Balnaves Foundation Open House Program. The Balnaves Foundation Open House Program is about making Sydney Opera house accessible to all and to broaden community access reports this media release from the Factory Community Centre.
- Mum Shirl the real bright light at Redfern launch
- WHILE celebrations were meant to centre on improvements to Redfern’s streetscape, the launch night really belonged to one woman – Aboriginal activist Mum Shirl writes MICK ROBERTS in The City News of March 8 2008.
- New "green" plans for former brewery site revealed
- Amid strong public criticism, owners of the former CUB site at Broadway have been forced to revise their original development plans to include a raft of new environmentally-friendly initiatives writes Roje Adaimy in The City News April 5 2008.
- Labor's leading ladies
- Two of the Australian Labor Party's most prominent female members are pushing their campaign against Sydney Lord Mayor and state member, Clover Moore, in the lead up to September's local government elections writes ROJE ADAIMY in The City News May 3 2008.
- Bronze honour for Indigenousdiggers on public display
- Bronze honour for Indigenous diggers on public display Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who served in war could soon be honoured with Sydney’s first Indigenous war memorial reports The City News of May 3 2008.
- Changing platforms for historic Eveleigh
- The old Eveleigh railway yards are set to become home for more than 2500 people, provide 3000 jobs during construction and breathe new life into Redfern under a State Government $550 million redevelopment plan writes MICK ROBERTS in The City News May 3 2008.
- Redfern 'ideal' location for state's first Koori court
- Redfern could soon house the state's first specialised sentencing court for Indigenous offenders, following a push from local supporters writes ROJE ADAIMY in The City News May 3 2008.
- Koori Radio on the move
- Koori Radio is moving into a great new space and the Federal Government has come to the party with a $250,000 grant to help them make the move writes Virginia Ginnane in Sydney City Hun of May 2008.
- Lotus & Phoenix II
- Lotus & Phoenix II, presented by Nayika Indian Dance at the Redfern Community Centre, showcased two great Asian cultures, Indian and Chinese, without compromising the quality or distinctive identity of either reports the South Sydney Herald May 2008.