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- Newtown’s homeless in focus
- An increasing number of homeless people seeking help in Newtown has prompted the establishment of a community forum to address the growing problem. Overcoming homelessness in Newtown is the focus of a forum being held at the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre on May 14. The Centre’s executive officer, Lisa Burns, said the forum will allow for the development of critical new strategies reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Blubberland & beyond
- Redfern resident and Sydney Morning Herald opinion columnist Elizabeth Farrelly is earning herself a reputation for cutting through the buttery bulge of bureaucracy with her hot-knife theories on modern-day living reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Botany Road reopens, saga continues
- After seven weeks of interrupting traffic, nearby businesses and in one case a spiritual temple, Botany Road finally reopened the day before Anzac Day reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Alcohol-feulled violence is worst in the City
- Trendy night spots in the booming pub districts of East Sydney the City are recording a higher number of alcohol-related violent crimes than Redfern reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - May 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2008 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- MTV at the ATP
- The MTV Awards came to Sydney on April 26, the location: The Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh. Stepping out in designer outfits, stilettos or black leather were a mixed bunch of local and international talent reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald May 2008..
- Local resident wants ATP to turn it down
- Bill Sheridan, a long-term resident of Darlington, has an axe to grind with the Australian Technology Park in Redfern: he says noise from parties held there has been keeping him up at night reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Young Mob impresses at Youth Awards in Redfern
- The City of Sydney Betty Makin Youth Awards ceremony took place recently at Redfern Town Hall, with a huge crowd in attendance reports Darcy Byrne in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Dreaming Man
- Housed in an unassuming Redfern warehouse is one of the most remarkable art collections you could ever hope to see reports Cassy Cochrane in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Unsung heroes remembered and honoured
- To the sounds of the didgeridoo and cheering onlookers, Indigenous soldiers, their families and supporters walked through the streets of Redfern on Anzac Day, in what was the second annual Coloured Diggers March reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Some concerns over plans for North Eveleigh
- Sweeping developments proposed by the Redfern Waterloo Authority to transform the North Eveleigh rail yards have been met with tepid approval from local community inspectors REDWatch reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Frasers Broadway plan greener, bigger
- Frasers Property announced on April 8 that it proposes to alter the approved concept plan for the former CUB brewery site. Central to the proposed change is to build Australia’s first six-star green precinct with a target of 100% carbon neutrality reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald May 2008.
- Redfern Drug Bust
- SEVENTEEN people were arrested last week in an operation targeting street-level drug supply and drug use in Redfern reports the Central of 7 May 2008.
- Glebe to get 700 Affordable Units
- THE State Government and Sydney Council have announced a $260 million project to provide affordable housing to inner-city workers and families in an effort to tackle the city's housing crisis reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Letters to the Editor - Central 7 May 2008
- The following letters in Central of 7 May 2008 dealt with Redfern Waterloo issues.
- Mums have their Say - Redfern mothers: our kids aren't safe in playgrounds
- A GROUP of Redfern Mothers is calling for enclosed playgrounds to be built in the suburb by Sydney Council, saying there is a shortage of secure places for children to play in Redfern reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Locals Say No to Woolworths
- WOOLWORTHS has finally admitted to being behind a development application for a controversial supermarket in Erskineville vehemently opposed by locals reports Robert Burton-Bradley with in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Vital Aboriginal Services Face Financial Threat
- THE Redfern Aboriginal Legal Service faces a service crisis unless the Federal Government increases funding in the next Federal Budget reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Cooking up Dreams
- DARLINGTON'S Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training College is dishing up a potent mix of cooking and confidence-building that is helping local indigenous people find work in hospitality reports Inga Ting in Central of 7 May 2008.
- Liberal lashes nod to Keating
- A SYDNEY councillor has criticised a playground sculpture for featuring an extract from Paul Keating's Redfern speech, claiming the words were a "real guilt trip" to non-indigenous Australians who had already apologised to the Stolen Generations reports Ashleigh Wilson The Australian of May 08, 2008.
- The Great TRAIN ROBBERS still in business
- THIS IS VOLUNTEER’S WEEK, 12-18th MAY, 2008. There is no joy this week for the volunteers working at Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop with RailCorp doing everything possible to get rid of and close down their Heritage Rail operations writes volunteers associated with Eveleigh's Large.
- Pooley gets Labor’s nod for Town Hall
- SYDNEY Deputy Lord Mayor Tony Pooley has been endorsed as the Labor candidate for Lord Mayor in September's elections reports the Central of 14th May 2008.
- Facelift to make North Eveleigh a Cultural Hub
- A DRAMATIC plan for the redevelopment of North Eveleigh has been unveiled by Minister for Planning and Redfern-Waterloo, Frank Sartor. The site of the former Eveleigh rail yards wit? be transformed into 1260 apartments, markets, cafes and open space in a new draft concept plan for the site reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 14th May 2008.
- Community Service Crisis
- SERIOUS concerns have been raised about the future of community services provided by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority when its funding runs out in less than two months.
- Lord Mayor Comments on North Eveleigh Plans on Exhibition
- At City of Sydney Council Meeting Lord Mayor Clover Moore requested the City to prepare a submission examining a number of areas of concern about the proposed North Eveleigh plans. In her eNews of Friday 16 May 2008 she also made comment on the plans. REDWatch has detailed both below.
- Holmes a Court to quit Souths
- JUST a few months after appointing himself executive chairman of the Rabbitohs, embattled South Sydney co-owner Peter Holmes a Court has revealed he will quit before the end of the season reports Rothfield and Rebecca Wilson in The Sunday Telegraph of May 18, 2008.
- Fee too much for Block project
- THE Aboriginal Housing Company has accused the Minister for Planning, Frank Sartor, of "trying to crucify" an ambitious housing plan for the Block in Redfern after his department refused to waive a $60,000 development application processing fee for the project reports Sunanda Creagh the Sydney Morning Heralds Urban Affairs Reporter on May 20, 2008.
- NSW urged to revive Block makeover
- The New South Wales Government is being pushed to waive a $60,000 fee to revive the Aboriginal Housing Company's stalled plan to rebuild The Block in inner Sydney reports ABC news on 20th May 2008.
- Budget: Health, Education Benefit - Windfall for local services
- THE Federal Budget, handed down last week, included almost $50 million for local universities and $50 million for cancer research at Camperdown writes Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 21 May 2008.
- An Opera House for Everybody - Applause for $5 tickets
- A CHARITABLE program that makes $5 Opera House tickets available to low-income earners is transforming lives with a dose of high culture reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 21 May2008.
- Victory for Village Life - No Woolworths to be built in Erskineville
- ERSKINEVILLE residents have claimed victory in their fight to prevent a two-storey Woolworths supermarket being built at the Hive Complex on Erskineville Rd writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 21 May2008.
- Redfern Playgrounds Kerfuffle
- This letter from Nicola Cunningham appeared in the letter / opinion page of the central of 21st May 2008 in response to the article and letter last week on the need for more fenced playground in Redfern.
- Redfern-Waterloo on the Up
- This letter from Robert Domm Chief Executive Officer Redfern Waterloo Authority appeared in the letter / opinion page of the central of 21st May 2008 in response to the article last week on human services.
- Watpac wins Seven network construction project
- QUEENSLAND-based construction firm Watpac has won the contract to build the Seven Network's new $120 million headquarters in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern.
- Hip to be square
- Gathering Ground celebrates the children and community of the Block. Stephen Dunne reports in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 23, 2008.
- Aboriginal man 'stabbed to death' at The Block
- A MASSIVE police presence, including Public Order and Riot Squad have arrived at The Block, after the overnight stabbing murder of a 23-year-old Aboriginal man in the Redfern's notorious Everleigh Street last night reports Lauren Wiliams The Daily Telegraph May 22, 2008.
- Mick Mundine - On the streets of Redfern, there's a new day rising
- Years ago the Gadigal - Sydney's Aboriginal people - travelled in a circle. They'd spend six months at a waterhole, eat, drink, fish, hunt and dance. When water got low or food got scarce, they'd move onto the next waterhole. A few seasons later they'd come back to find the waterhole was full and all the animals had returned. The cycle began again reports Time Out Sydney Wednesday 21st May 2008.
- Walkabout #6: The Block, Redfern (2010)
- Urban slum, Aboriginal icon or real-estate goldmine? Depending on the beholder, The Block signifies many different things and inspires both fear and affection in Sydneysiders. Barely 8,000 square metres in size, it's cordoned off from the rest of Redfern by four streets - Eveleigh, Caroline, Hugo and Hudson. Within that perimeter stands a patch of land that smoulders with relentless controversy and spirit.
- Power pair Russell Crowe and Robert Holmes a Court pumped $5m into Rabbitohs
- SAVING the South Sydney Rabbitohs has cost Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe $5 million, with Crowe putting $1million of his own money into the club on the day Mr Holmes a Court relinquished control of the board reports Brent Read and Anthony Klan in the Australian of May 28, 2008.
- Souths drop $300,000 ahead of no-pokies poll
- SOUTH Sydney will persist with plans for a poker machine-free licensed club, despite the collapse of an agreement with the football club that would have seen co-owners Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe contribute $300,000 annually to create a no-gaming environment writes Roy Masters in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 28, 2008.
- Rabbitohs and Souths Cares Provide Answers on Souths Cares Funding
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs and Souths Cares have responded to unsubstantiated reports today in this media release of 27 May 2008 that the charitable arm of the Club has not accounted for $2 million of Federal Government funding.
- Souths coach berates Crowe
- THE Souths coach, Jason Taylor, was swearing and shaking his head. The Hollywood actor Russell Crowe listened, stony-faced and chain-smoking Jessica Halloran and Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of May 27, 2008.
- STOLEN GENERATION SEEK STOLEN WAGES
- PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to indigenous Australians failed to address financial compensation and wages taken from aboriginal minors employed as domestic servants, according to members of the stolen generations writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 28th May 2008.
- PERFORMANCE ROCKS THE BLOCK
- MORE than 1000 people are expected to visit the Block, Redfern, to experience multi-art, site specific performance work over the next three nights writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28th May 2008.
- Clubs unleash hidden riches
- THE redevelopment of clubrooms will be on the agenda of many sporting groups as administrators take advantage of the underlying value of the properties writes Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor Sydney Morning Herald May 31, 2008.
- Redfern Community Health Centre Relocation from 10th June 2008
- Redfern Community Health Centre at 1 Albert Street Redfern is relocating on the 10th June 2008 reports this letter from the Redfern Community Health Centre Manager on behalf of Sydney South West Area Health Services in NSW Health.
- Clover Moore tipped to win against Meredith Burgman
- LABOR'S would-be giant killer Meredith Burgman will take on the seemingly undefeatable Clover Moore for the coveted position of Sydnety Lord Mayor at this year's council elections reports Joe Hildebrand, Political Reporter The Daily Telegraph June 03, 2008.
- CBD campuses set for major expansion
- Australia's oldest university will undergo nearly $2 billion worth of expansion and rejuvenation works over the next decade as it outgrows its home on the outskirts of Sydney's central business district. A draft blueprint outlining the University of Sydney's first wholesale capital development program for almost 100 years is about to be circulated among students and staff reports Joanna Mather and Rachel Lebihan in the Australian Financial Review of 2nd June 2008.
- Waterloo kids 'Good Dog Bad Dog' DVD selected for International Film Festival
- 12 students from Waterloo's Our Lady of Mt Carmel Primary School have made a DVD which has been selected for 'Little Big Shots', the largest film festival for kids in the Southern Hemisphere reports this news item from the Factory.
- Support Group for Indigenous Men
- INDIGENOUS Men in Redfern and Waterloo are rediscovering a sense of purpose and community through Babana, a group that is encouraging them to speak out about health and violence in the community as a first step to taking control of their future reports Inga Ting in Central of 4 June 2008.
- KITCHEN NIGHTMARE - Funding refused for training facility
- A WATERLOO community group has accused Local MP Tanya Plibersek and the Federal Government of betrayal after a funding grant was refused reports in Robert Burton-Bradley Central of 4 June 2008.
- Arts Hub for Chippendale as Warehouses Idle
- INNER city artists will have access to bright, open warehouses 24 hours a day under a plan to open temporary artists' studios on the former CUB brewery site at Broadway reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 4 June 2008.
- Lack of Detail
- WE are used to the Redfern Waterloo Authority telling us how well they are travelling on human services writes REDWatch's Geoffrey Turnbull in this letter to the editor in Central of 4 June 2008.
- Homeless in Newtown
- On May 14, the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre organised a half-day forum on the topic of homelessness. The forum attracted over 60 people and included speakers from Housing NSW, City of Sydney, Marrickville Council, South West Inner City Housing Co-Op and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. The speakers at the forum discussed a range of issues such as the growing crisis in homelessness, different types of homelessness and the legal rights of homeless persons, as well as new initiatives to develop social housing and improve services for homeless persons reports Adrian Emilsen in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Dorothy, 74
- It’s not every day you see a 74-year-old minister of religion walking into a tattoo parlour. But then, Dorothy McRae-McMahon isn’t your run-of-the-mill 74-year-old minister of religion reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Five-eighth of the Century
- At a glittering Century Ball celebration dinner on Friday May 23, the South Sydney District Junior Football Club gathered en masse to celebrate the centenary of the game and to name its South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Anti-homophobia rally closes Gloria Jeans
- Despite the Rudd Government promising to remove all forms of anti-gay discrimination, about 100 people turned up for the International Day Against Homophobia rally in Newtown on Friday May 16 reports norrie mAy-welby in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Waterloo resident’s winning artwork
- “More a meditation than a picture” is how Carl Milton describes his prize-winning painting, ‘Sydney’. The Waterloo resident’s first ever entry into an art competition has received top honours in the City of Sydney’s 2008 Multicultural Art Competition reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- “One kind heart can change the world around”
- Inna Goubina, who arrived in Australia from Georgia 14 years ago, is a research officer at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern. She has also been an author and poet, and interviewer with a Russian-language magazine called Australian Mosaic: Australian Russian Language Almanac reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Waterloo Fair Trade
- Fair Trade is an international consumer revolution that is growing at a tremendous rate because of the hard work and vision of people like Roberto Orellana, owner of Mayan Coffee and Xocolat in Waterloo. The increasing demand of consumers for products that not only look and taste good, but also support local communities shows a positive change in what we now consider consumer satisfaction reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Volunteers “the glue of community”
- While Volunteer Week was being celebrated across the nation, at the Yaama Dhiyaan café on Wilson Street over one hundred local community members were meeting to thank one another for making their neighbourhood a better place to live reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Guiding kids on paths of education
- May 20 saw the official opening of Barnardos’ much-anticipated Yurungai Learning Centre in partnership with the Factory Community Centre in Waterloo. The official ceremony was chaired by Yurungai participants, Liam McDonnell and Serika Shillingsworth reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Gamarada – men of earth
- In Redfern, a group of Aboriginal men, and a Maori, have been trained and are running the Gamarada Men’s Self Healing Program reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Bermuda Triangle in Heffron?
- There is a novel website where you can find out which of your neighbours cares about global climate change and it calculates how much your behaviour is contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is called www.whoonearthcares.com and it is an initiative of the Australian Conservation Foundation reports Anna Christie in the Environment Column in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Bike to work
- It is 7.15 in the morning and a group of commuters are hitting their stride. Wilson Street is relatively quiet. The sun has just risen behind the terraces. The street is wide enough – and quiet enough – for everyone to talk as they ride. The pace is relaxed reports Samantha Walker in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Labor Lord Mayoral candidate, Tony Pooley
- Tony Pooley has served in the area of Local Government for eight years: four with South Sydney Council and four with the City of Sydney after the amalgamation of the two councils. Prior to that, he was engaged as a public servant with two different NSW Ministers and then as a staff person for the Australian Republican Movement reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.[ STOP PRESS: Since time of writing Tony Pooley has withdrawn as Labor's candidate for Lord Mayor. The new candidate is Dr. Meredith Burgmann - SSH].
- Disappearing park signs
- Tony Pooley, City of Sydney Councillor and former Mayor of South Sydney, has been asking questions – questions as to why signs seem to be disappearing from parks and reserves of South Sydney reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Indigenous inquiry says empowerment is key
- Later this month the Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in NSW will submit its interim report to parliament, with an underlying message to empower Indigenous communities reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - May 2008
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008 has reported on some Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- “I paint like I’m dreaming” - Artist Profile: Shireen Malamoo
- Born into the slave trade in Northern Queensland, where Islanders and Aboriginals were forced to work on cane farms, Shireen Malamoo made a break one day. It was a decision she would never look back on with regret reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Making sense of a city
- Jack Carnegie steps over his dog, Carlo, a giddy fox terrier, and sets his latest photographic work on his desktop for a sneaky preview. Browsing through the shots, taken on a digital SLR camera, it’s clear his passion for photography goes hand in hand with a good eye. He has taken images that look so perfect they could be on a Christmas card reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- 3D virtual tour of North Eveleigh
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority is pushing ahead with its plans to redevelop the North Eveleigh site. The RWA recently held a community consultation at the proposed site, which presented the future plans in scale model and 3D virtual tour reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.
- Woolworths takes fight to Erskinville
- THE developer behind a proposed two-storey supermarket for Erskineville has taken the matter to the Land and Environment Court after Sydney Council rejected his development application reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.
- Delay Costing Lives
- A HOUSING, educational and cultural plan for Redfern will save lives - and needs to be fast-tracked for senseless and violent deaths to stop, according to Aboriginal activist Mick Mundine reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.
- Redfern RSL Explores its Potential
- REDFERN RSL is now up for grabs to developers, and could potentially become an 18-storey building reports Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 11 June 2008g.
- ‘Ningla-a-Na’ - Screening of the 1972 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations
- Inner West Film Fanatics will screen the 16 mm print of NINGLA A-NA, (1972, 72 min) at the Petersham Bowling Club on Tuesday June 24th at 7.00 p.m. In 1972 at the peak of Aboriginal political militancy in Australia, two Italian brothers, Allessandro and Fabio Cavadini, made a film called ‘Ningla-a-Na’ about the 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations in Sydney and Canberra that year.
- The dirt on wonder worms
- It's easy to get a wriggle on when it comes to composting, writes Steve Dow in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 11, 2008. I have come to Redfern to see a man about some worms. A 250-gram, $30 package of 1000 of this man's red and tiger worms will get the party started.
- Business booming in the City
- The City of Sydney is looking for the best of the best in small and medium businesses and is now calling for nominations for the 2008 City of Sydney Business Awards reports this media release from the City of Sydney of 10 June 2008.
- When the shed rules the heart
- TO lure Melbourne's Anna Schwartz to Sydney was always going to require an extraordinary gallery space reports Corrie Perkin in the Australian of June 13, 2008.
- Celebrating Aboriginal Culture
- The City is working towards greater cooperation and reconciliation with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by creating opportunities for cultural and economic sustainability reports CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 13 June 2008.
- Little Big Shots Stand Up to Bullies
- WATERLOO pupils will become movie stars when their DVD Good Dog Bad Dog tours the country as part of Little Big Shots, the largest film festival for kids in the Southern Hemisphere reports the Central of 18 June 2008.
- Urban Indigenous Body to Form
- SYDNEY Council is seeking applicants for its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel, the first of its kind in the city reports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 18 June 2008.
- Labor Prepares for Elections
- LABOR members have selected a representative team to join mayoral hopeful Meredith Burgmann on the Labor team for Sydney Council's elections in September reports the Central of 18 June 2008.
- Uni Growth Fears
- A DRAFT plan for the $2 billion future development at the University of Sydney is making its neighbours nervous reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 18 June 2008.
- School's out - to take over half the city
- IT MAY one day be known as the university that ate Sydney. The University of Sydney has swallowed half of Darlington and is set to take Callan Park, and now a capital development masterplan for the next 12 years reveals it also has designs on North Eveleigh and Harold Park reports Harriet Alexander Higher Education Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.
- How elite agents went off the rails
- THEY were the untouchables, an elite band of Australian Federal Police, some of whom insiders say were no better than "gangsters with police badges" reports John Kidman and Steve Barrett in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.
- Officers stand by claims of corruption in AFP
- AS A growing band of federal police stationed inside Redfern's TNT towers spiralled out of control in late 1988, two NSW detectives took an extraordinary stand reports Steve Barrett and John Kidman in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.
- Last stop for old Eveleigh rail yards
- When 73-year-old Brian Dunnett heard about plans to redevelop the old North Eveleigh railway yards he was keen to check-out them out. How disappointed he was when he did reports Mick Roberts in City News - News / Sydney on 12th May 2008.
- Robert Domm Appointed CEO of Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
- Planning Minister Frank Sartor today (20 June 2008) announced the appointment of Mr Robert Domm as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority reports this media release from Minister Frank Sartor.
- Carrying Away the Carriages
- THE volunteers of Eveleigh's Large Erecting Shop have dedicated more than 21 years to restoring heritage equipment and rolling stock. Now RailCorp has announced it is selling more than 130 items, many of which were restored at the Large Erecting Shopreports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 25th June 2008.
- Department Acts to Equip Playground
- A Central campaign to fix unsafe playgrounds in Waterloo public housing has succeeded after the intervention of the Housing Minister reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 25 june 2008.
- Block tower
- One American artist recruited Redfern's indigenous community for his visionary project. American artist Michael Rakowitz arrived at a lunch at Redfern Community Centre in March armed with sketches of an idea for the Biennale writes Josephine Tovey Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.
- Uni plans to build an arc
- SYDNEY University has unveiled plans to create a $2 billion educational arc that includes Callan Park, Harold Park and North Eveleigh reports the Glebe on Wednesday 25 June, 2008.
- Just go nuts
- The cavernous foyer of Redfern's CarriageWorks may have met its match in this year's Underbelly Festival reports Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 27, 2008.
- Tucker tricks
- A new culinary centre creates special native menus, reports Kelsey Munro in the Sydney Morning Herald of 1st July 2008.
- Luncheon Club’s changing of the guard
- Since 1993, Carole Ann King has been the founder and driving force behind Sydney’s Luncheon Club which provides meals and food supplies for people living with HIV/AIDS reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Temple trustees frustrated
- Blink and you could miss the heritage-listed Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria. Shadowed by the giant construction site next door, the green-tiled roof of the entrance is almost obscured by the temporary fencing that blocks the road to its gate. Access to the Temple grounds is now a narrow strip of footpath reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Robert Domm appointed CEO of Harbour Foreshore Authority
- Planning Minister Frank Sartor has announced the appointment of Mr Robert Domm as the new CEO of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (commencing July 21), which has responsibility for managing The Rocks and Darling Harbour along with other key waterfront sites such as the new Ballast Point Park. In the short to medium term Mr Domm will retain his job at the RWA to see through a number of major projects.
- Food… good for the heart
- I watched my three-year-old niece’s pupils dilate the other day, after a brief temper tantrum, when mum gave her, “bed-time milk in a bottle” – this despite the fact it wasn't bed-time and the girl had only just demolished her favourite pasta dish. A sure indication that we humans, especially kids, steer towards those milky, starchy carbohydrates, not only when we are hungry, but for the sake of sheer endorphin-releasing pleasure reports Scott Winter in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Chefs against a GM nation
- Top Australian chefs gathered at Waterloo’s Dank Street Depot to speak out against genetically modified foods in Australia reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
