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- Bloc tactics at council meeting
- Councillor Marcelle Hoff has been elected Deputy Lord Mayor at a meeting dominated by Clover Moore's Independent team reports Alex McDonald in City News on 30th September 2008.
- Green Square planning rules on the table
- The redevelopment of Green Square has reached an important milestone, with council releasing its updated planning guidelines for the $1.7 billion project reports Alex McDonald in City News of 27th September 2008..
- City councillor who turned her life around
- City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney has been in and out of mental institutions throughout her life. Having been stricken by depression and eating disorders, she sees it as her responsibility to provide a voice for those who are unable to speak for themselves reports Peach Emmett in City News on 5th October 2008.
- Chippo locals become sustainable heroes
- Chippendale will be divided into four “paddocks” during the Food for the Future fair this Saturday reports Alex McDonald in City News of 5th October 2008.
- City artists score prime studio space
- It was once a fire station, and was even a police impound at one point. Now the old Kent Brewery site in Chippendale has entered its next phase: multi-disciplinary art space reports Caroline Lai in City News of 5th October 2008.
- Kids settle into play
- At three o’clock, the Settlement Neighbourhood Centre in Darlington begins to fill with children reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 8th October 2008.
- Extra classes for inner city
- Enrolments in inner-city public schools are on the rise, with primary and high schools forced to add extra classes to deal with the influx of 550 extra students this year, according to new Education Department figures reports Sandra Fonseca in Central of 8th October 2008.
- FRIENDS OF EVELEIGH INVITE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE RAID RALLY
- Like so many other dedicated citizens around the state, we are a group endeavouring to protect our colonial and Australian cultural heritage says this media release of 14th October from Friends of Eveleigh.
- 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.
- Hospital site “for the benefit of local residents”
- There is much anxiety among members of the South Sydney community regarding the future of the site where the now derelict Royal South Sydney hospital stands. In June this year, Lord Mayor Clover Moore admitted that the Hillsong Church had expressed interest in the site after its DA for the former RTA site was knocked back. Local residents were concerned that the church would possibly be relocated just up the road on the site where the hospital once operated reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Homelessness in Sydney an “epidemic”
- The number of people who are sleeping rough in Sydney is rising, and substantial increases in funding and housing are required to address the problem, says Lisa Burns of the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre (NNC) reports Vanessa Watson in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Step it up and go
- With Australia now having the highest rate of obesity in the world, four South Sydney locals have taken control of their own waistlines by starting a running group reports Alex Mackenzie in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- The rise and demise of Frank Sartor
- While I was away Frank Sartor resigned as a Cabinet Minister. Frank started his career in politics in Newtown as a community activist fighting in relation to appropriate development. Fast News spoke to Bill Sheridan last month and he reminded me of some of the history of the inner city and the former minister reports Trevor Davies in The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Food sustainability in Chippendale
- Since August, Chippendale residents and businesses have been buying their fruit and vegetables direct from farms within 100km of Sydney. On Saturday October 11, they will showcase their environmentally friendly approach at the Food for the Future sustainable food fair reports Alex Mackenzie in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Piecemeal approach to issues of domestic violence
- News the State Government has allocated $12,060 to the Redfern Legal Centre to educate female victims of domestic violence is evidence of a piecemeal approach, says a local Redfern woman in the know reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Spinifex – a Darlington business at the cutting edge
- Technological advances in display devices mean that LED screens can match the height of an Olympic stadium and wrap around irregular shapes while beaming interactive content. “LED screens are now more flexible,” says Tracey Taylor, executive producer for Spinifex, a locally based Design and Communications Agency reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Spanish community care
- Despite the fact that the Spanish language is the sixth most spoken in Australia, there is a distinct lack of facilities and programs which cater to the largely ageing Spanish community. The Spanish Community Care Association (SCCA), since being awarded a grant from the Sydney City Council late last year, has begun to dissolve the social and financial barriers that have left many alienated from the greater community reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- For artists and passers-by
- Shopfront Studio, located at 152 Redfern Street in Redfern, is a studio/gallery space where local artists can create and display their art. People walking by get to witness the creative process of the artists reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Leagues Club launches loyalty program
- South Sydney Leagues Club is in its 50th year and although the first half century was filled with memorable moments and some controversy, the next 50 years look most promising. For this Leagues Club is probably the most watched over in Australia, with intense interest from media and members reports the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- By the light of the Chinese moon
- Every year, the Chinese community celebrates its Moon Festival. Obviously, in China, this is an autumn festival, as it is timed for the full moon which appears in mid-September – rather like the celebration of Christmas, when a northern hemisphere winter festival becomes translated into a summer event in Australia reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Feeling proud of who you are
- Shane Phillips smiles genially as he gestures for me to take a chair. As CEO of the Tribal Warrior organisation, delegate to the Prime Minister’s 2020 summit in Canberra, and coach of the Redfern All-Blacks, the community activist and life-long resident of the The Block is notoriously self-effacing reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Policing in Redfern - Knowing our rights, creating trust
- Telling the story shortly after it happened, 30-year-old Darlington resident Ben Falkenmire was still unsettled: “The problem is, we don’t know our rights. I didn’t know what to do.” reports Benjamin Ball in the South Sydney Herald of October 2008.
- Construction imminent: Redfern's new community health centre
- Construction is about to begin on the community health centre at the former Redfern police station and courthouse site. Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) general manager, Petar Vladeta said the community health centre has now been approved by the Department of Planning. “I understand that a builder has been appointed and that construction will commence shortly,” he said reports Dheepthi Namasivayam in City News on 3rd October 2008.
- Redfern's green housing project unveiled
- While the silvertails of Kirribilli discuss solar panel rebates and water harvesting over a latte, Redfern locals can now look forward to having their carbon footprint reduced, as residents of the first Green public housing project reports Patrick Billings in City News of 13th October 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Clover's right-hand woman
- Monica Barone is not your typical CEO. Artworks adorn her office walls, and there is not a whiff of smugness from the woman who manages a good deal of Sydney's urban infrastructure writes Emma Kemp in City News of 2 November 2008.
- Authority scrapped
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority will be wound up by 2012, Planning Minster Kristina Keneally has announced reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 5 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Supermarket a threat to “village life” in Erskineville?
- Erskineville residents met again on Wednesday October 15 to plan the next phase in a 12-month-long fight to stop the development of a supermarket on the corner of Erskineville Road and Gowrie Street. City of Sydney Council refused the development on the grounds that it was too large. However, Harold Finger, the developer, has since appealed the decision, taking the matter to the Land and Environment Court reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Tell your kids about Peter Norman
- A community street party to celebrate Peter Norman Day was held on Thursday October 9, from 5 to 9pm, at Leamington Lane, near Macdonaldtown Station reports Elizabeth Koorey in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Notre Dame expanding
- Notre Dame University is trying to expand, and Chippendale residents are not very happy reports Trevor Davies in the fast News in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- CUB development to cast shadow over Chippendale
- The history of Carlton United Breweries is one of mergers, acquisitions and continual growth, and the company is one of the success stories of corporate Australia reports Pam Dagwelin the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- First impressions of life on Council
- The City of Sydney has four new Councillors: Meredith Burgmann, Irene Doutney, Di Tornai and Robert Kok. The SSH asked them each to share some of their initial impressions and priorities for the next four years of their office. We expect to hear from Councillor Robert Kok for our next issue reports the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- A dog called Wanja
- Screened outside at night, on The Block in Redfern, Wanja cast light on a community which is often overshadowed and overlooked. Writer Angie Abdilla, who is of Tasmanian Aboriginal descent, says that she wanted the film to challenge people’s thoughts on how communities live on The Block and who they are, showing a different side to a neighbourhood that is often misrepresented as negative reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Congregation of fine food and culture
- Food brings people together and teaches us about different lifestyles, cultures, even historical backgrounds. And if you were one of the 20,000 hungry, hot-but-happy, Sunday-morning wanderers who took to Danks Street on Sunday October 26 for the Danks Street Festival, you would have noticed what a wonderfully proud, colourful and cultural community we are becoming reports Scott Winter in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Suggestions for police commander
- As a local resident, I am very pleased to see that the new Redfern Police Commander, Luke Freudenstein, has said that he will try to ensure the the police officers under his command will do their job properly and obey the law (‘Policing in Redfern’, SSH October 2008) writes Dale Mills in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Rolling up the shutters, getting down to business
- Shopfronts in the Redfern-Waterloo area continue to display depressing and uninviting shutters and cages, the ornaments of crime and antisocial behaviour. The recent market turmoil could see more of these shutters becoming permanent fixtures, with the financial crisis already decimating one local business reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Pride in Pemulwuy Project
- The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) is hopeful its housing project will finally get off the ground, pending the outcome of a public exhibition showing nine years of hard work reports Lisa Moon in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- North Eveleigh – questions persist
- The reshuffle in the NSW Government, with a new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and a new Premier, Nathan Rees, “creates a unique opportunity to rethink the methodology of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority,” said REDWatch spokesperson, Geoff Turnbull reports Kate Lamb in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- New Minister for Redfern-Waterloo
- Last month saw NSW politics in turmoil with a new Premier and Deputy Premier, and the departure from the scene of Frank Sartor, the former Planning Minister and the Minister responsible for the Redfern-Waterloo Authority. Kristina Keneally, the former Minister for Ageing and Disability, was given Frank Sartor’s previous areas of responsibility, alongside her being the Member for Heffron. Some are suggesting that this may be a problem, others that local people will find her easier to deal with than her predecessor. The SSH asked Geoff Turnbull of REDWatch to collate a few questions for Ms Keneally reports the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Public housing tenants deserve better
- Earlier this year the former Housing Minister issued a media release announcing $1.6 billion for repairs and upgrades for public housing says the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- Elderly residents at risk in public housing complex
- Emergency services have been denied simple access to a public housing complex in Darlington reports Aaron Jones in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.
- NSW razor broadly misses IT spending
- The article below on by Brett Winterford ZDNET.com.au on 11 November 2008 provides some background on the ATP sale decision as part of a broader look at the mini-budget's impact on IT spenbding.
- Waterloo Safe, say Police
- REDFERN police have hit back at suggestions that Waterloo is an unsafe area for international students - an emotional claim made by the mother of a woman who died after falling from an apartment balcony on Hunter Street recently reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 12 November 2008.
- Gallery on the go looks for a new home
- Gordon Syron's most famous painting, 1978's Judgement By His Peers, depicts a personal fantasy of sorts: a black man being tried before a panel of black men reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 13 November 2008.
- Coloured Digger Project Thanks Damien Minton Gallery
- Redfern’s own Damien Minton Gallery today presented a cheque for $4,000.00 to the Coloured Digger Project Steering Committee reports this media release from Ray Minniecon at the Coloured Digger Project.
- New property star on horizon
- THE Australian Technology Park at Redfern is to become one of the prime property sales in NSW, after the State Government put it on the market this weekreports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 November 2008.
- Waterloo Youth Facility Refurbishment
- A proposal for a green "crown roof" is among the sustainability features included in the concept design for the refurbishment of the Waterloo Youth Facility, which will be considered by Council's Cultural and Community Services Committee on Monday reports Clover's eNews of 14 November 2008 .
- Engines started on Green Square
- DEVELOPERS and investors have welcomed the opening of the $1.7 billion Green Square project, saying that the South Sydney precinct had become stagnant reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of November 22, 2008.
- Charles Kernan Reserve Darlington Design Plans – Until 12 December 2008
- The City of Sydney have displayed the proposed plans for the redesign of Charles Kernan Park at the corner of Abercrombie and Shepherd Streets Darlington. Two proposed designs are being exhibited for comment. Please make your comments to Council if you were unable to attend the exhibition on 15th November 2008.
- Eveleigh Farmers' and Artisans' Market Opens 13th December
- Eveleigh Farmers' and Artisans' Market is to open in Historic Sydney Building Inaugural Season Event. Traditional Christmas Farmers’ Market Saturday 13 December 8am – 1.30pm.
- Pub with Dark Past Celebrates 170th Birthday
- Iconic Sydney venue the Cauliflower Hotel is to celebrate its 170th birthday on December 1, with the hotel’s licence dating back to 1838 writes Annette Shailer on theshout.com.au.
- Moore's donor vote broke council code
- THE Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, has denied she acted inappropriately after apparently breaching the council's code of conduct by participating in a decision to buy a property from her largest individual political donor reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning herald of 1 December 2008.
- Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales - Report Tabled
- The Chair of the Social Issues Committee, the Hon Ian West MLC, today tabled the Committee’s Final Report of its 18-month inquiry into overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales reports this media release from the Hon Ian West MLC on 27 November 2008.
- Demand for Drug Support
- A $1.3 million refurbishment of the South Sydney Youth Service centre was given the green light by Sydney Council last week reports Robert Burton Bradley in the Central of 3 December 2008.
- Early resignition from RWA CEO
- Redfern-Waterloo Authority CEO Robert Domm has resigned from his role with the government appointed body almost a year earlier than anticipated reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on line on 1 December 2008.
- Council reluctant to expand free shuttle service
- Council will not increase its funding for the popular Village to Village shuttle bus next year, despite increased passenger numbers which have meant the free service is now stretched to the limit reports Alexandra Beech in City news of 22 November 2008.
- The Pemulwuy forward
- The traffic in front of Redfern Station flows roughly down the same trajectory. People stream out of the ticket gates, then take sharp left turns down Redfern Street in the direction of Sydney University, emphatically avoiding eye-contact with the stretch of dilapidated terraces between Eveleigh, Vine and Louise Streets report Rebecca Zhou in City News of 16 November 2008.
- Ban on bill posters an “attack on free speech”
- The City of Sydney has banned bill posters from the inner city. Offending organisations will now face fines of up to $1,500 per poster, and individuals charged $750 for putting up posters. Commercial, political and community organisations will be targeted, as Sydney City Council promises to follow through with prosecuting illegal postering under the NSW Protection of the Environment Operations Act. Greens Councillors, Irene Doutney and Chris Harris, have expressed their disappointment, claiming the Council's new campaign is a “gross attack on freedom of speech” reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Bust or boom, businesses adapt
- The sleek designs of Darlington-based Interprojects were a trait that placed them a cut above other design and construction companies in Sydney. However, their elegant designs were not innovative enough to protect them from the financial woes that are facing everyone else, as the company went into receivership in October this year. All but three of its staff have been let go reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Studio for artists and passers-by
- Shopfront Studio is located at 152 Redfern Street. The shopfront is a studio/gallery space where local artists can create and display their art. People passing by get to witness the creative process of the artists at work reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Works on film, online - Artist Profile: Curious Works
- Shakthi Sivanathan is the creator of Curious Works, an independent education and technology arts program that collaborates with communities using digital media and the arts. The programs offer communities ways of sharing and connecting with other people, as they present the projects online through the medium of film reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- “One placard in a picket line of urban Indigenous activism”
- Redfern artist, Adam Hill, has been creating storms of controversy in his latest exhibition held in Melbourne. Entitled, This is Why We Don’t Stand for the National Anthem, the show features a provocative image of an Aboriginal boy kneeling before a white priest with cruciform phallus reports Kate Lamb in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Do we need an International Year of the Disabled 2010?
- Some Fast News readers may be old enough to remember the International Year of the Disabled, way back in 1981 reports Trevor Davies in The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Something about homeless people that makes some people feel uncomfortable
- The Central Courier reported last month that residents of the St Margaret’s Village apartments, opposite Edward Eagar Lodge, are considering hiring extra security guards because of antisocial behaviour caused by alcohol. Locals, the Courier says, have complained about the large number of homeless people hanging around outside the Lodge. They blame the homeless for disturbances rather than the crowds of people who flock to the late-night premises which serve alcohol on Oxford Street. Homeless people are easier to blame reports Trevor Davies in The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Coloured Digger Project thanks Damien Minton Gallery
- On November 12, the Damien Minton Gallery in Redfern presented a cheque for $4,000 to the Coloured Digger Project Steering Committee reports the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Community aid, thanks to volunteers
- Contributing skills, giving assistance and sharing experiences among diversity are what makes a neighbourhood a community reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Sustaining business in Redfern
- Hopes are high for a new centre for business sustainability which has just been unveiled in Redfern reports Lisa Moon in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Café owners stung by new Council fees
- Café and restaurant owners in South Sydney are feeling disgruntled about the introduction of new food administration fees by the City of Sydney Council. The Council has announced an annual fee of $240 on top of the pre-existing $85 fee for health inspections reports Kate Lamb & Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Notre Dame’s expansion plans
- It seems as if everyone wants a piece of Chippendale at the moment and the historic suburb’s residents are worried that Notre Dame University is being greedy reports Pamela Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Questions to the Housing NSW Minister
- The NSW Minister for Housing, David Borger, recently granted the SSH an interview. This followed on from recent SSH articles seeking accountability from Housing NSW around the manner in which it administers its properties reports in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Tenants left in the dark
- In the light of Housing NSW’s recent commitment to address the maintenance backlog for public housing properties in NSW, the SSH conducted its own inspection of Waterloo’s Solander building to determine the current condition of the public housing estate reports Vanessa Watson in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- The future and the past at Souths Leagues
- Where are they now? ‘N Grade’ Grand Final, Redfern Oval, 1976. Jimmy Monta (La Perouse) and Brad Downes (Mascot Juniors) holding the ‘N Grade’ trophy in this photo from South Sydney Junior Rugby League Club. Mascot Juniors won the grand final that year reports the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Cycling, recycling
- On November 14, the Waterloo Recycling Workshop (WRW), which provides furniture and non-electrical household goods to low-income persons, was officially re-opened at the garages of the Turanga flats at 1 Phillip Street, Waterloo. The WRW was re-opened by Greens Councillor Irene Doutney, and included stalls from Planet Ark and the City of Sydney reports Adrian Emilsen in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- “It is a radical act to garden …”
- It is a radical act to garden … We are afraid of being in deep relationship with each other … the earth … God. To plant a seed and begin that process is an act of hope” (Mural in the Eden Garden, South Sydney Uniting Church) reports Brendan Wong in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Setting kids up for success
- A decade ago Bill Crews decided he’d like to help kids who can’t read. Under the guidance of Macquarie Uni, a team of educators and volunteers takes kids who’ve spent five years in the education system and can’t read a word (“Is it the black stuff you read?” asked one) to writing and reading a piece of poetry. Graduations at the Ashfield Uniting Church require a box of tissues Writes Brendan Nelson in a Guest editorial in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008.
- Torn between two States
- LUKE Ford, favoured for tonight's AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor, will follow his front-running film to the US. Not for long if our filmmakers have their way reports The Daily Telegraph December 06, 2008.
- The needle and the homage done - welcome to the cool new world of craft
- Some market stalls should be admired from a distance. Standing a good metre away, you can nod encouragement to a dejected artisan without giving false hope of a sale. "A wind chime made of old forks! How did you think of it?" you might remark, before moving on to admire a compact disc tower carved from a tree trunk reports Lisa Pryor in the Sydney Morning Herald of December 6, 2008.
- WordUP! Book Launch - Thursday 11 December 2008
- Recent studies have shown that by the age of 15, more than one-third of Australia's Indigenous students do not have the skills and knowledge in reading literacy needed to meet real-life challenges.1 The wordUP! literacy program recently run at The Yurungai Learning Centre in Waterloo in Sydney is a community based project inspired to help close the gap in Indigenous disadvantage reports this media release of 8 December 2008 about the WordUP Booklaunmch.
- Activating Human Rights
- Wednesday 10 December is International Human Rights Day and is the sixty years¹ anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This Declaration came about in the aftermath of World War Two and was envisioned by those determined to ensure that nothing like Nazi Germany would ever happen again. Australia¹s Doc Evatt was one of those pioneers.
- Redfern pilot tailored to cut energy needs
- TEN Redfern housing blocks have been torn down to make room for a new era in public housing reports Matthew Levinson in the Sydney Morning Herald of December 10, 2008.
- Privatisation plans raise heritage fears
- The NSW Government plans to privatise the Australian Technology Park at Redfern and most of Darling Harbour, in a bid to raise the revenue needed to pull the state’s budget out of the red reports Sandra Fonseca in the Central on 10th December 2008.
- Redfern protest attacks intervention
- Protesters in Sydney have called for a halt to the federal government's intervention program in Northern Territory Aboriginal communities reports AAP in the The Age website on December 13, 2008.
- Redfern complex to help Aborigines shoot for the stars
- A SPORTS facility costing $24 million is being built in Redfern to help develop and foster the next generation of Aboriginal stars Reports Daniel Lane in the Sun Herald of December 14, 2008.
- Residents says public housing is bedlam
- An increasing number of homeless people are bunking illegally in public housing at Redfern and Surry Hills, prompting a new joint imitative from the City and the NSW Department of Housing reports Angus Thompson in City News on 7th December 2008.
- Rabbitohs can't always rely on me: Crowe
- South Sydney owner Russell Crowe has indicated he won't continue to be the Rabbitohs' cash cow, saying the time has arrived for the NRL club to stand on its own feet reports AAP in the Age of December 15, 2008.
- Sydney’s newest farmers market kicks off
- Anyone who thinks the farmers markets concept is overdone: you’re wrong! Report from FoodWeek Online Monday, December 15, 2008
