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- Just like kids... only with poo patrol
- From a $NZ280 spa treatment to a personal shaman for your dog, we look at the some of the boutique services available for today's pampered pooches [including Redfern] reports Nicky Park for AAP on stuff.com.nz.
- Inner-city public housing gets facelift
- Social housing properties in inner-Sydney will get a facelift with $9.2 million of federal funding to be spent on maintenance reports aap on the Age website on 14 April 2009.
- Award-winning builder takes Indigenous leadership role
- Union organiser Rohan Tobler has won the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Award for helping young Aboriginal people in inner Sydney find employment in the building industry reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 10 April 2009.
- Alcohol Free Zones extend further through Sydney
- Now is the time to comment on Sydney Council plans to increase the number of alcohol-free zones by a third. For three years streets around the city and inner-suburbs have been declared alcohol-free, allowing police to confiscate alcohol from people who drink in the street reports Kim Shaw in the Central of 9 April 2009.
- South Sydney Youth Service offers free hip hop
- Young people keen on hip-hop but unable to afford lessons should apply to South Sydney Youth Services where a new dance program is giving kids the chance to dance.
- Green Square town centre has priority : Court
- A LAND and Environment Court decision handed down last month will ensure Green Square is not threatened by rival commercial development reports Robert Burton Bradley in Central of 8 April 2009.
- Former South Sydney Hospital off the market
- Rosebery residents are worried that a two-year battle with Hillsong Church over plans to build a 2700-seat auditorium and seven-storey tower will begin anew reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 8 April 2009.
- Surry Hills Festival April 18: Bring your bike
- Wedged between two housing towers in a car park in Phillip Street, Waterloo is Cycle Recycle, a-do-it-yourself bike maintenance club where people drop in to repair and rebuild their bikes from scratch reports Kim Shaw in Central on 7 April 2009.
- Step Right Up
- The Luncheon Club’s new walking group is aiming to get people on their feet. Stella Di Laudo is eager to get people moving. And as the driving force behind a newly-formed walking group for people living with HIV, she’s doing just that reports Reg Domingo in SX on 15 April 2009.
- Redfern refuses to be blocked
- The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) say they will stage a protest if Railcorp are allowed to move the main entrance of Redfern train station off Lawson Street, amid discussion of Eveleigh’s future development reports Angus Thompson in City News of 9 April 2009.
- TJ Hickey’s death site to be stripped by upgrade
- The fence on which Redfern Aboriginal teenager Thomas ‘TJ’ Hickey was fatally wounded may be removed as part of a planned upgrade by Housing NSW reports Angus Thompson in City news of 16 April 2009.
- Govt centres to give street drinkers a guzzle
- Sydney’s problem drinkers could be herded off the streets in a joint move by Housing NSW and the City of Sydney to provide venues for alcoholics to nurse their addiction reports Angus Thompson in City News of 16 April 2009.
- Govt pushes on with Everleigh rail yard demolition
- The New South Wales Government is proceeding with a plan to demolish several buildings at the Everleigh rail yards in inner-Sydney, some of which are more than 100 years old reports ABC news on 18th April 2009.
- Sydney development shelved as economic crisis bites
- It seems unlikely there will be cranes on the Broadway site any time soon. A major Sydney development has been put on hold, due to the economic downturn, putting more pressure on the state's rising unemployment levels.
- Acknowledging Indigenous Diggers
- THIS Anzac Day, an often forgotten contingent of diggers will be celebrated and their contribution remembered at Redfern reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 April 2009.
- Head to Head
- Member for Heffron Kristina Keneally (above right) has come out swinging against her Labor Party colleague, City of Sydney councillor Meredith Burgmann (above left) over her position on alcohol-free zones reports Central on 22 April 2009.
- Planning Minister promises to fix problems of Redfern Waterloo
- Member for Heffron and Planning Minister Kristina Keneally has made bold claims about her intention to tackle the serious social issues confronting public housing communities in Redfern and Waterloo reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 April 2009.
- Aboriginal Diggers Fought but Couldn't Vote
- Minister for Community Services Linda Burney asked NSW residents to remember the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Diggers on Anzac Day. Ms Burney will be representing Premier Nathan Rees at the 2009 Redfern Anzac Day Commemoration. She said all members of the community were welcome to attend the ceremony and show their support. Aboriginal war veterans will gather at The Block, Redfern at 1pm tomorrow to begin their Anzac Day march to Redfern Park. A commemoration service will then be held at Redfern Park reports Strret Corner on 24 April 2009.
- Indigenous veterans to commemorate Anzac legacy
- The contribution of Indigenous people to the Anzac legacy will be recognised with a service in Sydneys' Redfern Park this afternoon reported ABC news on 25 April 2009.
- Aboriginal diggers commemorate Anzac Day
- An Anzac Day service in the Sydney suburb of Redfern will be held to commemorate Aboriginal diggers reported AAP on Livenews on Saturday, 25 April 2009.
- Indigenous soldiers remembered at Sydney march
- Today's Anzac Day was marked with a special march and commemoration ceremony in Sydney to remember the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Islander diggers reported ABC News on 25 April 2009.
- Paddington rules the terrace house price league
- WHEN it comes to terraces, Paddington is indisputably No. 1. Data from Australian Property Monitors shows there were 55 terrace sales in Paddington for the year to February, for a median price of $1.23 million, a 4 per cent fall over over the previous 12 months reports Stephen Nicholls in the Sydney Morning Herald of 25 April 2009.
- There goes the Neighbourhood
- There Goes The Neighbourhood is an exhibition and book about the contested inner city suburb of Redfern which runs is produced and presented by Performance Space at CarriageWorks from 23 May 2009 until 27 June from 12PM - 6PM (TUE - SAT) says the media release from Performance Space.
- Lucky Dip Kids Workshops - Saturdays at CarriageWorks
- LUCKY DIP WORKSHOPS is a new series of fun, creative workshops by CARRIAGEWORKS, Sydney’s home for contemporary arts and culture. Each Saturday, the activity will be a surprise ‘lucky dip’ – a different arts-based workshop each week that kids 3+ and their parents can take part in for just $5 per person says this media release from CarriageWorks on 1 April 2009.
- Sydney councillor’s call for Waterloo wet centre
- Sydney Greens councillor Irene Doutney is calling for the creation of a wet centre near Waterloo Green for alcohol-dependant locals reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 28 April 2009.
- Alcohol Free Zones – ‘ two sides to the coin’
- Thank you, Central, for raising the very important debate on the topic of ‘Street drinking and Alcohol Free Zones’. I read with interest the divided views on their effectiveness and it appears there is valid argument in both camps writes Mike Shreenan in this letter to Central on 22 April 2009.
- Eye testing and fun at Redfern
- Children and their parents enjoyed free eye testing at Alexandria Park Community School recently when The Benevolent Society and Redfern Waterloo Authority sponsored a day of good health and family fun reports Kim Shaw in Central on 30 April 2009..
- Werewolves of London? No, the stylish goats of Redfern
- MANY comics will tell you that a "funny thing happened on the way to the gig", but Al Pitcher has got the photos to prove it. There is the picture of the street kid who mooned him in Glasgow, the photo of the mother throttling her child at a wedding in Melbourne, and the picture he took, just yesterday, of a man walking his pet goats through Redfern reports Tim Elliott in the 2May 2009 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald.
- Life after prison
- Christopher [not his real name] is a man who understands the hard-hitting effects of the criminal justice system reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Councillors unite to support Affordable Housing Strategy
- On the issue of affordable housing, we may have a united City of Sydney Council. In fact, on this occasion, the smaller parties are publicly speaking out in defence of the Council’s Draft Affordable Housing Policy as developers move against the public interest reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- The greatest!
- Well, howdy! So what’s happening in the wide, wide world of sports? Not since the heady days of 1964, when a young Cassius Clay stood over a prone Sonny Liston and declared to the world, “I am the greatest!” have we seen such confidence in a young sportsperson Report by Adrian Spry in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- More than your average footy club
- The new breed of inner city residents, who sit outside a café drinking their skim milk lattes, think that they are living the village life and have a great sense of community spirit. The true long-time locals will know that the inner city will never be a village made up of families who send their kids out of district for schooling and don’t participate in supporting their local sporting teams reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Tearing it up at Fernside
- Not even the grey skies and looming rain could keep the scores of skateboarders and scooter riders away from the 10th Annual Fernside Skating Competition reports Alexander Fleming in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- There Goes The Neighbourhood Exhibition and book project
- Performance Space presents There Goes The Neighbourhood, a major curatorial commission and book project by local curators Zanny Begg and Keg de Souza. Exploring the global phenomena of gentrification through the local frame of Redfern, the curators have gathered artists, activists, philosophers, writers, architects, community groups and local planners around a common theme and within Sydney’s (and arguably, Australia’s) most contested suburb reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009
- Memorial for Mum Shirl and Father Ted
- In 2006, the year after Fr Ted Kennedy died, members of the community of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern approached Tom Bass and the sculpture studio school at Erskineville to design a memorial. This was followed by multiple meetings to discuss the nature of this project with Marnie Kennedy, Fr Ted’s sister, who continues his work in Redfern, and other members of the church community including Catherine de Lorenzo, Bronwyn Crosby and Danny Gilbert. Ann Weldon, Mum Shirl’s niece, came to the meetings when she was able reports Margo Hoekstra in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for young people
- As its recent media release indicates, we learn that great things are planned for the new National Centre for Indigenous Excellence opening in George Street Redfern later this year. The NCIE, will become “the first multi-use complex to offer world class sport, education, art and cultural programs for young Indigenous people. Fostering talent and encouraging excellence, the NCIE will provide young people the foundations they need to succeed in their future endeavours.” reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- New Metrobus Service for South Sydney
- I write with great news for South Sydney residents – a new Metrobus serving commuters in Rosebery, Zetland, Waterloo and Redfern writes Kristina Keneally in her add the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- SSH The Fast News - May 2009
- Trevor Davies in Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009 covers a number of items of interest to Redfern Waterloo including the future of secondary bus routes, RWA’s newe CEO, The Urban Taskforce on affordable housing and staff cuts planned for Erskineville and Redfern railway stations.
- SSH Editorial on Public Housing Maintenance
- The Federal Government’s stimulus package has delivered much-needed funds for repairs and maintenance to public housing properties across the State – including $3.8 million for repairs to 1,404 homes in Redfern and Waterloo says the South Sydney Herald Editorial of May 2009.
- Upgrades to public housing herald “new era”
- Public housing properties in Redfern and Waterloo will receive much-needed upgrades as part of the Federal Government’s stimulus package. NSW Housing Minister, David Borger, and Federal Housing Minister, Tanya Plibersek, made the announcement in Glebe last month with local member for Balmain, Verity Firth reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Redfern RSL marches on
- On Sunday April 19, the members of the Returned & Services League in Redfern proudly marched from their club to Redfern Park for a service and wreath-laying ceremony. Led by mounted police and a Scots marching band belting out ‘Amazing Grace’ on the bagpipes, there was a definite air of pride from the gentlemen and women that had served their country reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Cars versus bikes versus pedestrians
- Sydney Council is determined to attract more people to cycling as a form of transport and inner city residents opposed to the campaign will have to adapt reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Darlington’s forgotten street
- In 2005, the SSH reported on the Redfern Chamber of Commerce and local business owners’ proposal to maintain and preserve the shop fronts on Abercrombie Street. City of Sydney Councillor John McInerney visited the area, informing locals of future action to be taken. The $20 million Redfern upgrade granted at that time, was to be shared between Redfern, Regent and Abercrombie Streets reports Amanda Robb in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Opinion divided over new IGA
- Local businesses and residents are divided over the proposal for a new supermarket on Chalmers Street in Redfern. Submissions against the development application for a SUPA IGA on the ground floor of South Sydney Leagues Club closed last month, after almost two years of opposition from some members of the community reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of May 2009.
- Saying sorry is not enough
- The anniversary of Kevin Rudd's apology to Australia's aboriginal community has come and gone. What difference has it made? asks James Patterson in this article from openDemocracy.net
- CarriageWorks Busiest Weekend Notice - 15 & 16 May 2009
- On 15 and 16 May, CarriageWorks will experience the busiest weekend it has had since it opened. Every performance space in the building has something happening in it and there are the Eveleigh and Finder's Keepers Markets. The result will be two days of heavy foot and Vehicle traffic that may have an impact on surrounding neighbours. Below is the notice issued by CarriageWorks to those attending but they have also asked for it to be passed on to local residents.
- Federal Funding for Waterloo Youth Facility
- The City has received a $2 million grant from the Federal Government's Community Infrastructure Program for our Waterloo Youth Facility, located at the southern end of Waterloo Park reports Clover Moore's eNews of 8 May 2009.
- There Goes The Neighbourhood
- It doesn’t take much to see that Redfern ain’t what it used to be. Artists Keg de Souza and Zanny Begg were both residents of the hotly contested suburb when they started 2016, a ten-year archive project to document the changes they were seeing in the area (with 2016 being the expected date of completion and the postcode for Redfern) reports Amelia Groom in City News on 6 May 2009.
- Erskineville supermarket DA returns
- A PLAN to convert the abandoned Hive complex at Erskineville into a supermarket has been resurrected after a development application was lodged with Sydney Council reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 7 May 2009.
- Rail staff cuts leave commuters at risk
- Staff cuts at train stations will leave commuters at risk, according to the Opposition and rail union reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Cental on 1 May 2009.
- Central Letters on Wet Centre
- The following two letters about a proposed wet centre appeared in the 6 May 2009 Central
- REDWATER NEWS - Text Verson - May 2009
- Below is a text version of the May 2009 REDWATER NEWS which will allow people to easily reference the Harm Minimisation, Alcohol Free Zone arguments and other items from the May 2009 REDWATER NEWS.
- Arrested development: Taking to the streets against Redfern’s rebirth
- This year Sydney has once again cracked the top ten of least affordable cities in the world and nowhere is this statistic becoming more visible than in the rapidly changing face of our inner-city suburbs writes Angus Thompson in City news of 8 May 2009.
- Waterloo Youthy gets Federal Funding
- The Federal Government has contributed $2 million toward redeveloping the Waterloo Youth Facility reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 13 May 2009.
- Fear worse than reality in Redfern
- A handful of high profile crimes in recent weeks has created a perception of fear in Redfern according to local police reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 14 may 2009.
- Redfern drug raid
- Police have arrested and charged 18 people after a major drug raid in ‘The Block’ at Redfern, in Sydney’s inner suburbs reports Central on 14 May 2009.
- Idol auditions at Redfern
- Narrow definitions of talent are gone and the hunt for genuine individuality is on at Eveleigh this weekend, where auditions for the seventh series of Australian Idol are underway reports Kim Shaw on Central on 16 May 2009.
- Jobs For The Mob
- With the global economy in trouble, joblessness is on a lot of people's minds. A program in Sydney's Redfern is relieving this anxiety for many. The Koori Job Ready course trains unemployed Aboriginal men - including some who've had difficult home lives - for jobs in the construction industry reports SBS’s Living Black on 11 May 2009.
- Chap off the old Block is pushing hard for the new
- Like the Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy, who fought early colonists, Mick Mundine is no shirker and is hell bent on redeveloping The Block, his patch for almost 40 years. John Ellicott reports in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18 May 2009.
- Wheelchair access at top of Macdonaldtown station stairs
- IT COULD be Sydney's stupidest station - Macdonaldtown, right next door to the city and in the heartland of the progressive Inner-West, boasts a wheelchair-accessible phone and ramps for wheelchair users to get on and off trains reports Joe Hilderbrand in The Daily Telegraph of 18 May 2009.
- There goes the neighbourhood: Redfern gentrification gets an arty critique
- How is gentrification altering the relationship between democracy and demography around the world? A handful of artists from here and abroad have tried to answer this in “There Goes The Neighbourhood’’, an exhibition, residency, discussion and publishing project reports Central on 30 May 2009.
- Redfern-Waterloo set on safety
- Council has bowed to community pressure and agreed to consider a future for the Redfern-Waterloo Community Safety Plan reports Emma Rugg in City news on 28 May 2009.
- PCYC Open Day gathers unsung social saviours
- To the uninitiated, Open Day at Woolloomooloo’s newly renovated Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) revealed an alliance of committed people and official programs co-operating to provide opportunities and positive role models for inner-city youth reports Michael Gormly in City news of 21 May 2009.
- Home traders toss the buck
- As Australia braces itself for recession, more Sydneysiders are beginning to take the economy into their own hands reports Angus Thompson in City News of 28 May 2009.
- Redfern's bird sculpture hatches angry response
- IT is meant to represent a bowerbird's courtship ritual. But to many passers-by, a public sculpture in Redfern is a distressing reminder of a sad chapter in the suburb's history reports Elicia Murray the Sydney Morning Herald Urban Affairs Reporter on May 28, 2009.
- He was violent and controlling. She knew he was a killer
- Paul Wilkinson fabricated death threats against his wife and child to get them out of the house while he was having an affair. Michael Duffy reports on the case of a master manipulator in the May 29, 2009 issue of the Sydney Morning Herald. [REDWatch is carrying this media article as Paul Wilkinson provided evidence regarding the death of TJ Hicky and Redfern Police to the 2004 Inquiry into Redfern Waterloo].
- The Man's French connection
- When French photographer Yann Audic first set eyes on Anthony Mundine, he was immediately impressed reports Chris Barrett in The Brisbane Times of May 27, 2009.
- Pub buyers return to the bar
- BUYERS are returning to the Sydney pub market. Deals totalling nearly $70 million were completed or agreed in recent weeks, according to market analysis from CB Richard Ellis Carolyn Cummins and Chris Vedelago in the May 23, 2009 Sydney Morning Herald.
- Kids on The Block take on criminals
- THERE'S trash talk at The Block again. But this time the fighting words in Redfern are coming from an unusual source reports Elicia Murray the Sydney Morning Herals’s Urban Affairs Reporter on May 23, 2009.
- Kristina Keneally encourages comment on Waterloo Aldi DA
- I am writing to encourage you to make your views known to the City of Sydney Council regarding a proposed Aldi Store in Waterloo writes the member for Heffron Kristina Keneally in this letter to residents.
- Pemulwuy Project to Breathe new life into the Block
- This is the media release from Kristina Keneally Minister for Planning and Minister for Redfern Waterloo annoucing approval of the Aboriginal Housing Company's Pemulwuy Project Concept Plan on Wednesday 2 July 2009.
- City welcomes Pemulwuy project
- The Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore MP welcomed the State Government's commitment to the Pemulwuy Project reports this media release from the city of Sydney on 2 july 2009.
- 'Brand new day': Green light for Block overhaul
- The Aboriginal community in the inner Sydney suburb of Redfern is celebrating after plans to breathe new life into The Block were finally given the go-ahead reports ABC on 2 July 2009.
- AHC Pemulwuy Project receives Planning Approval
- The Minister for Planning and Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally on 2 July 2009 announced approval for the Aboriginal Housing Company's Pemulwuy Project Concept Plan writes Geoff Turnbull from REDWatch.
- No funds for Redfern's The Block yet
- A $60 million redevelopment of the notorious inner-Sydney precinct The Block is a step closer to reality, but no one knows where the money will come from reports ninmsn on 2 july 2009.
- Redfern's The Block to be redeveloped
- TWN years of dispute over a $60 million housing project for Sydney's notorious The Block precinct has ended but no one has committed to funding the Aboriginal development reports Vincent Morello from Agence France-Presse on 2 July 2009.
- The Block: Past, Present and Future
- More than any other urban area in Australia, the Block in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Redfern, has become a meeting place and, some say, spiritual home for city-dwelling Aborigines. However, it has also long struggled with problems of crime, violence and drug-dealing. When not in jail, stolen-generation member Bill Simon has lived on or near to the block for much of his adult life, and his recent book, "Back to the Block" is a moving and personal account of his life story and triumph over his demons. His friend, the Aboriginal Housing Company CEO Mick Mundine, is overseeing the proposed redevelopment of the area. Here, they're at Gleebooks, discussing the Block: its stories, its problems, and its importance.
- NSW Govt makes New Appointments to CSPC - 30 July 2009
- Planning Minister, Kristina Keneally, today announced new State Government appointees to the City of Sydney’s Central Sydney Planning Committee (CSPC). They will hold the positions until July 2011 reports this media release from the Minister for Planning on 30 July 2009.
- Affordable Housing SEPP Released - 1 August 2009
- Premier Nathan Rees announced today the Government had delivered its promise to make it easier to build affordable housing – cheaper rental properties, granny flats and specialised social housing reports this Media Release of 1 August 2009.
- Gender, power and Labor politics
- Environmental activist, Sydney University graduate and mother, Jenny McAllister, has recently been elected to the Labor Party Leadership Team, alongside Queensland Premier Anna Bligh and Senior Trade Union leader Michael Williamson. Each member will assume the role of National President for a year, whilst the others act as Vice Presidents reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Supermarket 2 – residents to fight again
- The community of Erskineville is again fighting plans to build a supermarket, despite the earlier rejection of an application by the same developers. The operators, identified as Thomas Dux/Woolworths, plan to build on the corner of Erskineville Road and Gowrie Street, which is also the same site proposed in 2008 by the original application reports Tara Cliff ord in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Speculation on Broadway
- Two years ago to the month the SSH reported the eviction of tenants from the Carlton & United Breweries site on Broadway. In the same month, the site was purchased for development by Frasers Property reports Ann Deslandes in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Weekend markets – a way out of recession?
- In an age of super-sized shopping centres and purchasing goods online, the humble weekend market is growing more popular than ever. Each weekend thousands of people flock to Glebe, Paddington, Kings Cross and Eveleigh markets to shop, eat and immerse themselves in the energy of the local community reports Todd Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Rosebery residents say no to “mega depot”
- The Rosebery Residents Action Group was formed a few years ago in reaction to Hillsong Church’s plan to put a 2,700-seat auditorium in the old RTA site at Rosebery and to operate from 7am to 10.30pm seven days a week. Now the Action Group is battling the City of Sydney, which, it says, is planning “a regional depot for 5.30am garbage compactors, street sweepers throughout the night and 24-hour Council Rangers” Reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Changes a-comin’ down the track
- A Rail Corp review of City Rail staffing levels is currently underway at Redfern and Erskineville stations, causing local concern about potential cuts in station staff reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Welfare services feel the pinch
- The recession is continuing to challenge inner-city welfare groups as unemployment rises and more people seek support reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Whose responsibility?
- Society has no respect for itself. Well, that’s the perception held by New South Wales’ top cop, Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione. And it is because of this epidemic of self-loathing that society has attempted to medicate itself with alcohol. The mix of the two creates a concoction for excessive violence across Sydney every weekend. According to the Commissioner, the only method of dealing with this issue is with the brute force of the NSW police writes Nicholas McCallum in this opinion piece in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Redfern has its say on human rights
- On May 7, around 30 people from a range of backgrounds heard expert views at a Community Consultation on Human Rights at Redfern Town Hall reports Neil Whitfield in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- A spirited journey - Talking with Louise Hamilton
- We began by strolling around the grounds of the Alexandria Park Community Junior School as Louise Hamilton showed us an Aboriginal mural which had been painted on the fence more than 40 years before. As she stood in front of it for our photograph, I saw a strong spirited Aboriginal woman reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Down but not out in Darlington
- Less than a year ago, Darlington resident Doug Hughes lived more than a comfortable life. As a marketing executive for a global broking company, he received a handsome six-figure salary and travelled the world on business trips where “no expense was spared reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009”.
- The Fast News - Compiled by Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Making our suburbs safe
- The City of Sydney staff has done a very good job developing safety plans for Redfern, Waterloo and Glebe. City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone, explains the background in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Makeover for South Sydney Youth Services
- South Sydney Youth Services’ main facility will be upgraded next year to provide better resources for supporting young people in the community. The redevelopment of the building at Waterloo Oval will be funded in a joint venture between Federal and Local Government, Minister for Infrastructure and Local Government Anthony Albanese announced last month reports Kelly Lane in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- Council plans for a new Darlington
- Councillor John McInerney responds to the May SSH article on Abercrombie Street, Darlington in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009.
- 18 charged after raids at 'The Block' in Redfern
- A major drug raid at ‘The Block’ at Redfern, in Sydney’s inner suburbs, has led to 18 people being charged reports Annika Burgess on Macquarie national News of 14 May 2009.
- Drug-Free for a Day
- One man risks his life every day trying to make Redfern a better place to live. Drug dealers have threatened him, his family has received menacing letters at home and he has been verbally abused many times reports Irina Moldovan in UTS’s Reportage on 8 May 2009.
- Seido Karate benefit tournament
- Kinga Farago won women's sparring at Seido benefit tournament Seido Karate dojo in Abercrombie St raised $2000 at an action-packed inter-dojo tournament reports Central on 2 June 2009.
- Sandstone on hold at Sydney University
- THE global financial crisis has hit Sydney University finances hard and may force it to delay some of its ambitious building program reports Rebecca Woolley on 9 June 2009.
- dumped trolleys anger locals
- Scores of shopping trolleys from a Coles supermarket in Surry Hills are being stolen and dumped in Redfern, according to residents reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 4 June 2009.
- Minister grabs power to make heritage history
- HISTORIC buildings could be taken off the heritage list and redeveloped after the NSW Government changed laws protecting them writes Matthew Benns in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 14 2009.
