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- Vale Brenda Maling
- South Sydney lost another of its community leaders with the untimely death of Brenda Maling at Prince of Wales Hospital on June 15. She succumbed to cancer after a long battle. She worked on as the coordinator of the Aboriginal Resource Centre (a job she had held for 12 years) until a couple of weeks before her death reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Gathering Ground a resounding success
- With over 2000 people attending Blockside Story 2008 over 3 nights, the phenomena of Gathering Ground can only be described as a resounding success reports Jane Barton in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- The City develops an Aboriginal Cultural Centre
- Much history has been recorded of white settlement in Australia, but little has been written about the culture and history of its original owners reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- AHC supports army recruitment project
- The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) is preparing to introduce a new project that will recruit disadvantaged Aboriginal youths into the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The project is aimed at providing an alternative to gaol with employment opportunities and skills training for young Aboriginal people on The Block reports Christine Dellenty in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Passionate Indigenous advocate resigns
- The former Coordinator of the now defunct Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) run by the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous welfare is calling it quits after 12 years reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Libs back Pemulwuy, more police and transport
- A Liberal State Government would approve the Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project (AHC), promote community-minded policing in and around Redfern, and would seek better transportation infrastructure to encourage people to use it reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Shepherd Street in trouble
- The tranquil existence of Darlington residents may be in further jeopardy from the proposed development of the North Eveleigh site. Its tiny streets, already clogged with the car and foot traffic stemming from Sydney University, are facing further increases reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008.
- Hillsong Sung to Tune of $18K
- HILLSONG has withdrawn a controversial development application for a Rosebery super church after Sydney Council spent $18,000 on venue hire for a public forum on the proposal reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 9th July 2008.
- Independents Step Up - New faces vie for spot on council
- LORD Mayor Clover Moore has announced her team of Independent candidates to contest the Sydney Council election in September reports Jennifer Bennett in the central of 9th July 2008.
- Growing Sense of Community
- ALEXANDRIA Park Community School opened its community garden project to mark NAIDOC Week, which began on Sunday reports Jennifer Bennett in the central of 9th July 2008.
- New Harbourfront Boss Commits to Redfern
- REDFERN-WATERLOO Authority CEO Robert Domm has been appointed the head of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 9th July 2008.
- Potted slant on urban jungles
- Three artists are drawing on pot plants to tell a story about city living. Leesha McKenny looks at their project reports the Sydney Morning Herald of July 9, 2008.
- Redfern to rival Pyrmont as a hub for media
- REDFERN'S commercial property sector is being expanded with the $200 million development 8 Central Avenue, being undertaken by Rebel Property Group and the Seven Network reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 12, 2008.
- Creative collective swings into action
- The vast industrial spaces of the CarriageWorks arts centre in Eveleigh are crammed with psychedelic light shows, shadow puppets and aerialists swinging from scaffolding. Since last week, the venue has hosted the second annual Underbelly Public Arts Lab, where Sydney's young artists create work and develop ideas to be shown at the Underbelly Festival at the weekend Louise Schwartzkoff in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 11, 2008.
- Find the best property investment suburbs
- Sydney and Canberra have five suburbs with yields of over 6pc yield and Darlington in Sydney has the best return for landlords reports news.com.au on July 11, 2008
- RWA Eveleigh Pedestrian / Bike Bridge on Exhibition – Until 15th August 2008
- The Department of Planning have placed on public exhibition the RWA’s proposal for a pedestrian & bike bridge, which the RWA call the Eveleigh Heritage Walk (EHW). The bridge no longer provides the link from CarriageWorks to near the new Channel 7 building as proposed by the RWA in its preliminary application. The bridge now connects the southern end of the ATP to North Eveleigh close to Redfern Station as indicated in the RWA’s recent North Eveleigh Concept Plan in which the bridge featured but was not included.
- The brutal reality about halls of higher earning
- The university, says John Ralston Saul, is "where civilisation's knowledge is divided up into exclusive territories", where academics daily invent "dialects sufficiently hermetic" to preclude internecine seepage. Each faculty, discipline or research team thus becomes a kind of Da Vinci Code cryptex, and university politics an arcane strain of gang warfare writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 16, 2008.
- Redfern Set to Become a Major Business and Media Hub
- Redfern’s commercial property sector is about to get a huge shot in the arm through the pre-leasing program to be launched next week for a television and media hub in the heart of Australian Technology Park reports this press release of 11 July 2008 from City PR on behalf of CB Richard Ellis and Chesterton International who are pre-leasing space at the ATP.
- Voters will decide on Sydney Wards
- VOTERS will have the power to decide whether they want Sydney Council to introduce a wards system at September's elections reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the central of 16th july 2008.
- Candidates Keep it Green
- GREENS councillor Chris Harris is again running for Lord Mayor in September's elections, with newcomer Irene Doutney also aiming for a seat on Sydney Council reports Jennifer Bennett in the central of 16hJuly 2008.
- Protests: End income quarantining!
- The unjust quarantining of Aboriginal people’s Centrelink benefits, enforced as part of the federal government’s Northern Territory intervention, has been labelled by some as the intervention’s most destructive element Reports Jay Fletcher in Green Left of 19th July 2008.
- Burgmann Comes Out Swinging
- LABOR lord mayoral candidate Dr Meredith Burgmann said she believed Sydney Council needed a major shift in policy focus reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 23 July 2008.
- Sartor gives top job to ex-chief of staff
- THE Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, has appointed one of his former chiefs-of-staff as the new boss of the government agency in charge of billions of dollars worth of land on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour reports Jano Gibson Urban Affairs Reporter in the Sydney morning Herald of July 28, 2008.
- Racism helps to ease the whitewash of Redfern
- I'm walking the dog. It's evening rush hour, near Redfern station. A young couple wobbles by like escapees from a three-legged race, giggling because she has new, less-than-sensible shoes and at day's end can barely walk. "Take them off," I suggest. He glares, wondering perhaps which "them" I mean. I smile, add "go barefoot". He focuses momentarily, decides I'm harmless (wrong), answers for her: "Not round here. Not with the Abos everywhere, all the needles in the streets. Be all right when they get rid of the blacks" writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald of July 30, 2008.
- Battle stations for Eveleigh
- In a city bursting at the seams, everyone has designs on this Redfern icon, writes Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.
- Souths likely to reject ban on pokies
- THE grandiose vision of the Rabbitohs NRL part-owner Peter Holmes a Court to have a poker machine-free South Sydney leagues club is expected to be scuppered at a vote of the membership on August 17 reports Andrew Clennell State Political Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008.
- Made up to shine
- A Hillsong self-esteem program which encourages girls as young as 10 to wear make-up and aspire to professions including waitressing and hairdressing is being taught in Redfern-Waterloo schools, alarming teachers, parents and health workers reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 30 July 2008.
- ‘Mainstream’ Mallard
- SYDNEY Liberal councillor Shayne Mallard has positioned himself as the mainstream alternative to a trio of "big-spending left-wing politicians" vying for the Lord Mayoralty reports Menios Constantinou in Central of 30th July 2008.
- Block Party a Success
- Saturday’s Reclaim the Block festival has been declared a success by organisers and residents, who wanted to reclaim their streets from the drugs and antisocial behaviour the area is known for reports the Central of 30th July 2008.
- Children, as young as 12, using illegal drug ice
- SYDNEY children as young as 12 are experimenting with the highly dangerous drug ice because they see it as glamorous, senior police say reports Kara Lawrence in The Daily Telegraph of 4th August 2008.
- Hillsong withdraws DA for Rosebery site
- Hillsong Church has withdrawn its $72 million development application for the former RTA site in Rosebery after Sydney City Council commissioned an independent assessment of the plan that found the proposed mega-church and adjacent office block exceeded the height and scale allowed. The study also established that the proposed entertainment-centre-sized church would generate significant volumes of traffic and parking that would far exceed the capabilities of the surrounding streets writes Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Socialist Alliance splits
- Selling ox tongues and ocelot spleens to spectators in the Jerusalem Coliseum, Brian – in Monty Python’s Life of Brian – encounters a group of four conspiring revolutionaries, who reproach him for selling Roman imperialist tidbits instead of proper food. “Are you the Judean People’s Front?” asks Brian. “F**k off!” responds a toga-wearing John Cleese. “We’re the People’s Front of Judea” writes Benjamin Ball in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Redfern’s new police commander
- Commander Luke Freudenstein, the present officer in charge of Redfern Police is not a total stranger to the South Sydney area having earlier served for four years in the Newtown command. After working as the Crime Manager in Manly and also in a wider regional area of police work, he spent two months in Kings Cross and decided that he definitely preferred the work relating to a local command. He has been appointed to the Redfern Command for six months, after which a more permanent decision will be made about his future writes Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Recycling workshop back in business
- The Waterloo Recycling Workshop (WRW) was established in 1995. Founded by Cathy Westley as a public housing tenant initiative, it now operates (having closed its doors for a brief period) under the auspices of the Factory Community Centre in Waterloo writes Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Performing for the Pope
- A local Redfern man has performed in the re-enactment of Christ’s crucifixion, a World Youth Day event viewed by millions worldwide. Craig Hull, who lives on The Block, was hit by a car on Riley Street six weeks prior to the performance, but fortunately the fractured hip he incurred healed sufficiently in time to enable him to take part writes Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Sydney’s Underbelly
- It’s always wonderful to see fantastic exhibition sites in Sydney. Visitors to Melbourne or Adelaide will know that their exhibition facilities, particularly for showcasing installation pieces, far exceed those available in Sydney – with one exception writes Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Mural and film inspired by pride
- Matt Norman, the director of the film, Salute, about the role his uncle, Peter Norman, played in the black power protest at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, has been campaigning for an iconic mural writes Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Young Sonia stands for parliament
- Sonia Zhou has done what few people her age, and for that matter few within the general population, will ever get to do in their lifetime. She has sat in NSW parliamentary chambers writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- “If I go a week without drawing, I feel bored and worthless” - Artist Profile: Chantal Labbe
- Artist Chantal Labbe cannot pinpoint when she first started drawing but her need for creative expression was recognised early on by some insightful school teachers. “From the age of 10 or 11, I was allowed to draw throughout classes in school. They realised it helped me to focus and pay attention. The deal was I could draw, as long as I was listening and drawing something related to what we were learning,” she recalls writes Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Cafe of the Month: Mayan magic at Meriton
- The very musical and flamboyant Roberto Orellana of the Mayan Cafe, situated at 32 Dank Street (corner of Dank and South Dowling streets) Waterloo, invites you to experience the most random colourful and cultural experience you'll find within our community writes Scott Winter in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Volunteers help to provide shelter for homeless
- For more than 30 years the Cana Communities, a volunteer-based organisation that receives no government funding, has been offering services to people in need. Its focus is on people “most in need” – suffering from loneliness, mental illness, addictions, homelessness – and alienated within society. Cana operates a café in Redfern, several community homes in and around the inner city, as well as “church shelters” providing emergency overnight accommodation writes Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- City of Sydney Council Elections ’08 - Candidate profiles
- With the Council elections just over a month away (September 13), our writers have been interviewing the candidates. We’ll have profiles again next issue writes the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Ending homelessness - A new focus for the Mercy Foundation
- The Mercy Foundation which has been based in Waterloo for over a decade has been an advocate for many groups of people and has provided financial support for the implementation of projects covering a wide range of social justice initiatives reports the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Heritage heresy
- Frank Sartor’s plans to demolish some of the Eveleigh Railway Workshops, a site of world heritage significance, is heritage heresy: they will transform Redfern into “Redfern Heights”, and create a vanilla society writes Andrew Woodhouse in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Communication Breakdown
- AN indigenous art collection valued in the millions could be lost after negotiations between its owners and the Redfern-Waterloo Authority broke down writes Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 13th August 2008.
- How South Sydney's no-pokies leagues club plan died
- ON Sunday morning fewer than 100 people will gather in Redfern Town Hall to end South Sydney's proposal for a no-pokies leagues club reports Josh Massoud in the The Daily Telegraph of August 13, 2008.
- Sydney Council elections - four years on and Clover wants more
- Four years in office has failed to dampen Lord Mayor Clover Moore’s enthusiasm for the job, so the independent councillor and state MP is ready to work to keep her title in September’s local government elections reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 6th August 2008.
- 'No hard feelings' over pokie ban rejection
- The co-owner of the South Sydney Football Club, Peter Holmes a Court, says the defeat of a proposal to ban poker machines is still a great outcome for the community reports ABC News of 18th August 2008.
- Redfern base to simulate Harbour attacks
- A new $8.5 million Defence research facility in Sydney will use 3D technology for the first time to develop counter-terrorism measures for Australia's ports and harbours reports ABC news of 19th August 2008.
- Bid to make Metro land council solvent
- AUSTRALIA'S richest local Aboriginal land council, which represents indigenous people from Palm Beach to Hurstville and Manly to the Hunter Valley, has been placed into financial administration Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter in the SMH of 21 August 2008.
- In the record books with bronze
- Redfern’s Robin Bell became the first ever Australian to stand on a slalom canoe podium when he won a bronze medal in the C1 slalom race last night (12 August) reports Joshua Levi in Central of 20th August 2008.
- Memorable moment hidden from view
- A documentary about Olympian Peter Norman who stood up for human rights at the 1968 Mexico Olympics has renewed calls for the removal of a RailCorp barrier obscuring a famous mural of him Robert Burton-Bradley Central of 20 August 2008.
- Row over new Health Centre
- A NEW $10-million health centre is a win for the Redfern Community according to the State Government, but some have asked what was wrong with the facility at the Rachel Forster Hospital site.
- Election profile: Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies has been an integral member of the South Sydney community for the past thirty years. He's been secretary of the Darlington branch of the ALP since the early '80s, and, at 52, has decided to run for City of Sydney on the ALP ticket reports Nick Lupi in City news on 17th August 2008.
- Urban art archive in jeopardy
- The home of Redfern artist Gordon Syron, 66, and his wife Elaine, 63, is to be sold as part of the proposed North Eveleigh development. Now their archive of indigenous art and photography spanning three decades desperately needs a home Daniel Bishton in City news on 15th August 2008.
- Community divided over Redfern Park war relic
- A World War Two anti-aircraft gun is here to stay, despite some community opposition, as Redfern Park’s upgrade nears completion reports Dheepthi Namasivayam in City news of 16th August 2008.
- Peter Holmes a Court
- Peter Holmes a Court may have stood down as the Rabbitohs' executive chairman in a blaze of negative press, and faced a humiliating defeat this week on plans to rid Souths Leagues Club of its pokies, but that hasn't stopped the silvertail dilettante from moving just a hop away from his beloved Bunnies. Holmes a Court confirmed to PS he and his wife, Divonne, along with their brood of rugrats, had bought two apartments next door to the boarded-up Souths club on Chalmers Street, Redfern. The Holmes a Courts, who sold their Centennial Park mansion for $10 million in April, paid $3.06 million for the properties overlooking Redfern Park - one of which belonged to Alan Jones. The two have been made into one penthouse, which Holmes a Court said was similar to their former lodgings in New York, explaining why they would leave swish Centennial Park for the slightly "edgier" delights of Redfern. However, if the urban jungle gets too much for them, there's always their weekender, a $2.1 million spread at Stanwell Park, south of Royal National Park.
- Erskineville shoppers not so spoilt for choice
- Erskineville residents have said they feared a chain of Woolworths supermarkets would surround them after a 2300-square-metre store was approved for Fountain St, Alexandria, which they claimed was destined to be a Woolworths reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 27th August 2008.
- Residents: upgrade wont solve issues
- The Department of Housing has announced plans to improve landscaping around the Waterloo Green public housing estate, but residents are concerned it will have no impact on the areas social problems reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 27th August 2008.
- Historic art to stay
- The historic collection comes from all over Australia and consists of historical photographs, sculptures, paintings and publications of indigenous significance. Some works are valued at millions of dollars reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 27th August 2008.
- Sub-Regional Strategy Fails City's Future
- The City's comprehensive Sustainable Sydney 2030 vision, unanimously adopted by Council in June, provides a blueprint for the City's future and sets a foundation for broader strategies for the Sydney metropolitan region. Sadly, the State Government's Draft Sydney Subregional Strategy fails to seize this opportunity by overlooking important issues addressed in the City's vision. Action on environmental sustainability, transport and affordable housing falls short of Council and community expectations, all of which are comprehensively addressed in Sustainable Sydney 2030 writes Clover Moore in her eNews of Friday 29 August 2008 - No. 412.
- Lifeline for heritage blacksmith shop
- Heritage blacksmith shop Wrought Artworks have been given a lifeline following efforts to evict them from the Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops reports Mick Roberts in City News of 31st August 2008.
- Candidates who could tip the balance of power
- When Clover Moore became Lord Mayor in 2004, her above-the-line vote was so substantial that four other independents - Phillip Black, Marcelle Hoff, John McInerney and Robyn Kemmis - were also swept into office reports Mick Roberts in City News of 31st August 2008.
- Souths end talk of relocation by building own beach
- IF THE contentious criteria that was used by the NRL to kick South Sydney out of the premiership in 1999 was applied now, the Rabbitohs believe they would rank as the No.1 club in Sydney - and possibly second overall behind the Broncos writes Brad Walter in the Sydney Morning Herald of 3rd September 2008.
- ‘Guwanyi’ - Indigenous Writers’ Festival
- How can the great Australian story be fully told without a great Aboriginal presence? Asks the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- SSH Café of the Month: Bush ’n’ Berry Indigenous Art Café
- Scott Winter reports on Bush ’n’ Berry Indigenous Art Café in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- “… the song is writing me” Artist Profile: MjWoodbridge
- “Grow, grow, grow old and one with me, my creativity, To the day I die, do I laugh or cry? How do I tell mother that I'm gonna be an artist?” These are the lyrics to the song ‘In The Name Of Art’ by MjWoodbridge, a singer-songwriter from Darlington reports Eve Gibson in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Singing in the Spring - The Sydney A Cappella Festival 2008
- The Sydney A Cappella Association folded in 2002, and there hasn’t been a festival of a cappella (unaccompanied) singing since then. This year one very enthusiastic choir is hoping to inject new energy into the local scene reports the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Telling candidates apart
- City of Sydney elections are nearing, and a plethora of candidates is jostling to overthrow incumbent Lord Mayor Clover Moore reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Clover Moore – Independent - Mayoral Candidate
- Dorothy McRae-McMahon reports on Clover Moore in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- CoS Council 2008 Candidate profiles
- In addition to interviews with Lord Mayoral candidates, the South Sydney Herald of August 2008 presented responses from the following candidates for Council. Questions by Lyn Turnbull.
- Intervention into the pride and integrity of Aboriginal people
- On Wednesday August 13 over 100 people attended the first Australian screening at the Teachers’ Federation Auditorium, Surry Hills, of This Is Our Country Too. The documentary, by Ishmahil Blagrove, Jr, includes interviews with many people directly affected by the Northern Territory Intervention. Viewers saw a different Australia – not the rich gold-medal-raking nation that most are currently watching on TV. The movie was presented by the Stop The Intervention Collective Sydney (STICS) reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Yiu Ming Temple still in trouble
- The South Sydney Herald has reported a number of times over the past three years on the problems facing the Yiu Ming Temple on Botany Road. In April of this year, Ben Falkenmire presented a calendar of events.
- Residents’ concerns passed over
- Chippendale residents in a long-running fight to resolve the safety problem of trying to cross City Road have accused the Lord Mayor of arrogance and treachery reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Old pub faces new bar
- Cleveland Street’s Britannia Hotel has a colourful history. It is the pub in which corrupt former cop Roger Rogerson drank a beer before shooting to death Sydney underworld figure and heroin dealer, Warren Lanfranchi, in nearby Dangar Place in 1981 reports Vanessa Watson in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- On this bus the classical music’s a bonus
- Some good news on buses has emerged out of the widespread distress at the proposed changes to the 311 route. A local Labor delegation led by Jo Holder, ALP candidate for the City of Sydney Council, met with Sydney Buses General Manager of Planning, Roger Wilson, on Friday August 8, and secured his undertaking that “The Elizabeth Bay loop will stay and it is highly likely the Central Railway loop stays.” But while the State Transit Authority maintains a schedule that falls to two buses an hour in off-peak periods, a little-known local bus service is doing its bit to help reports Peter Whitehead in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Farewell Leanne
- It was like a teary episode of the sit-com Cheers – with a South Sydney twist. After nine years as owner and manager of Appetite Café in Regent Street, Redfern, Leanne Fraser was saying goodbye. The café was crowded with regulars – enjoying the after-hours ambience, reminiscing, getting to know each other (better). And then Leanne stepped up on a chair to address us reports the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008
- “Access is a right, not a privilege”
- The upgrade of Redfern station is the most central aspect of the RWA's plans for the social and economic redevelopment of the Redfern-Waterloo area reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Burgmann on the Block
- Dr Meredith Burgmann, the Labor Party’s mayoral candidate, met with Redfern residents and community leaders on Saturday August 23 to hear their concerns, and to outline her own vision for the area reports Alex Mackenzie in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Sartor visits North Eveleigh
- On August 20, Planning Minister Frank Sartor made a walk around the North Eveleigh site with representatives from the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, the Department of Planning, consultants and a selection of local residents who have made objections to the North Eveleigh Concept Plan. This followed a project presentation to the Minister by the RWA and its consultants, and discussion on the issues of concern reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- Cigarettes – now you see them …
- While news of the tougher smoking laws targetting retailers has won widespread praise from public health advocates, local businesses doubt they will have any impact on sales and are taking the move in their stride reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of August 2008.
- RWA Pays AHC Fee for Pemulwuy Project Assessment
- Michael Mundine Senior, CEO of the Aboriginal Housing Company received a call from Meredith Burgmann this morning (Saturday September 6th 2008) advising that the Redfern Waterloo Authority has paid the $68,750 fee for the assessment and exhibition of the AHC's Pemulwuy project. No conditions have been attached by the RWA on the AHC concerning the payment.
- Kristina Keneally Minister for Planning and Redfern Waterloo
- Local Member for Heffron, Kristina Keneally MP has become both the Minister for Planning and the Minister for Redfern Waterloo in the cabinet announced today by Premier Nathan Rees who also becomes Minster for the Arts which is responsible for CarriageWorks. Local Member for Marrickville Carmel Tebbutt MP in addition to being Deputy Premier is also Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and Minister for Commerce. The full Cabinet and portfolio list from the Media Release from the Premier's office is below:
- Pemulway project breakthrough
- A STAND-OFF over the future of Redferns The Block has been broken after negotiations have seen the Redfern Waterloo Authority pay a $68,750 Department of Planning processing fee for the Aboriginal Housing Companys Pemulway Project reports Robert Burton-Bradley and Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 10th September 2008.
- Regional Council's New Executive Officer - September 2008
- Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development have appointed a new Executive Officer, Pam marsh, to carry on the great tradition of `Regional Council'.
- What is happening in South Sydney?
- We know South Sydney has always been a happening place, but there is so much going on at the present time, that we have decided to give ISV readers a snapshot on the latest situation. These changes are rolling along and peak at different times so unless you are in the middle of it, it is hard to keep up - that is, until the place suddenly looks different. Driving down Regent Street today, suddenly there is a set of metal spikes sticking up from a surrounding fence - it can't be left over barricading from World Youth Day, so it must be a sculpture that must have been in a plan somewhere - but who can keep up? Looked very un-Redfern reports Inner Sydney Voice Spring 2008.
- Plan to boost Aboriginal employment
- The city’s indigenous leaders have cautiously welcomed the Federal Government’s plan to use its $76 billion nation-building infrastructure program to tackle Aboriginal unemployment writes Patrick Billings in City News on 7th September 2008.
- NSW Planning: Right Wing and a Prayer?
- Given growing distrust over the nexus between decision making and political donations, the meteoric downfall of Frank Sartor, and public disdain for nearly every major development booked by the NSW Government in the last three years, newly-minted Planning Minister Kristina Keneally might have been hoping for a saintly fanfare. Instead, writes Roger Hanney in the City hub of 18th September 2008, the pilgrims are getting restless.
- Keneally: Sartor’s planning reforms to continue
- Newly appointed Planning and Redfern-Waterloo Minister, local Heffron MP Kristina Keneally, said she won’t be reversing highly unpopular planning reforms introduced by her predecessor, but flagged a new policy of community consultation and openness reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 17th September 2008..
- Rees comes to Eveleigh for kids
- The Premier and Arts Minister, Nathan Rees, today launched the inaugural Sydney Children’s Festival at the CarriageWorks at Eveleigh reports Central on 16th September 2008.
- Greens get two seats
- The Greens have picked up a second seat on Sydney Council. Mardi Gras ‘78er Irene Doutney will join Chris Harris on the council following a flow of preferences reports Sydney Star observer on 20 September 2008.
- Peter's backing out of the rabbit hole
- Peter Holmes a Court's plan for a debt-free Souths leagues club hasn't worked out that way, writes Roy Masters at LeaugeHQ and in the Sydney Morning Herald on September 20, 2008.
- Next step for the Pemulwuy Project
- The Pemulwuy Project has finally reached exhibition stage and it is now a waiting game for approval. According to Peter Valilis of the Aboriginal Housing Company, “the only reason the project would be knocked back is because the powers that be do not want Aboriginal people back on the Block” reports Elizabeth Hope on Webdiary on 24th September 2008.
- Can you spot our new Premier?
- The following background article on Nathan Rees by Claire Harvey appeared in the Sunday Telegraph of 21st September 2008. The article tells the story of Nathan Rees visiting Ray Jackson Waterloo home when he was Milton Orkopoulos Chief of Staff with the suggestion for a coup against the Aboriginal Housing Company. We have reproduced the entire article and not just the section about Nathan Rees earlier involvement in the NSW governments dirty tricks in Redfern Waterloo.
- Operation Laser 2 - Redfern
- Operation Laser 2 was conducted in the Redfern Local Area Command on Friday September 19 with great results reports this media re;ease of Monday, 22 Sep 2008 from police media.
- Introducing Di Tornai - CoS Councillor
- Di Tornai was elected as a Councilor of the City of Sydney Council on the Clover Moore Independents ticket and below we reproduce an Introduction to her as a candidate from Clover's enews of Friday 8 August 2008 - No. 409.
- Introducing Robert Kok - CoS Councillor
- Robert Kok was elected as a Councilor of the City of Sydney Council on the Clover Moore Independents ticket and below we reproduce an Introduction to him as a candidate from Clover's enews of Friday 1 August 2008 - No. 408
- Your Word: Who controls Babana?
- The independence, or not, of Aboriginal organisations is always an important part of how we perceive them and also how we deal with people who represent those organisations writes Don Clark in Babana News August 2008.
- Redfern-Waterloo Authority chips in on the Block
- Plans to upgrade the Block in Redfern are edging toward reality after a politically-driven deal saw the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) pay the $68,750 Department of Planning processing fee writes Emma Kemp in City News of 21 September 2008.
- Keneally tight-lipped on key planning projects
- Kristina Keneally hopes to restore public confidence in the portfolio she inherited from ousted former minister Frank Sartor reports Alex McDonald in City news of 21 September 2008.
