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- NSW fast-tracks plan for rail links
- The NSW Government is advancing plans for the north-west and south-west rail links, including land acquisition for the two projects reports Brian Robins on smh.co.au on August 22 2007.
- Fooled again by a system that stinks
- It was, says the Greens Deputy Lord Mayor, Chris Harris, "a black day for Sydney" - the day Justice Jayne Jagot found for the developer in the Carlton and United Breweries case. Harris is right to be gloomy, and not only because of the hot-house gases involved. Equally disturbing is that the road to this decision is lined, several deep, by the fools the planning system takes us for writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the SMH of August 22, 2007.
- The Museum Site that RailCorp Refused to tell the Minister about - 24th August 2007.
- It is now 18 months since Mr John Watkins, Minister for Transport told supporters of Friends of Eveleigh at a meeting in Eastwood Mall, that he had not been informed at any time by RailCorp that Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop could be developed as a Heritage Workshop and Museum says a media release from Friends of Eveleigh on 24th August, 2007.
- RailCorp Reveals Plans for Mortuary Station
- We were recently shown a letter RailCorp CEO Vince Graham sent to someone concerned about mortuary station. The text of the Vince Graham letter is below in bold italics. Interspersed with the text of the letter you will find some comments from a person with a long involvement in Rail Heritage who when they saw the letter felt the RailCorp CEO’s comments should not go unchallenged. For professional reasons the person making the comments wishes to remain nameless.
- Bystander @ Performance Space
- Performance Space at the Carriage Works, in Eveleigh, is fast becoming a prominent attraction within South Sydney’s world of art. Not only has it breathed new life into the once decrepit and decaying buildings of the old State Rail maintenance yards, it is giving many local artists a hub to display their work reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- “Something deep within my spirit”
- Darren Cooper has a studio and an art shop at 17 George Street, Redfern. It’s a space he clearly enjoys. He showed me many artworks there – paintings, painted furniture, a surfboard, t-shirts. Inspiration is derived, he explains, from a sense of pride in his people (the Wiradjuri people of the Bathurst region) and love of country, as well as from the world of commercial art and design (Nicole Colmer, Lyn Onis and Ken Done have served as mentors) reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Scams! Let the buyer beware
- The Commonwealth Government’s Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has a website called Scam. At present this website lists an amazing 14 scams – such as lottery scams, chain letters, pyramid sales, investment scams, mobile phone scams and more reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Plibersek backs affordable housing project
- Federal Shadow Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek MP, recently showed her support for a unique affordable housing project that could see Marrickville Council offer the community cheap housing on public land reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- ICE: euphoria, depression, psychosis
- ICE, otherwise know as crystal meth or methamphetamine has rapidly become one of Sydney’s most popular party drugs. But with effects such as psychosis and paranoia, the increasing popularity of the drug is putting pressure on local communities and health services. In a forum recently held in Redfern’s Town Hall, Tanya Plibersek, Federal Member for Sydney, stressed the importance of education and awareness about the drug and that there was no need for “hysteria” reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Sydney “prospective Green,” says Brown
- In the 2004 federal election, Jenny Leong, the Greens candidate for the seat of Sydney, achieved a primary vote of 21.6 %. The seat of Sydney is currently held by Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek, Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Women and Youth. Leong still managed to receive a swing of 6.9% reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Vision for Sydney 2030 must go beyond platitudes
- Few people would argue the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategic planning project is not much-needed. Some might say it is long overdue, compared with Perth which in 2001 commenced a bold campaign of community engagement to revamp its strategic planning reports Anna Christie in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Plumbers help tell the green story
- Fourth-generation plumber, Peter Lawson of the longest established company in Alexandria, Lawson Bros, is now an accredited Greenplumber. The company established in Alexandria since 1878 can now add “5000th Greenplumber” to its record as its owner took part in a 30-hour training program. The course outlines water-saving and power-saving techniques in order to help the consumer. The Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association of Australia (MPMSAA) developed the accredited course seven years ago when it became concerned about green-house gases reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Police trained to handle mental health crises
- The NSW Police are trialling a two-year specialist training program to tackle the rising number of incidents related to mental health issues. Officers will be trained to deal with mentally ill people safely, reducing the risk of injury during crisis situations reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Whose lane is it anyway?
- ‘Dunny lanes,’ the back lanes that run through Sydney’s inner suburbs, have long existed as a part of the city’s identity. Once, they served a purpose. They provided access for the ‘dunny men.’ The introduction of sewerage systems saw the end of an age. Over time the lanes have become a problem. Robberies, assaults, rubbish dumping, and drug taking, have been the more contemporary uses for the lanes reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Telling tales of South Sydney
- Typical residents in Sydney’s inner south prefer to eat someone else’s food rather than cook their own, have fewer children, and are more likely to travel overseas or read a book, compared to the average Sydney householder reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Football (aka soccer) in South Sydney
- The newly established PCYC FC South Sydney has had a successful first season as a member club of the Eastern Suburbs Football Association (ESFA reports Travis Lane in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007).
- Marketing the Rabbitohs
- The day after a million ABC viewers watched the frst episode of South Side Story: The Pride of the League the South Sydney Rabbitohs marketed themselves and some of their sponsors in a Business Conference at the Australian Technology Park reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Promises! Promises! We’ve heard it all before
- I’m sure many people remember the 1992 ABC documentary Cop it Sweet. The docco followed Redfern police on the daily rounds. It showed the racism that seems to be part of police culture. The camera s caught it all with some of the Redfern Police making some incredibly racist comments reports Trevor Davies Have you heard Column in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- The Brewery on Broadway coming down
- As most people probably know, the Carlton United Brewery site in Broadway has finally been sold to the Fraser’s Property Group reports Trevor Davies Have you heard Column in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Keeping alive the Keating legacy
- “More than I think most Australians recognise, the plight of Aboriginal Australians affects us all... the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians... it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life.” From the Redfern Address December 1992.
- Babana hosts World Indigenous Peoples Day
- The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is a United Nations initiative (since 1994) to promote awareness and appreciation of distinctive issues in respect of Indigenous culture, education, health, human rights, the environment, and social and economic development reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Building industry mentor proud of Indigenous achievements
- Les Tobler implemented the Koori Job Ready Course to help young, unemployed Indigenous men gain basic skills and qualifications, and jobs in the building industry reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Pemulwuy to test Government
- Under the leadership of John Mant, the Aboriginal Housing Company will submit a development application for its Pemulwuy Project under the guise that it is “just like any other developer’s application” and not a special or ‘Aboriginal’ project reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training
- Enrol for Kindergarten 2008 at Alexandria Park Community School
- DATES FOR PARENT INFORMATION DAYS & TRANSITION PROGRAM
- Councils in their sights: angry ratepayers demand more say
- A proposed gun shop highlights unrest about one-size-fits-all rules, writes Robert Wainwright in the SMH August 25, 2007.
- The limo Olympics get the green light
- FORGET the frantic staff at the airport, the dark-suited bodyguards with ear pieces, the long lines of nervous police dressed in ill-fitting riot gear. If you want to see real pressure during APEC, then head to Eveleigh says Linton Besser Transport Reporter in the SMH of September 1, 2007.
- Fire threatens heritage-listed building
- A gas-fuelled fire raged at a heritage-listed building in the Australian Technology Park at Redfern tonight reports Louise Hall in the Sun Herald of September 2, 2007.
- Unis build to solve student homes crisis
- THE rental crisis is forcing universities to build more accommodation for students who have been squeezed out of nearby suburbs and into overcrowded apartments far away from their campuses reports Harriet Alexander Higher Education Reporter SMH of September 3, 2007.
- Widders doing a job for life at South Sydney
- FOR Dean Widders, the reminders are always there. Of his role at this joint. Of the struggle still ahead. Of the work to do regardless of what happens to South Sydney against Manly at Brookvale Oval on Saturday night reports the SMH of September 5, 2007.
- Square shelved after RailCorp pulls pin
- A PLAN for a large public square to open up the Block to greater Redfern and encourage Aboriginal and white residents to mix has been shelved because RailCorp would not meet the Aboriginal Housing Company to discuss the inner-city ghetto reports Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter for the SMH on 7 September 2007.
- In different corners
- There are fears in Redfern that plans for the area are not about improvement for all, writes Sunanda Creagh in the SMH of September 7, 2007.
- Unis build to solve student homes crisis
- THE rental crisis is forcing universities to build more accommodation for students who have been squeezed out of nearby suburbs and into overcrowded apartments far away from their campuses reports Harriet Alexander Higher Education Reporter SMH of September 3, 2007.
- Locals concerned over Redfern-Waterloo revitalisation
- With intense demand for convenient inner-city living, Sydney’s Redfern and neighbouring Waterloo are getting a facelift. Downsizing public housing blocks and increasing private tenancies is a top priority for the overseeing Redfern-Waterloo Authority, but are its proposed changes in the interests of the local community? Annabel Boyer reports in UTS Reportage of June 2007.
- Redfern, a map of our diminished vision
- Calling Australia home should be about self-knowledge, not self-love, writes Robert Reynolds in the Age of September 13, 2007.
- Souths reap $2m to find work for Aborigines
- Perhaps it is time the South Sydney rugby league club changed its slogan to "Hop on" writes Joel Gibson the SMH’s Indigenous Affairs Reporter on September 15, 2007.
- Rabbitohs must share $25m oval
- THE South Sydney Rabbitohs will share a revamped Redfern Oval with local sporting teams, schools and ordinary residents under a proposed lease set to be approved by Sydney City Council reports The Sunday Telegraph of September 16, 2007.
- Rabbitohs return to Redfern Park
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs will return to Redfern Park in mid-2008 under a proposed agreement with the City of Sydney to use the oval for the next 20 years following completion of the City of Sydney's $25 million upgrade reports this media release from the City of Sydney on 17 September 2007.
- Rabbitohs refute Redfern Oval claims
- The South Sydney Rabbitohs have strenuously refuted claims made in a Sunday newspaper that the Club is upset about being forced to share the facilities at a re-developed Redfern Oval reports a media release on 17 September 2007 from the South Sydney Football Club.
- Frasers Broadway community information display and site tours - Wednesday 26 and Saturday 29 September 2007
- Frasers Property, the new owners of the ‘old Kent Brewery’ site on Broadway would like to extend an opportunity to the community to meet them and to see the proposed plans for the site reports a statement from Elton Consulting who are handling community engagement for Frasers.
- Rabbitohs raising the stakes
- SOME $460 million in profits are generated by poker machines within a dozen or so kilometres of central Sydney, according to State Government statistics writes Kelvin Bissett in The Daily Telegraph of September 19, 2007.
- Machine ban win for losers
- IT'S the 21st century equivalent of a pub with no beer. Russell Crowe's idea of a leagues club with no poker machines left Redfern gracious but guarded yesterday reports Josh Massoud from The Daily Telegraph on September 19, 2007.
- COMMUNITY AND RABBITOHS TO SHARE REDFERN PARK OVAL
- The Community and the South Sydney Rabbitohs will share Redfern Park Oval under a draft licence agreement which Council endorsed for public exhibition on Monday night reports CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 21 September 2007 - No. 365.
- So many needy, so little room
- A critical lack of public housing makes it a tough job to be the one recommending who goes on the priority list, writes Adele Horin in the SMH of September 22, 2007.
- “Urban Renewal Area” for Chippendale dropped
- Last week community representatives were shown preliminary plans for today's Workshop reported the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups in a handout to the Urban Design workshop in Chippendale on 19th September 2007.
- $1m medical business centre for Sydney
- The New South Wales Government will today announce the establishment of a Clinical Trials Business Development Centre for medical research in inner Sydney. The Science and Medical Research Minister, Verity Firth, says the centre, to be built at the Australian Technology Park at Redfern, represents a $1 million investment in the clinical trials sector reports ABC news of 24 September 2007.
- Developer to go it alone on greenhouse gases
- THE new owners of the Carlton United Brewery site are planning how to generate their own electricity to reduce greenhouse gases - even though the State Government does not demand it reports Catharine Munro, Urban Affairs Editor of the SMH of September 28, 2007.
- Quek's olive branch
- Stanley Quek's Frasers Property Group has held out an olive branch to angry residents near the $800 million city-fringe Carlton & United Brewery site in Sydney, offering to build a water factory, generate electricity on site and to make elements of the development open to public discussion reports Tina Pennotto in The Australian Financial Review of 27th September 2007.
- Commissioners Set stored in the Open at Thirlmere - FOE Media Release
- WHO ALLOWED THESE TWO PRICELESS CARRIAGES TO BE TAKEN FROM EVELEIGH TO THIRLMERE AND TO BE PLACED IN THE OPEN, AND EXPOSED TO THE ELEMENTS FOR OVER A WEEK? asks a Friends of Eveleigh Media Release of 6th October, 2007.
- Redfern 'will welcome' development centre
- The Indigenous Land Corporation says Sydney's Redfern community will welcome the announcement of a new sports, education and community centre reports ABC news on Tuesday October 9th 2007.
- Government has lofty plans for Victoria Park village
- The Eastern Suburbs is to become the first area in Sydney to host a "vertical village", NSW Planning Minister Frank Sartor said last week reports Tim Martin in the Southern Courier of 9th October 2007
- NSW ABORIGINAL HOUSING OFFICE BOARD APPOINTED
- Minister for Housing Matt Brown today said the inaugural chairman of the Aboriginal Housing Office today returns to the post, adding experience to a new and dynamic board announced today, 4th October 2007, reports this media release from the AHO.
- INQUIRY INTO OVERCOMING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE IN NEW SOUTH WALES
- The first inquiry of the Standing Committee on Social Issues in the new Parliament will examine the policies and programs aimed at addressing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The Committee will conduct an audit of these policies and programs and seek meaningful assessment of their effectiveness in closing that gap. The inquiry was referred to the Committee by the Hon Paul Lynch, MP, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs reports this media Release from Legislative Council Standing Committee on Social Issues Chair Ian West on 12th September 2007.
- Lending a hand to the SMH
- We ran an article about the Pemulwuy Project in our September edition after the AHC’s community meeting before final submission to the Department of Planning. Days later an article containing suspiciously similar content with a "fresh" angle was run by the SMH reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? Column of the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Chippendale East safe, or has the battle only just started?
- The City Council has hired consultants to undertake a series of urban studies on the suburbs across the City. They are in the process of holding Community forums to discuss their findings. Last month the consultants met with Chippendale residents from the local residents group to discuss the report before the community forum reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? Column of the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- A new Deputy for the Lord Mayor
- Tony Pooley, last month became Sydney’s new deputy Lord Mayor. Tony, former Mayor of South Sydney Council, was elected in 2004 to the then newly-merged City Council. The Labor Party won three seats, the Liberal Party one, the Greens one and the Lord Mayor’s team achieved five seats reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? Column of the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Bill and George – a new space for local artists
- A former Redfern nunnery that was left vacant and had fallen into disrepair has been leased to a group of local artists who have given it a face-lift and promise to turn it into a vibrant artist-run space reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Adam Hill: Defying illogic
- Adam Hill is currently in his 10th year as a visual and performing artist. Descending from Clorene Morthem (Burnt Bridge, Kempsey), Adam relocated to Redfern 12 months ago, from the inner west of Sydney reports the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Country & Redfern – with a passion
- Redfern born and bred, Joe Fenech is a passionate musician reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Elvis sings the songs of Jimmy Reed, Lionel Rose, Slim Dusty
- Country gospel, country blues, country rock, Australian country, American country … David Paul “Elvis” Beckett does it all reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- A community flourishes at Victoria Park
- Peter Morton is happy to talk about living at Victoria Park in Zetland. Having relocated four years ago from a heritage terrace in Rushcutters Bay, Peter enjoys being part of a new development and diverse community in Sydney’s south reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- SOUTH SYDNEY SCHOOLS TO BENEFIT FROM CAPITAL WORKS AND EXTRA MAINTENANCE
- Kristina Keneally in her South Sydney Herald Advertisement was pleased to report that four schools in the South Sydney area will benefit from almost $700,000 worth of school upgrade works and extra maintenance projects in the Heffron Electorate this financial year.
- Federal Election ’07: The seat of Sydney
- Ben Walker analyses the candidates for the seat Sydney in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Broad support for Indigenous construction course
- Local heavies were out in force at the recent graduation ceremony for the Koori Job Ready Course (training for Indigenous people seeking a career in the construction industry) reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- Circus rehearsals on the Block
- The heritage-listed Redfern Block has become home to aerial artist and instructor Craig Hull and his students since the closure of their performance space six months ago. Craig Hull, formerly of Circus Oz, has thirteen years experience teaching the Chinese pole otherwise known as the sticky pole – a climbing apparatus coated in resin which displays the performer’s strength and athleticism reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of October 2007.
- 2007 FEDERAL ELECTION: THE PARTIES' HOUSING POLICIES
- The following summary of the political parties housing policies was complied by Shelter SA and circulated on 10th October through the The National Tenant Support Network (National TSN). Other policies will obviously be announced through out the election but this provides a pre-election snapshot. The list is in reverse alphabetical order.
- Cheap housing quota off the boil
- THE NSW Government appears to be backing away from asking developers to provide affordable housing, days after announcing it was cutting levies to make it easier for first-home buyers to enter the market reports Catharine Munro SMH Urban Affairs Editor with Sunanda Creagh.
- Redeveloped public housing estate not so public
- THE cost of redeveloping the Bonnyrigg public housing estate has blown out from an estimated $500 million to $730 million and just 30 per cent of the housing will be public reports Brian Robins in the SMH of October 16, 2007
- Council Committee approves New Department of Housing Dwellings for Redfern
- A Department of Housing proposal to build 106 new dwellings in Redfern received the unanimous support of Council's Planning Development and Transport Committee on Monday night reports CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 19 October 2007.
- Songs in the Keyes of life
- TALKING TO PERRY Keyes is not a linear exercise. He is a taxi driver several nights a week, so you find yourself ducking down side streets of conversations, disappearing into dimly lit arcana or getting caught up in a roundabout yarn reports Bernard Zuel in the SMH of October 20, 2007.
- Hip-hop mob get their own Redfern recording label
- With a bling and a bang, Aboriginal hip-hop has got a new home. Billing itself as the first urban and independent Aboriginal record label, Redfern Records Entertainment leapt into life with a party in Kings Cross reports Joel Gibson in the SMH of October 22, 2007.
- Call for public housing review
- THE contraction in public housing is at the core of Australia's housing affordability problem, with an overhaul of Government policy essential to redress the imbalance, a study shows reports Brian Robins in the SMH of October 22, 2007.
- Flight of vital workers spurs cheap rent plan
- COUNCILS are developing affordable housing policies to try to stop teachers, nurses, police and child-care workers leaving expensive parts of the city reports Catharine Munro and Brian Robins in the SMH of October 22, 2007.
- Redfern plan backfires: report
- “If they found you on the street at 11 at night, you would get a pizza and a free trip home. Why wouldn't you stay out later?” Sunanda Creagh reports on the Redfern Waterloo Street team on the SMH website on October 30, 2007.
- Art mover set to shake up Sydney
- One of Melbourne's blue chip commercial art galleries is expanding into Sydney, with Anna Schwartz planning to open a second gallery in Sydney's year-old CarriageWorks complex in Redfern next year reports Katrina Strickland in the Australian Financial review of 29 October 2007.
- Aboriginal Affairs Minister snubs Reconciliation Council
- On the weekend of October 27-28, the NSW Reconciliation Council held its Annual General Meeting at Darlington School writes Trevor Davies in the November South Sydney Herald’s Have you heard?
- A sensible way to help teenagers curb excessive drinking
- Erskineville resident and former teacher Mark McPherson published a teacher’s guide to help teenagers curb excessive drinking and minimise alcohol-related death and injury writes Trevor Davies in the November South Sydney Herald’s Have you heard?.
- Erskineville shops fighting for survival
- As this paper has reported over the years, Erskineville has been the place of many campaigns for the saving of public housing and saving the post office and school writes Trevor Davies in the November South Sydney Herald’s Have you heard?
- The Luncheon Club in Waterloo supports an Afghanistan orphanage
- Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries on earth with the highest proportion of orphans and widows in the world writes Trevor Davies in the November South Sydney Herald’s Have you heard?
- Dan Murphy’s still not welcome in Alexandria
- Gillian Trees and friends were involved in the struggle to block the opening of a big Liquor Barn in Alexandria. Unfortunately they lost the battle writes Trevor Davies in the November South Sydney Herald’s Have you heard?
- Celebrating creation and supporting its creatures
- Maybe when St Francis and St Clare of Assisi focused the church of their time on the creation and its creatures, they were actually enjoying themselves writes Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Ban on pokies at Souths to set a trend?
- You would have to be living under a rock not to have heard about Peter Holmes a Court and Russell Crowe’s decision to get the poker machines out of the South Sydney Leagues Club writes Simon Nichols in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Catering to students with dreams
- The fifth graduation ceremony for cooking graduates from the Yaama Dhiyaan course was held last month. More than 60 students have now graduated from the course, this being the fourth graduation ceremony this year writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- The Factory – 30 years in Waterloo
- On August 31, 1977 the Municipality of South Sydney recognised The Factory as a community centre. 30 years later 85 people celebrated the anniversary at a lunch held on the premises writes Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Labor thinks local
- Labor talked local government in Surry Hills in October. Federal Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek, ACT Senator Kate Lundy and federal candidate for Wentworth George Newhouse were in attendance writes Ben Walker in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Another election, another race card
- Sydney Greens candidate, Jenny Leong, has identified Indigenous rights as a key election issue writes Ben Spies-Butcher & Sylvie Ellsmore in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Sydney synopsis
- Last month Ben Walker presented profiles of candidates for the seat of Sydney: Jenny Leong (Greens), Tanya Plibersek (Labor) and Georgina Anderson (Liberal). See www.southsydneyherald.com.au in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007 Ben Walker provides a sysnopis of the Sydney Electorate.
- Fresh fruit and vegies to the inner city
- The Food Distribution Network (FDN) in Redfern is a not-for-profit organisation that has been delivering fresh fruit and vegetables to disadvantaged groups since 1984 writes Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Aged care in Green Square
- Anglican Retirement Villages has had its proposal approved for a retirement village in the heart of South Sydney. The State-owned corporation and development arm of the NSW Government, Landcom, and the City of Sydney have recently completed the master planning process for Green Square. Project Director of Landcom, Paul Andersen, says there has been considerable consultation over the years regarding the plan for the town centre writes Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Developers gamble on re-zoning in Chippendale
- It was a case of “mysterious disappearance” when it came to the City of Sydney’s latest round of development control proposals in the Chippendale and Darlington area. Property investors were shocked to find that the original results of an urban design study were scrapped, just days after a group of local residents was given the draft design plan, during a private community consultation meeting writes Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- $30,000,000 Indigenous sports centre gets the nod
- Minister for Planning Frank Sartor has approved the Indigenous Land Council's proposal to build a new sports, education and community centre at Redfern writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- On guard against racism
- In Sydney, the race card has been played more often than necessary in recent times. It was the cause of two of the three riots that have tarnished the city's reputation as a safe and laid-back place, giving the appearance of segregated towns, rather than a multicultural city writes Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- Artist-activist documents change in Redfern
- Artist and activist Zanny Begg brings together her two favourite "spheres" in her latest project entitled 2016: Archive Project writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of November 2007.
- OLD BLACK THEATRE SITE, REDFERN - LEASING OPPORTUNITY
- The Indigenous Land Corporation (ILC) is seeking expressions of interest from Indigenous incorporated bodies and businesses in leasing office and retail space in a new building situated on the historic site of the old 'Black Theatre', Redfern.
- Family gathering and rally on NT Intervention - 18th November, 2007 10am
- On Saturday 24th a new Federal Government will be decided. This meeting and rally, one week out from the election, is our chance to ensure Aboriginal voices are heard loud and clear and the injustices of the Government’s invasion of Aboriginal communities in the NT are known about.
- The Factory helps “let the dog Out”
- The Factory Community Centre recently worked with Our Lady of Mt Carmel School in Waterloo on the ‘let the Dog out’ Project reports Redwater News of December 2007.
- The Redfern & Inner City Home Support Service
- R.I.C.H.S.S is a community agency whose role is to provide assistance such as social support, home visiting etc reports Redwater News of December 2007.
- Waterloo Green Action Plan has arrived !
- RWN reported in our last edition that Waterloo residents and frontline workers with the assistance of HCAP formed an action group reports Redwater News of December 2007.
- Volunteer Formal Recognition is Coming
- RedWater news reports in its December 2007 issue that it has been informed of plans that the Department of Housing is to form a Volunteer policy giving official recognition of Volunteers within social housing. Minister of Housing stated in a letter “that the Department values the significant contribution made by volunteers in our society by contributing to the development of vibrant and healthy communities.”
- DOH POTTERY TEAM GOES FUNCTIONAL
- John Perry Team leader at Redfern has advised the RWN of some important changes. The Department’s Clients Service Team managing the Surry Hills and Redfern properties has undergone a change in managing workloads reports Redwater News of December 2007.
