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NAIDOC Week Woolloomooloo Family Day (Forbes St Reserve (between Nicholson and Best Streets), from Jul 12, 2008 10:00 AM to Jul 12, 2008 03:00 PM)

Entertainment and activities including boomerang painting, a didgeridoo and artefacts workshop, live music, kids' activities, free BBQ and more.

NAIDOC Launch 2008 (Peter Forsythe Auditorium. Cnr Franklin, Glebe Point Road and Grose Street Glebe, from Jul 06, 2008 02:00 PM to Jul 06, 2008 06:00 PM)

Film Screening and Community BBQ - Outdoor BBQ from 2-4pm - Indoor film screening of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander short films in partnership with Blackscreens Australia AFC 4-6pm - 3 on 3 Basketball on the outdoor courts and kids activities - Aboriginal performers and live entertainment

NAIDOC Family, Sports & Market Day (Alexandria Park, Buckland Street Alexandria, from Jul 11, 2008 10:00 AM to Jul 11, 2008 04:00 PM)

Mini festival showcasing Aboriginal performers, artists, free BBQ, sporting personalities and the ever popular Redfern Market Day.

NAIDOC Week March and Flag Raising Ceremony (Redfern Park to The Block, from Jul 07, 2008 10:00 AM to Jul 07, 2008 02:00 PM)

10am - 11am - March from Redfern Park to Pemulwuy Park, Redfern 11:00am - 12:30pm - Flag Raising Ceremony at Pemulwuy Park 12:30pm onwards - BBQ at Redfern Community Centre, 29 Hugo Street Redfern

DoP Draft Sydney City Subregional Strategy Released - comment closes 5 September 2008

The Department of Planning has released the Metropolitian Plan’s Draft Sydney City Subregional Strategy. The Sydney City subregion is based on the boundaries of the City of Sydney local government area. This subregion occupies a central and strategic part of the Greater Metropolitan Region. This is the same area covered by Council’s recent Sustainable Sydney 2030.

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS IN SYDNEY ECUMENICAL SERVICE (Redfern Town Hall, from Jul 06, 2008 10:00 AM to Jul 06, 2008 03:00 PM)

On the 1st of July every year, Torres Strait Islanders acknowledge the 1871 arrival of Christianity on Erub Island in the Torres Strait. In Sydney this year there will be much more than going to church and feasting. Acknowledging that July One or its Creole equivalent, ‘Zulai 1’ is no longer restricted to celebrating Christianity, the Lagaw Kodo Mir Torres Strait Islander Resource and Culture Centre NSW, with the support of the Australia Council for the Arts, have organised a week long exhibition of high profile Islander artists and performances. The week of festivities will culminate with an Ecumenical service and feasting on Sunday 6th July at the Redfern Town Hall. TIME TO BE CONFIRMED

TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS IN SYDNEY TO CELEBRATE (Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Leichhardt, from Jul 01, 2008 12:10 PM to Jul 05, 2008 12:10 PM)

From the 1st to the 5th of July, the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative in Leichhardt will host an inspiring exhibition by artists such as the winners of the 2007 Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award recipients Dennis Nona and Alick Tipoti. Other artists include David Bosun, textile artist Rosie Barkus, Aicey Zaro, Eddie Nona, Lisa Sorbie Martin as well as a display of contemporary artefacts. Selected artists will be on hand throughout the week to talk about their work including a ‘yarn time’ with Nancia Guivarra and Dennis Nona discussing his Telstra award winning sculpture, ‘Ubirikubiri”. Music, dance and story telling sessions are also part of the program.

Traders of the Lost Arts – Guido Gouverneur Blacksmith

Geraldine O’Brien meets a small group of passionate people who keep the skills of a bygone era safe for the future in this article in the the(sydney)magazine July 08. [One of those people is Guido Gouverneur who has been served with a notice to quit his Australian Technology Park workshop by the RWA / ATP – we have reproduced the extract on Guido from the(Sydney)magazine article given the campaign to keep Guido at one of the last two functioning sections of the old Eveleigh Railyards – REDWatch]

Just go nuts

The cavernous foyer of Redfern's CarriageWorks may have met its match in this year's Underbelly Festival reports Leesha McKenny in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 27, 2008.

RWIU 25 June 2008

In this Update: ILC National Indigenous Development Centre Consultation – Thursday 26th June 2008 3.00-6.30pm / REDWatch – This Month’s Meeting Tuesday 1st July 2008 6pm / Inner South Community Forum (Redfern, Waterloo & Eveleigh) - Wednesday 2nd July 6.00pm to 8.30pm / RWA North Eveleigh Concept Plan Feedback / Sydney University’s Campus 2020 Masterplan Revealed / Darlington – Chippendale Urban Design Study – University Confusion / Redfern Community Health Centre Relocation Details / RWA Built Environment Update / RWA / ATP Address Noise Issues / RWA Development Applications / RWA Seeks to Close ATP Blacksmith’s Shop – Open Day 17th August 10am – 2pm / Large Erecting Shop on Federal Heritage Radar / RWA and the State Budget / RWA Human Services Update / Waterloo Green Landscape Consultation - Wednesday 9 July 2008 / Waterloo Green Action Plan Implementation / South Sydney Interagency looks at area’s forward budget needs / Making Connections - Changes and Events by 4th July 2008 / CoS Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel – Nominations Close Friday 1st August 2008 / CoS Plans for Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Eora Journey 2030 Proposal / NAIDOC Week 6 July 2008 – 13 July 2008 / Redfern Residents for Reconciliation Gathering Ground Photos / Art Galleries and Aboriginal Arts, Performance and Culture – Redfern Chamber of Commerce Proposed Initiatives / Concrete Culture - Ivan Dougherty Gallery until 5th July 2008 / Lights Camera Action - Information and registration Days 16th – 18th July 2008 / Underbelly Public Arts Lab + Festival looking for Support / Redfern and Regent Streets Retail Strip Sub-Committee tackles shutters / Business Awards Nominations Open / Live Green Stalls Available – Sunday 17th August / Developer Appeals Erskineville Supermarket decision / In the Media / South Sydney Herald June 2008 / Australia 2020 Summit Report Have your say – Summary of Current Consultations

Uni plans to build an arc

SYDNEY University has unveiled plans to create a $2 billion educational arc that includes Callan Park, Harold Park and North Eveleigh reports the Glebe on Wednesday 25 June, 2008.

Block tower

One American artist recruited Redfern's indigenous community for his visionary project. American artist Michael Rakowitz arrived at a lunch at Redfern Community Centre in March armed with sketches of an idea for the Biennale writes Josephine Tovey Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.

ILC National Indigenous Development Centre Consultation – Thursday 26th June 2008 3.00-6.30pm (Old Redfern Public School, George Street, Redfern. Entrance off George Street., from Jun 26, 2008 03:00 PM to Jun 26, 2008 06:30 PM)

The Indigenous Land Corporation is holding an ‘Open House’ to provide information to the local community and other interested stakeholders.

CoS Inner South Community Forum (Redfern, Waterloo & Eveleigh) - Wednesday 2nd July 6.00pm to 8.30pm (Redfern Town Hall, 71 Pitt Street, Redfern, from Jul 02, 2008 06:00 PM to Jul 02, 2008 08:30 PM)

As with previous Community Forums there will be a time from 6pm until 6.45 to raise your own issues with Council officers and councillors. This will be followed by updates on Local Action Plan, Redfern Street public art project, Redfern Park and Oval, public domain and landscaping works, the City Plan, Sustainable Sydney 2030 and local development applications.

REDWatch – This Month’s Meeting Tuesday 1st July 2008 6pm (The Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan St Waterloo, from Jul 01, 2008 06:00 PM to Jul 01, 2008 08:00 PM)

Council has rearranged its Redfern Community Forum to the night that REDWatch normally meets, so the REDWatch meeting will be bought forward to Tuesday 1st July at The Factory. The July meeting will follow up on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan by looking at the University’s plans for the area.

Department Acts to Equip Playground

A Central campaign to fix unsafe playgrounds in Waterloo public housing has succeeded after the intervention of the Housing Minister reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 25 june 2008.

Carrying Away the Carriages

THE volunteers of Eveleigh's Large Erecting Shop have dedicated more than 21 years to restoring heritage equipment and rolling stock. Now RailCorp has announced it is selling more than 130 items, many of which were restored at the Large Erecting Shopreports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 25th June 2008.

Frasers Broadway Community Information Session – Wednesday 9 July, 2008 5pm (Fosters Brewery Office, Broadway, from Jul 09, 2008 05:00 PM to Jul 09, 2008 08:00 PM)

Frasers have arranged a Community Information Session for Wednesday 9 July 2008 from 5pm to 8pm at the Fosters Brewery Office, Broadway on their Amended Concept Plan which should by then be on exhibition.

Frasers Broadway Community Information Session – Wednesday 9 July, 2008 5pm

Frasers have arranged a Community Information Session for Wednesday 9 July 2008 from 5pm to 8pm at the Fosters Brewery Office, Broadway. As requested by community representatives Frasers advise there will extensive opportunities to discuss the modified plans with the project team at an initial informal display session.

Robert Domm Appointed CEO of Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority

Planning Minister Frank Sartor today (20 June 2008) announced the appointment of Mr Robert Domm as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority reports this media release from Minister Frank Sartor.

Wrought Artworks letter to Clover Moore - 24 April 2008

This letter was sent by Wrought Artworks Lord Mayor Clover Moore on 24 April 2008 outlining the company's problem with the RWA.

Wrought Artworks Letter to RWA Board Members - 13 March 2008

This letter was sent by Wrought Artworks to RWA Board members in March 2008 outlining their history and their problems in dealing with the RWA.

Redfern Community Health Centre Relocation from 10th June 2008

Redfern Community Health Centre at 1 Albert Street Redfern is relocating on the 10th June 2008 reports this letter from the Redfern Community Health Centre Manager on behalf of Sydney South West Area Health Services in NSW Health.

Waterloo Green Action Plan Draft Report Card June 2008

This is is a copy of the Draft report card presented on agency progress in the implementation of the Waterloo Green Action Plan in June 2008. File is MS Word 91Kb.

ATP's Operating Blacksmith's Shop

One of the features of the ATP has been the continuation operation of Blacksmith’s shop in Bays 1 & 2 South at the ATP. The construction of the ATP even included the erecting of an acoustic wall so the workshop could continue to function in proximity to its new uses. From the very beginning it has been seen as maintaining a link to the buildings industrial past but that is at treat with the RWA serving the occupants with a notice to quit by the 30th September 2008. Here we provide some background and links.

Last stop for old Eveleigh rail yards

When 73-year-old Brian Dunnett heard about plans to redevelop the old North Eveleigh railway yards he was keen to check-out them out. How disappointed he was when he did reports Mick Roberts in City News - News / Sydney on 12th May 2008.

RWA BEP 1 Traffic Study

This is a copy of the September 2006 "Preliminary Traffic and Transport Strategy for Draft Built Environment Plan (Stage 1)". In meeting with Parsons Brinckerhoff and the RWA to clarify traffic issues in the "Traffic and Transport Impact Assessment North Eveleigh Development" residents were advised that many of the issues raised had been dealt with in the BEP 1. The RWA subsequently made available a printed copy of the report which we have scanned and added an OCR overlay. A text PDF version of the report has been requested and if made available we will replace the scanned file with the original PDF. As this is an OCR version any text extracted from the report must be checked for errors against the underlying scanned copy before use. The BEP report contains figures for some of the key intersections and queue lengths which have not been included in the final report. Please note however that these are only indicative as the final report is based on later projections. REDWatch has requested that the traffic intersection movements for all intersections as well as the queue lengths from the new study be made available with the RWA promised Q&As not yet released. (File is OCR on Scan PDF 3.9 MB)

Friends of Eveleigh Submission on North Eveleigh Concept Plan

This is the text of the Friends of Eveleigh Submission on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan.

Sydney Uni Retail Opportunities EOI

This is the leaflet distributed in June 2008 calling for Expressions of Interest from businesses in food, bars, supermarkets, book stores cafes, restaurants etc to become part of Sydney Uni's new Sydney Central. The University describe the building as "Sydney Central building (yet to be formally named) will create a mini city-centre for the Darlington and Camperdown campuses offering vibrant public spaces and retail areas". File is 1 MB PDF Scan.

City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh - Attachment

This is the Attachment table to the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document is a scan copy with an Optical Character Recognition overlay. This is done to facilitate searching of the document. If you plan to copy sections of the text from this document please check the text against the scan to ensure there are no recognition errors. File is 3 MB PDF.

City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh

This is the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document is a scan copy with an Optical Character Recognition overlay. This is done to fasciliate searching of the document. If you plan to copy sections of the text from this document please check the text against the scan to ensure there are no recognition errors. File is 1 MB PDF.

NCOSS Submission on North Eveleigh

This is NCOSS's submission on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan with reference to Affordable Housing. File is 73 KB PDF

BikeSydney Submission regarding The North Eveleigh Concept Plan

This submission provides comment from BikeSydney on the North Eveleigh Concept Plan.

Submission on North Eveleigh from Bruce Lay

This submission has been prepared from a resident’s perspective and from a professional planning perspective. Bruce is an architect, planner and a heritage consultant.

Sydney University Campus 2020 Master Plan

Sydney University is preparing a Master Plan for its future expansion. Below we have provided links to various documents and information available about the University's plans.

What Needs to be done in RW Human Services – An NGO Perspective

The new South Sydney Interagency had its second meeting on 11 June 2008. The feature of the meeting was a short consultation carried out by NSW Council of Social Services (NCOSS), the peak non-government organisation in NSW. NCOSS is commencing a series of visits across the state to talk to community organisations about what they want to see in the 09/10 State Budget. Yes, the process for the next budget gets going almost as soon as this budget is announced. The value of a generalist interagency is that we can look across our area in a holistic way to see all the supports in place and how all NGO activities impact on each other and the South Sydney Region. Below is a write up of the findings which also gives a window into the needs of local human service agencies.

How elite agents went off the rails

THEY were the untouchables, an elite band of Australian Federal Police, some of whom insiders say were no better than "gangsters with police badges" reports John Kidman and Steve Barrett in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.

Officers stand by claims of corruption in AFP

AS A growing band of federal police stationed inside Redfern's TNT towers spiralled out of control in late 1988, two NSW detectives took an extraordinary stand reports Steve Barrett and John Kidman in the Sun Herald of June 22, 2008.

School's out - to take over half the city

IT MAY one day be known as the university that ate Sydney. The University of Sydney has swallowed half of Darlington and is set to take Callan Park, and now a capital development masterplan for the next 12 years reveals it also has designs on North Eveleigh and Harold Park reports Harriet Alexander Higher Education Reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 23, 2008.

City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh

This is the text of the City Of Sydney Submission on North Eveleigh. This document has been made using Optical Character Recognition to make the City Councils submission more available.

REDWatch North Eveleigh Concept Plan Submission - Traffic

REDWatch's submission on the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan in June 2008 was made in two parts. This is the Traffic Impact Statement Submission.

REDWatch North Eveleigh Concept Plan Submission - General

REDWatch's submission on the RWA's North Eveleigh Concept Plan in June 2008 was made in two parts. This is the General Submission excluding traffic issues.

Uni Growth Fears

A DRAFT plan for the $2 billion future development at the University of Sydney is making its neighbours nervous reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 18 June 2008.

Labor Prepares for Elections

LABOR members have selected a representative team to join mayoral hopeful Meredith Burgmann on the Labor team for Sydney Council's elections in September reports the Central of 18 June 2008.

Urban Indigenous Body to Form

SYDNEY Council is seeking applicants for its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Panel, the first of its kind in the city reports Jennifer Bennett in the Central of 18 June 2008.

Little Big Shots Stand Up to Bullies

WATERLOO pupils will become movie stars when their DVD Good Dog Bad Dog tours the country as part of Little Big Shots, the largest film festival for kids in the Southern Hemisphere reports the Central of 18 June 2008.

Celebrating Aboriginal Culture

The City is working towards greater cooperation and reconciliation with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities by creating opportunities for cultural and economic sustainability reports CLOVER'S eNEWS of Friday 13 June 2008.

Lights Camera Action information expo days (Redfern Community Centre, from Jul 17, 2008 12:00 AM to Jul 17, 2008 12:00 AM)

Lights Camera Action will be holding photo shoot, registration and information expo days at Redfern community Centre 17th and 18th July. When you register with LCA your photo will be taken by a professional photographer then uploaded onto our secure website. You will also receive an LCA merchandise and information pack.

Lights Camera Action expo (Redfern Community Centre, from Jul 17, 2008 04:45 PM to Jul 18, 2008 04:45 PM)

Lights Camera Action will be holding 3 photo shoot, registration and information expo days at Redfern community Centre 17th and 18th July.

NT Intervention Rally (The Block, Redfern, from Jun 21, 2008 11:00 AM to Jun 21, 2008 02:00 PM)

Stop the intervention, Stop the Racism - Human Rights for all! June 21 will mark one year since the Howard Government announced the NT intervention. Far from improving child welfare, the intervention has created a new wave of dispossession and is compounding social problems.

Elevate the Music (CarriageWorks, from Jun 19, 2008 07:30 PM to Jun 19, 2008 09:30 PM)

WHEN millions of African slaves were shipped to South America in the 1400s, they took one thing with them rhythm. Uruguayan band Candombe Yaugura use drums and piano to recreate the beat. The 35-piece band will perform at the CarriageWorks in Eveleigh as part of the Elevate the Music Festival next week.Elevate the Music organiser Jacklin Matti said Candombe Yaugura should be commended for their charity work as well as their energy on stage."They raise money for hospitals and things in Uruguay. They teach children how to play the drums." Tickets are $45. Details: 1300 883 622.

When the shed rules the heart

TO lure Melbourne's Anna Schwartz to Sydney was always going to require an extraordinary gallery space reports Corrie Perkin in the Australian of June 13, 2008.

‘Ningla-a-Na’ - Screening of the 1972 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations (Petersham Bowling Club , from Jun 24, 2008 07:00 PM to Jun 24, 2008 08:30 PM)

Inner West Film Fanatics will screen the 16 mm print of NINGLA A-NA, (1972, 72 min) at the Petersham Bowling Club on Tuesday June 24th at 7.00 p.m. In 1972 at the peak of Aboriginal political militancy in Australia, two Italian brothers, Allessandro and Fabio Cavadini, made a film called ‘Ningla-a-Na’ about the 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations in Sydney and Canberra that year.

Business booming in the City

The City of Sydney is looking for the best of the best in small and medium businesses and is now calling for nominations for the 2008 City of Sydney Business Awards reports this media release from the City of Sydney of 10 June 2008.

The dirt on wonder worms

It's easy to get a wriggle on when it comes to composting, writes Steve Dow in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 11, 2008. I have come to Redfern to see a man about some worms. A 250-gram, $30 package of 1000 of this man's red and tiger worms will get the party started.

‘Ningla-a-Na’ - Screening of the 1972 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations

Inner West Film Fanatics will screen the 16 mm print of NINGLA A-NA, (1972, 72 min) at the Petersham Bowling Club on Tuesday June 24th at 7.00 p.m. In 1972 at the peak of Aboriginal political militancy in Australia, two Italian brothers, Allessandro and Fabio Cavadini, made a film called ‘Ningla-a-Na’ about the 'Aboriginal Embassy' demonstrations in Sydney and Canberra that year.

Redfern RSL Explores its Potential

REDFERN RSL is now up for grabs to developers, and could potentially become an 18-storey building reports Lisa Capozzi in the Central of 11 June 2008g.

Delay Costing Lives

A HOUSING, educational and cultural plan for Redfern will save lives - and needs to be fast-tracked for senseless and violent deaths to stop, according to Aboriginal activist Mick Mundine reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.

Woolworths takes fight to Erskinville

THE developer behind a proposed two-storey supermarket for Erskineville has taken the matter to the Land and Environment Court after Sydney Council rejected his development application reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 11 June 2008.

3D virtual tour of North Eveleigh

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority is pushing ahead with its plans to redevelop the North Eveleigh site. The RWA recently held a community consultation at the proposed site, which presented the future plans in scale model and 3D virtual tour reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Making sense of a city

Jack Carnegie steps over his dog, Carlo, a giddy fox terrier, and sets his latest photographic work on his desktop for a sneaky preview. Browsing through the shots, taken on a digital SLR camera, it’s clear his passion for photography goes hand in hand with a good eye. He has taken images that look so perfect they could be on a Christmas card reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

“I paint like I’m dreaming” - Artist Profile: Shireen Malamoo

Born into the slave trade in Northern Queensland, where Islanders and Aboriginals were forced to work on cane farms, Shireen Malamoo made a break one day. It was a decision she would never look back on with regret reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Have you heard? - The fast news with Trevor Davies - May 2008

Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008 has reported on some Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:

Indigenous inquiry says empowerment is key

Later this month the Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage in NSW will submit its interim report to parliament, with an underlying message to empower Indigenous communities reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Disappearing park signs

Tony Pooley, City of Sydney Councillor and former Mayor of South Sydney, has been asking questions – questions as to why signs seem to be disappearing from parks and reserves of South Sydney reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Labor Lord Mayoral candidate, Tony Pooley

Tony Pooley has served in the area of Local Government for eight years: four with South Sydney Council and four with the City of Sydney after the amalgamation of the two councils. Prior to that, he was engaged as a public servant with two different NSW Ministers and then as a staff person for the Australian Republican Movement reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.[ STOP PRESS: Since time of writing Tony Pooley has withdrawn as Labor's candidate for Lord Mayor. The new candidate is Dr. Meredith Burgmann - SSH].

Bike to work

It is 7.15 in the morning and a group of commuters are hitting their stride. Wilson Street is relatively quiet. The sun has just risen behind the terraces. The street is wide enough – and quiet enough – for everyone to talk as they ride. The pace is relaxed reports Samantha Walker in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Bermuda Triangle in Heffron?

There is a novel website where you can find out which of your neighbours cares about global climate change and it calculates how much your behaviour is contributing to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It is called www.whoonearthcares.com and it is an initiative of the Australian Conservation Foundation reports Anna Christie in the Environment Column in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Gamarada – men of earth

In Redfern, a group of Aboriginal men, and a Maori, have been trained and are running the Gamarada Men’s Self Healing Program reports the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Guiding kids on paths of education

May 20 saw the official opening of Barnardos’ much-anticipated Yurungai Learning Centre in partnership with the Factory Community Centre in Waterloo. The official ceremony was chaired by Yurungai participants, Liam McDonnell and Serika Shillingsworth reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Volunteers “the glue of community”

While Volunteer Week was being celebrated across the nation, at the Yaama Dhiyaan café on Wilson Street over one hundred local community members were meeting to thank one another for making their neighbourhood a better place to live reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Waterloo Fair Trade

Fair Trade is an international consumer revolution that is growing at a tremendous rate because of the hard work and vision of people like Roberto Orellana, owner of Mayan Coffee and Xocolat in Waterloo. The increasing demand of consumers for products that not only look and taste good, but also support local communities shows a positive change in what we now consider consumer satisfaction reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

“One kind heart can change the world around”

Inna Goubina, who arrived in Australia from Georgia 14 years ago, is a research officer at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern. She has also been an author and poet, and interviewer with a Russian-language magazine called Australian Mosaic: Australian Russian Language Almanac reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Waterloo resident’s winning artwork

“More a meditation than a picture” is how Carl Milton describes his prize-winning painting, ‘Sydney’. The Waterloo resident’s first ever entry into an art competition has received top honours in the City of Sydney’s 2008 Multicultural Art Competition reports Linda Daniele in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Anti-homophobia rally closes Gloria Jeans

Despite the Rudd Government promising to remove all forms of anti-gay discrimination, about 100 people turned up for the International Day Against Homophobia rally in Newtown on Friday May 16 reports norrie mAy-welby in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Five-eighth of the Century

At a glittering Century Ball celebration dinner on Friday May 23, the South Sydney District Junior Football Club gathered en masse to celebrate the centenary of the game and to name its South Sydney Juniors Team of the Century reports Perry Johnstone in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Dorothy, 74

It’s not every day you see a 74-year-old minister of religion walking into a tattoo parlour. But then, Dorothy McRae-McMahon isn’t your run-of-the-mill 74-year-old minister of religion reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Homeless in Newtown

On May 14, the Newtown Neighbourhood Centre organised a half-day forum on the topic of homelessness. The forum attracted over 60 people and included speakers from Housing NSW, City of Sydney, Marrickville Council, South West Inner City Housing Co-Op and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. The speakers at the forum discussed a range of issues such as the growing crisis in homelessness, different types of homelessness and the legal rights of homeless persons, as well as new initiatives to develop social housing and improve services for homeless persons reports Adrian Emilsen in the South Sydney Herald of June 2008.

Lack of Detail

WE are used to the Redfern Waterloo Authority telling us how well they are travelling on human services writes REDWatch's Geoffrey Turnbull in this letter to the editor in Central of 4 June 2008.

Arts Hub for Chippendale as Warehouses Idle

INNER city artists will have access to bright, open warehouses 24 hours a day under a plan to open temporary artists' studios on the former CUB brewery site at Broadway reports Jennifer Bennett in Central of 4 June 2008.