Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo

This is a selection of major news items about Redfern Waterloo from various media outlets. The AHC also has a good selection of the stories about the Block in their media news section at http://www.ahc.org.au. You can get up to date news by setting up a Google News alert at http://www.google.com/alerts. News Alerts will not pick up local media and some mainstream media stories which do not appear on a news website, where possible we put these stories on our website to provide wide access to the stories.

Moore's donor vote broke council code

THE Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, has denied she acted inappropriately after apparently breaching the council's code of conduct by participating in a decision to buy a property from her largest individual political donor reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning herald of 1 December 2008.

Pub with Dark Past Celebrates 170th Birthday

Iconic Sydney venue the Cauliflower Hotel is to celebrate its 170th birthday on December 1, with the hotel’s licence dating back to 1838 writes Annette Shailer on theshout.com.au.

Engines started on Green Square

DEVELOPERS and investors have welcomed the opening of the $1.7 billion Green Square project, saying that the South Sydney precinct had become stagnant reports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor in the Sydney Morning Herald of November 22, 2008.

Next Step taken on $1.7 Billion Green Square Town Centre

Mirvac/Leighton Properties has been selected to partner with Landcom to deliver the first phase of the $1.7 billion Green Square Town Centre reports this media release from Minister for Planning Kristina Keneally on 17 November 2008.

New property star on horizon

THE Australian Technology Park at Redfern is to become one of the prime property sales in NSW, after the State Government put it on the market this weekreports Carolyn Cummins Commercial Property Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 November 2008.

Waterloo Youth Facility Refurbishment

A proposal for a green "crown roof" is among the sustainability features included in the concept design for the refurbishment of the Waterloo Youth Facility, which will be considered by Council's Cultural and Community Services Committee on Monday reports Clover's eNews of 14 November 2008 .

Gallery on the go looks for a new home

Gordon Syron's most famous painting, 1978's Judgement By His Peers, depicts a personal fantasy of sorts: a black man being tried before a panel of black men reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of 13 November 2008.

Waterloo Safe, say Police

REDFERN police have hit back at suggestions that Waterloo is an unsafe area for international students - an emotional claim made by the mother of a woman who died after falling from an apartment balcony on Hunter Street recently reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 12 November 2008.

Coloured Digger Project Thanks Damien Minton Gallery

Redfern’s own Damien Minton Gallery today presented a cheque for $4,000.00 to the Coloured Digger Project Steering Committee reports this media release from Ray Minniecon at the Coloured Digger Project.

NSW razor broadly misses IT spending

The article below on by Brett Winterford ZDNET.com.au on 11 November 2008 provides some background on the ATP sale decision as part of a broader look at the mini-budget's impact on IT spenbding.

Govt to Sell 99 Year Lease Over ATP to Private Sector

Commercial assets and leases belonging to the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and the Australian Technology Park (ATP) at Redfern will be placed on the market as part of the NSW Government’s Mini-Budget reportsd this media release was issued by the Minister for Planning and Minister for Redfern Waterloo on 11 November 2008.

Authority scrapped

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority will be wound up by 2012, Planning Minster Kristina Keneally has announced reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 5 November 2008.

Clover's right-hand woman

Monica Barone is not your typical CEO. Artworks adorn her office walls, and there is not a whiff of smugness from the woman who manages a good deal of Sydney's urban infrastructure writes Emma Kemp in City News of 2 November 2008.

Elderly residents at risk in public housing complex

Emergency services have been denied simple access to a public housing complex in Darlington reports Aaron Jones in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

Public housing tenants deserve better

Earlier this year the former Housing Minister issued a media release announcing $1.6 billion for repairs and upgrades for public housing says the Editorial in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

New Minister for Redfern-Waterloo

Last month saw NSW politics in turmoil with a new Premier and Deputy Premier, and the departure from the scene of Frank Sartor, the former Planning Minister and the Minister responsible for the Redfern-Waterloo Authority. Kristina Keneally, the former Minister for Ageing and Disability, was given Frank Sartor’s previous areas of responsibility, alongside her being the Member for Heffron. Some are suggesting that this may be a problem, others that local people will find her easier to deal with than her predecessor. The SSH asked Geoff Turnbull of REDWatch to collate a few questions for Ms Keneally reports the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

North Eveleigh – questions persist

The reshuffle in the NSW Government, with a new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and a new Premier, Nathan Rees, “creates a unique opportunity to rethink the methodology of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority,” said REDWatch spokesperson, Geoff Turnbull reports Kate Lamb in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

Pride in Pemulwuy Project

The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) is hopeful its housing project will finally get off the ground, pending the outcome of a public exhibition showing nine years of hard work reports Lisa Moon in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

Rolling up the shutters, getting down to business

Shopfronts in the Redfern-Waterloo area continue to display depressing and uninviting shutters and cages, the ornaments of crime and antisocial behaviour. The recent market turmoil could see more of these shutters becoming permanent fixtures, with the financial crisis already decimating one local business reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.

Suggestions for police commander

As a local resident, I am very pleased to see that the new Redfern Police Commander, Luke Freudenstein, has said that he will try to ensure the the police officers under his command will do their job properly and obey the law (‘Policing in Redfern’, SSH October 2008) writes Dale Mills in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of November 2008.