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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.
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- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Enrol for Kindergarten 2008 at Alexandria Park Community School
- DATES FOR PARENT INFORMATION DAYS & TRANSITION PROGRAM
- Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
