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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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- News Ltd gobbles up the lot
- Local news coverage may come under threat as one of the last independent community newspaper groups is snatched up by media giant News Limited reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Rental crisis: high prices in the inner city
- Rental property prices across the inner suburbs have dramatically risen in the last three months as the rental boom continues. Several agents told the SSH that prices have steadily increased since January this year, by up to $80 a week. While owners and agents are reaping the benefits, renters are struggling in a highly competitive market reports Bill Birtles in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- South Sydney Community Aid at 40: Help write the history!
- When you have been working within a community for 40 years, there will be stories to tell. University of Technology Sydney Shopfront students are currently writing a history of the South Sydney Community Aid Co-op, including a history of events which have taken place within the community over the past 40years – events that have evolved the agenda and services for the Co-op reports the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Darlington kids take it to the Bridge!
- The Sydney Harbour Bridge is part of the history of Darlington Public School as one of the two schools that took part in the opening ceremony in 1932 reports Reem Al-Gharabally in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Keneally promoted to cabinet
- The fresh-faced recruit of the Iemma Cabinet, Kristina Keneally, was happy to discover that she can see her electorate from her new Governor Macquarie Tower office reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Howard’s shame – a sad day for Redfern
- As we have been reporting, Redfern Community Employment Development Program faces the axe by July this year because the Federal Government is convinced that the CEDP is not an appropriate way of putting Aboriginal people into full-time employment reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- First ever march for Coloured Diggers
- As the rain poured so did the emotions of the hundreds of Aboriginal veterans and their descendants who took part in a landmark march and church service on Anzac Day in Redfern as they remembered the part played by the Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders in the wars of our nation reports Claire Thompson in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Mick Mundine celebrates – more to come
- The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Mick Mundine recently celebrated his 60th birthday in style in what could be a festive year for the Redfern figurehead reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Kensington Street Chippendale Evictions
- On Monday 16th April 2007, all the remaining tenants in Kensington St, Chippendale, received a notice demanding vacant possession of the premises within sixty days – that is, by 25th June 2007 reports Trevor Davies in the Have you heard? column of the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- A new space for coffee, kids, creative arts
- An “enormous honour” was the way Aboriginal MP, Linda Burney, described the opportunity to open the new Survival Café on the corner of Redfern and Renwick Streets, Redfern reports Aletha Penrith in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- “Same-same, but different!” New works by Jo Tracy
- Jo Tracy has been described as an “eclectic” artist. Her latest collection provides some reasons for this. 15 digital prints on canvas signal interests in found objects, fractal geometry, surrealism and quantum physics. “Support Network” is Tracy’s 8th solo exhibition. It’s on this month at the Di Casbar Café (80 Redfern St, Redfern) reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of May 2007.
- Opera House open to all
- FORGET $100 tickets - Sydney Opera House is throwing its doors open to everyone by charging just $5 a show reports Lisa Carpiet in The Daily Telegraph May 01, 2007.
- Plan to demolish Redfern towers
- THE State Government's tallest public housing towers should be demolished and replaced by much shorter buildings, the City of Sydney council has recommended in a report looking at ways to bring more private home owners into Redfern and Waterloo reports Catharine Munro and Alexandra Smith in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 28, 2007.
- NSW Govt unveils housing plan for Redfern
- The New South Wales government has unveiled plans for the redevelopment of a public housing site at Redfern in central Sydney reports ABC news on April 27, 2007.
- Redfern to receive $27m upgrade
- Parts of Redfern in inner Sydney will receive a chic upgrade as a part of a massive funding boost to modernise the area reports Jessica Horton on 2GB.
- Student launches green legal bid to block CUB site
- A SECOND law student is using the Land and Environment Court to target the State Government on global warming reports Catharine Munro Urban Affairs Editor of the Sydney Morning herald on April 25, 2007.
- Australia, New Zealand honor war verterans
- ANZAC DAY: Veteran David Williams (L) and Pastor Ray Minniecon (R) prepare to lead a parade honouring Aboriginal war veterans through the streets of Redfern on Anzac Day in Sydney, Australia April 25, 2007.
- 'Unsung heroes' honoured in Indigenous march
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers have been honoured at an Anzac Day march through Redfern in inner Sydney reports the ABC News on 25 April 2007.
- Indigenous Aussies honour unsung heroes
- The pews were packed and it was standing room only in the aisles at a Sydney church service honouring Aboriginal diggers on Anzac Day reports AAP on April 25, 2007.
- Bosses warn housing crisis will hit business
- SYDNEY'S housing crisis will damage the economy if low-paid workers cannot afford to live in the inner suburbs, the city's business leaders have warned reports Sunanda Creagh Urban Affairs Reporter on the Sydney Morning Herald of April 24, 2007.
