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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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- The Aboriginal Medical Service responds to RSL trouble-makers
- The Aboriginal Medical Service Chief Executive Officer, Dr Naomi Mayers, expressed her absolute outrage at comments in the Sydney Morning Herald attributed to RSL head Bill Crews in a Media Statement in April 2007.
- Don't drive to Bondi
- BONDI'S civic leaders are fighting proposals to improve roads around the famous beach because they want to stop more motorists travelling from the inner city [Redfern] and west reports Sharri Markson in The Sunday Telegraph of April 22, 2007.
- A black and white perspective on life in the Block
- "I GUESS I'd like to experience being white for a while and walk amongst the white people without anyone flinching," says Sonya Brindle, 40 writes Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 18, 2007.
- Eveleigh Railway Workshops 'endangered': National Trust
- The National Trust says the Eveleigh Railway Workshops are among the State's most endangered items reports Caro Meldrum for ABC News April 18, 2007. The Eveleigh Railway Workshops at Redfern have been nominated for the National 2007 Heritage at Risk List.
- Crane nominated for heritage list
- The NSW National Trust has nominated the Hammerhead crane, the 19th century Eveleigh railway workshops at Redfern, and the remains of a 40,000-year-old blue gum forest along the side of the Pacific HIghway in northern Sydney reports ABC News on Wednesday 18th April 2007.
- It's been a long walk: blacks unite for march
- WHEN David Williams's uncle returned from the Korean War - exhausted and recovering from a gunshot wound - the family took him to Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital in Brisbane. The door was closed in their faces reports Paul Bibby in the Sydney Morning herald of April 17, 2007.
- Big plans for Redfern
- AFTER Pyrmont, Homebush Bay, Green Square and Rhodes, the next big urban consolidation challenge for Sydney is a curly one – Redfern reports Harvey Grennan in the Brisbane Times of April 17, 2007.
- Up for national list: National Trust nominates rare forest, crane and railway workshops as state’s most endangered items
- What does a 40,000 year old blue gum forest have in common with 19th century railway workshops and a 1940s cantilever crane that serviced Australia’s navy ships asks a National Trust (NSW) media release of 17th April 2007?
- School opens separate campus for Aborigines
- A PRIVATE school will open a campus exclusively for Aboriginal children on its main campus when the new term starts next week reports Hannah Edwards in the Sun Herald of April 15, 2007.
- Keating's high point for Aborigines
- PAUL Keating's address at Redfern Park in 1992 was a great speech because it was about leadership, principle and courage. In the history of Aboriginal peoples' relationship with the non-Aboriginal political and legal institutions of this nation, no prime minister had said what he said argues Patrick Dodson in the Age of April 7, 2007.
- It's no syrah to Abbott on drop for Block rock
- WHEN the organisers of a music festival at the Block in Redfern asked the Health Minister, Tony Abbott, for his support, they were hoping for a donation, some resources, perhaps even an appearance by the man himself reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 6, 2007.
- Stumbling Block for school plan
- A plan by St Andrew's Cathedral School to set up a campus for indigenous children in Redfern has exposed divisions in the community, writes Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 6, 2007.
- Design to raise living standards
- Sydney University architects Paul Pholeros and Col James have developed a prototype home clinic and wash room for the Indigenous Australian community. Currently on display at the Sydney Home Ideas Centre in Alexandria, their design will be incorporated into 62 proposed new dwellings at The Block in Redfern reports Kate Rossmanith in the University of Sydney UniNews of 30 March 2007.
- Block safer than George St
- PEOPLE are now more likely to be mugged, bashed or sexually assaulted on George St than in a notorious part of Redfern reports Justin Vallejo in The Daily Telegraph of April 04, 2007.
- New face of Iemma ministry
- The Premier, Morris Iemma, revealed the "fresh young new faces" on his new front bench last week, which included Heffron MP Kristina Keneally who has been elevated to a ministerial position reports Cara Davis in the Southern Courier of 4th April 2007.
- Silverchair return
- "YOU are not at work tonight!" Daniel Johns announced at Silverchair's much-anticipated return to the world stage last night - in front of more than a 1000-strong crowd of besotted fans and industry supporters at the Carriageworks in Redfern reports Holly Byrnes and Kathy McCabe in this AAP story run in the Daily Telegraph on 2 April 2007.
- Tutorial centre opens in Alexandria
- Tyrell Enriquez, 12, is a shy, yet articulate young boy. You wouldn’t guess that two years ago he was two and a half years behind his class mates in reading and comprehension skills. But, after attending the 20-week literacy program at the Exodus Tutorial Centre at Ashfield, he was six months ahead and went on to win a scholarship to Scots College this year reports Samantha Van in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- A different sort of army! - Brendan Nelson refects on new tutorial centre
- Dr. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Minister for Defence, spoke at length at the opening of the Exodus Tutorial Centre in the South Sydney Uniting Church Hall in Alexandria. He first connected with this work in Ashfield when he was Minister for Education and gave a significant grant to the Centre. The following is an extract from what he said reports the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Ever try to pour a schooner into a midi?
- The Daily Telegraph reported last month that “planning Minister Frank Sartor is being sued over his approval of the controversial redevelopment of the Carlton United Brewery site. Mr Sartor and the CUB parent company, Fosters, are named in a law suit lodged by concerned local Matthew Drake-Brockman. Mr Drake-Brockman lodged his papers with the Land and Environment Court this week and will issue his points of claim in the next few weeks” reports Trevor Davies in the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Inner city building industry blues
- The Construction industry has always been tough. Many working men and women have died on construction sites and have suffered serious injuries. Since the introduction of ‘Work Choices’ things seem to have got worse for the workers in the industry. There are some rogue employers who feel that they can cut corners and get away with it. The following story may be an example of the new climate in industrial relations since Work Choices reports the April 2007 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
