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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. 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.
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Please help stop child abuse in NSW Aboriginal communities - ANTaR
As you may be aware, the New South Wales Government and Opposition have so far refused to fund a major new program to tackle child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Sick of burying kids, Crews learns how best to save them
IT took a herculean battle against bureaucracy but today the Reverend Bill Crews will finally open the remedial reading centre promised two years ago to Redfern's indigenous children writes Miranda Devine in the Sun-Herald of March 10 2007.
Rocking the Block Plans for ‘07
The following has been received from Joel Beasant, lead singer of Andorra who jointly with Donald Enoch (Founding member of Bangarra) and Lani Tuitavake General Manager Aboriginal Housing Company have been organising Rock the Block and other activities on the Block which will continue in 2007.
Policewoman named NSW Woman of the Year
Assistant Police Commissioner Catherine Burn has been named NSW Woman of the Year for her work with the embattled aboriginal community in Sydney's inner-city suburb of Redfern reports the Sydney Morning Herald of 9th March 2007.
SOCIALIST ALLIANCE – MARRICKVILLE - Defend the Redfern Block, abolish the RWA
The reason for the existence of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) can be summed up in just two words: corporate greed writes Pip Hinman, Socialist Alliance Candidate for Marrickville, in the 9th March 2007 edition of Green Left.
Police officer named NSW Woman of the Year
A senior policewoman has been named the New South Wales Woman of the Year reports the ABC on 9th March 2007.
Redfern Community Health Centre Documents Now Available
On 7th February 2007 the Department of Planning Posted the Director Generals requirements for the Redfern Community Health Centre in the former Redfern Court House and Former Police Station. Other documents made available include Preliminary Environmental Assessment, Major Project Application, Redfern Courthouse Revision, Redfern Final Drawings and Traffic Report
Pauper Bunnies now NRL princes
The paupers of the NRL are now the princes, with South Sydney's sponsorship drive ranking them in the nation's top five earners for jersey advertising of all team sports. The Rabbitohs announced a combined venture with property developer Trivest which includes away jersey sponsorship and the re-development of the Leagues Club in Redfern reports AAP in the West Australian of 1st March 2007.
Off the Rails
There is a crowd spilling onto the streets, looking up at a man high above them on a window ledge. Bathed in spotlights, he stands ramrod straight with his back to the window. He shivers rhythmically. Is he a would-be suicide? Writes Edward Scheer in the Monthly in March 2007.
Brothers are making a difference
Babana is an Aboriginal word meaning “brother.” It is also the name of an Aboriginal men’s group formed in March 2006 to provide men with opportunities to network, discuss issues affecting local men, meet with other Aboriginal men’s groups and work on projects that benefit the local Redfern-Waterloo community reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Only the beginning - Redfern Oral History website launch
“Every step I take, I have a memory.” These are words spoken by community representative Sharon Hickey at the launch of Redfern Oral History, a website documenting stories and photographs of people associated with the Block reports JP Collis in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
From Waterloo to Broadway – free by bus
It was a great day for many residents in the City of Sydney when Lord Mayor, Clover Moore, launched the first free shuttle bus for the area reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Indigenous vote crucial in Land Council poll
On May 19, Indigenous people can vote in the NSW Land Council election. It is the first election since 1999 for the State’s peak representative body in Aboriginal Affairs reports Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Rally remembers TJ Hickey
Wednesday, 14 February, marked the third anniversary of the death of 17-year-old TJ Hickey in Redfern. A crowd of over 300 people, ranging from local residents to Indigenous elders from Far North Queensland, gathered for an angry yet peaceful rally reports Irene Pye in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
RWA’s Draft Affordable Housing Plan questionable, says local activist
The RWA has asked for comment on its affordable housing plan for the Redfern-Waterloo area. Ross Smith responds in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007 and The South Sydney Herald invites you to go to the Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s website to read their affordable housing plan, then go to the REDWatch website and read some of the other responses. It’s your suburb, get involved. Read and respond. We invite your comments in our Letters page.
Community art: a work in progress
In a few months’ time, the graffti-ed wall in front of the Marton high rise block in Raglan Street, Waterloo will be transformed by a beautiful mosaic reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Rabbitohs and NASCA form alliance
The South Sydney Football Club and the National Aboriginal Sports Corporation of Australia (NASCA) have entered into an alliance supporting each other in Indigenous community programs reports Trevor Davies in Have You Heard? in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Federal Government trashes Redfern Employment Program
As we have been reporting, the 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 Have You Heard? in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
Homeless Persons Legal Service opens in Newtown
The NSW Attorney General, Mr Bob Debus, cut the red tape and marked the launch of the Newtown Homeless Persons Legal Service in early February reports Alex Serpo in the South Sydney Herald of March 2007.
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