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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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- Yes, Prime Mover - 4th November 2006 SMH
- Despite an abrasive nature and public stoushes, the Minister for Planning has steadily gained respect in his portfolio from most quarters, writes Anne Davies in the November 4 Sydney Morning Herald.
- PUBLIC MEETING ON CUB CONCEPT PLAN - 11 November 2006
- Fosters' Concept Plan for the Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) site on Broadway will be the focus of a meeting organised by the City on Saturday 11 November. The Concept Plan is the official document submitted to the Minister for Planning that will be used to determine planning approval for the site's redevelopment.
- The Women’s & Girls’ Emergency Centre Inc needs our support
- WAGEC is a unique women’s only service in Surry Hills which has been providing support to homeless women and girls for the past 29 years reports the South Sydney Herald in its November 2006 edition.
- Redfern is short of loos!
- Sydney City Council has several public toilets in storage, yet there remain only one accessible public toilet in Redfern - making life difficult for those who need to make a pit-stop. The public toilet in Redfern Park has been closed for sometime, due to vandalism writes Brenden Hills in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Homeless people have stories we need to hear
- Trevor Davies reports on Sydney’s Homeless Person’s Week in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Mental health stretched at the Cross
- “The NSW Government continues to drag its feet over providing adequate services for the mentally ill”, said Graham Long, Pastor at the Wayside Chapel writes Darren Mara in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Back to their roots for Regent St Indigenous business owners
- Indigenous business owners have set up shop in Redfern’s Regent Street, keen to participate in the growth of the area and, more importantly, its community writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Appetite for fun
- Tim Brunero reviews Appetite Café in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Rock the Block
- Joel Beasant reports on Youth Rock the Block in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Greens select Fiona Byrne as their candidate for Marrickville
- Trevor Davies writes in the South Sydney Herald November 2006 that the SSH continue to provide profiles on candidates for the forthcoming State Election in March. In previous editions, we introduced the Member for Marrickville, Carmel Tebbutt, and Edward Mandla the Liberal part candidate for Sydney. Now we introduce Greens candidate Marrickville Councillor Fiona Byrne, chosen as their candidate after the withdrawal from the campaign of Marrickville councillor, Collin Hesse.
- Trevor may need more time
- The South Sydney Herald November 2006 reports on Trevor’s attempts to exercise and loose weight.
- Truth on The Block. Beyond compliance journalism!
- Sydney Morning Herald columnist and Redfern resident Elizabeth Farrelly has been a vocal critic of the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) since the State government body was conceived in 2004. A frank conversation with Elizabeth Farrelly by Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald November 2006.
- Birthing boom to put a squeeze on schools
- THE booming birth rate is forcing Sydney schools to extend enrolment requests until 2011 and draw up plans to convert unused space into much-needed classrooms reports Hannah Edwards in The Sun-Herald October 29, 2006.
- Eveleigh - Large Erecting Shop - Friends of Eveleigh Statement
- The following media release dated 28th October 2006 has been issued by the Friends of Eveleigh to bring attention to the need for action to ensure a future for the Large Erecting Shop at Eveleigh.
- Reality of tower blocks exposed to daylight
- AN APARTMENT block as tall as the reviled University of Technology building would be built directly opposite it, under the final proposal for prime city land that residents say will cast a pall over them reports Justin Norrie Urban Affairs Reporter SMH October 27, 2006.
- 3A projects add a new dimension to rules
- THE real problem with the arrogance that typically afflicts our upper echelons is not that it's offensive and tedious - which it is - but that it quickly becomes a learning disability, condemning sufferers to repeat their mistakes ad nauseam. That's if you weren't sick the first time writes Elizabeth Farrelly in the Sydney Morning Herald October 25, 2006.
- GREENS - Heffron - Greens announce candidate for Heffron - 24 October 2006
- “We are pleased to announce that Dr Ben Spies-Butcher was unanimously endorsed last night as the Greens candidate in the seat of Heffron for the 2007 State Election” said South Sydney Greens convenor Jenny Leong in a Media release.
- CFMEU Lift Red and Green Ban on Redfern Oval
- The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) have lifted the red and green ban on Redfern Oval today, clearing the path for the City of Sydney Council to begin demolition of the site and the construction of the new Redfern Park facilities which will be used by the South Sydney Rabbitohs as their new home base for training in 2008. [Souths.com.au 18 October 2006]
- CUB UPDATE – COUNCIL, CSPC AND COMMUNITY REMOVED FROM THE PROCESS
- The Director General of Planning has directed that any redevelopment proposal for the Carlton United Breweries (CUB) Site in Chippendale must be consistent with the recommendations of the Expert Advisory Panel appointed by the Minister. [Report from CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 13 October 2006 - No. 318]
- RWA PHASE 2 HUMAN SERVICES
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) continues to rely on existing resources in its planning to improve human services. The RWA has adopted this approach as a key component of its draft plan forming phase 2 of its Human Services Plan for older people, people with disabilities, migrant communities and homeless people. [Report from CLOVER'S eNEWS - Friday 13 October 2006 - No. 318]
