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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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- Rise, Redfern, and roll away the roller doors
- Steel yourself...many shopfronts along Redfern and Regent streets are vacant and there are plans for revitilisation of the area reports Paul Bibby the Sydney Morning Herald's Urban Affairs Reporter on 11 August 2009.
- Hillsong gives up on Sydney mega church site
- Hillsong has given up trying to build a mega church at this Rosebery site after continued opposition from locals reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 11 August 2009.
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Waterloo turns 150
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Waterloo is home to a diverse parish that will celebrate 150 years on August 15 reports Central on 10 August 2009.
- Pemulwuy ushers in new era for Aboriginal Housing Company
- After a 10-year wait, the Redfern Aboriginal community has finally won control over the future development of the Block reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 8 July 2009.
- Clover Moore's Inspiring Speech at Redfern's 150th Birthday Party
- This is the speach given by Clover Moore on 8 August 2009 to commemorate 150 years of local government in Redfern. The speech was reproduced in the Central of 12 August 2009.
- Clean Slate launched for Indigenous teens
- A NEW program targeting at-risk Indigenous youth was launched this month by Redfern police, Centrelink and Indigenous men’s group BABANA reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 8 August 2009.
- Starved Waterloo begs for groceries
- Discount grocery chain ALDI’s bid to set up shop in Waterloo has brought a wave of support from residents, who say the franchise could provide affordable relief to famished area reports Angus Thompson in City News of 6 August 2009.
- Redfern riled over rail cuts
- Commuters could be put at risk and vandalism dramatically increase following measures to axe 40 per cent of staff from Redfern Station reports Angus Thompson in City news of 6 August 2009.
- Children reach for the stars in Redfern
- IT WAS mad and cool at the same time, said nine-year-old Mundarrah Welsh. With a ‘‘Close the Gap’’ sticker plastered on his cheek, the Darlington Public School student was giddy from tackling the South Sydney star Chris Sandow at a Redfern park reports Jessica Halloran in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 5, 2009.
- Redfern’s sandy beginnings
- Redfern’s natural landscape was defined by sandhills and swamps reports Central on 5 August 2009.
- Glebe’s great but Redfern needs attention: Sydney Councillor
- Glebe might be the model city village on its 150th birthday, but on the other side of Parramatta Rd, Redfern is languishing under an undeserved reputation and municipal neglect, City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney has said reports Kim Shaw in the Central of 5 August 2009.
- Aldi is a goodie, say Waterloo locals
- In the current economic climate it is important that consumers be provided a variety of price-based choices in local supermarkets. This argument has been cited by residents with respect to the proposed construction of an Aldi store in Waterloo reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- RailCorp review rallies Friends of Redfern
- Friends of Redfern Station, about fifty local residents, rallied outside Redfern Station on Saturday July 18 amid concerns that RailCorp’s line-by-line staffing review will have a detrimental effect on safety and accessibility for elderly and less mobile passengers. The review, which is due to be completed at the end of July, affects staffing arrangements at 69 stations on the Inner West, Cumberland, South, Southern Highlands, Bankstown and East Hills lines reports Rebecca LeMay in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- The Fast News - Compiled by Trevor Davies
- Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below:
- Mudgin-Gal – “a true friend in turbulent times”
- In NAIDOC Week, when many aspects of Aboriginal life are celebrated, an enthusiastic gathering was held at the Redfern Community Centre on the Block. The special guest for the occasion was Federal Government Minister Tanya Plibersek who had been supporting the Mudgin-Gal Women’s Centre of the Aboriginal Corporation long before she became a Minister reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Strong work ethic, on and off the field
- South Sydney Leagues has opened for trading in intimate café mode until the new Club is re-opened. Nestled near the Moreton Bay Figs and adjoining Redfern Oval is the wonderful Park Café on Chalmers reports in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Bearing the best of the past - Reader Profile: Ron Fox
- Ron Fox was surprised to be selected as our reader of the month. He is the sort of person whom, I suspect, would always be surprised to find himself the centre of attention reports Dorothy McRae-McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Community services “on a shoestring”
- Neighbourhood centres will reduce opening hours and cut services after missing out on a government-recommended funding increase in June’s State budget reports Doug Dingwall in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Where there’s smoke there’s culture
- NAIDOC stands for the National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee, but over the years it has become the name of a week reports Barrie McMahon in the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
- Getting it together for young people
- Alex McAlees, the Streetbeat Coordinator, and Heather Coull, Streetbeat Counsellor from South Sydney Youth Services, Redfern, were recently recognised for their work in supporting local teenagers with substance abuse problems at a state-wide forum for the Getting It Together Scheme. Community Services Minister, Linda Burney, personally thanked the workers while opening a forum in Sydney for all the services involved reports the South Sydney Herald of August 2009.
