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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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- Fire threatens heritage-listed building
- A gas-fuelled fire raged at a heritage-listed building in the Australian Technology Park at Redfern tonight reports Louise Hall in the Sun Herald of September 2, 2007.
- Enrol for Kindergarten 2008 at Alexandria Park Community School
- DATES FOR PARENT INFORMATION DAYS & TRANSITION PROGRAM
- Yaama Dhiyaan Hospitality Training
- Pemulwuy to test Government
- Under the leadership of John Mant, the Aboriginal Housing Company will submit a development application for its Pemulwuy Project under the guise that it is “just like any other developer’s application” and not a special or ‘Aboriginal’ project reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Building industry mentor proud of Indigenous achievements
- Les Tobler implemented the Koori Job Ready Course to help young, unemployed Indigenous men gain basic skills and qualifications, and jobs in the building industry reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Babana hosts World Indigenous Peoples Day
- The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is a United Nations initiative (since 1994) to promote awareness and appreciation of distinctive issues in respect of Indigenous culture, education, health, human rights, the environment, and social and economic development reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Keeping alive the Keating legacy
- “More than I think most Australians recognise, the plight of Aboriginal Australians affects us all... the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians... it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life.” From the Redfern Address December 1992.
- The Brewery on Broadway coming down
- As most people probably know, the Carlton United Brewery site in Broadway has finally been sold to the Fraser’s Property Group reports Trevor Davies Have you heard Column in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Promises! Promises! We’ve heard it all before
- I’m sure many people remember the 1992 ABC documentary Cop it Sweet. The docco followed Redfern police on the daily rounds. It showed the racism that seems to be part of police culture. The camera s caught it all with some of the Redfern Police making some incredibly racist comments reports Trevor Davies Have you heard Column in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Marketing the Rabbitohs
- The day after a million ABC viewers watched the frst episode of South Side Story: The Pride of the League the South Sydney Rabbitohs marketed themselves and some of their sponsors in a Business Conference at the Australian Technology Park reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Football (aka soccer) in South Sydney
- The newly established PCYC FC South Sydney has had a successful first season as a member club of the Eastern Suburbs Football Association (ESFA reports Travis Lane in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007).
- Telling tales of South Sydney
- Typical residents in Sydney’s inner south prefer to eat someone else’s food rather than cook their own, have fewer children, and are more likely to travel overseas or read a book, compared to the average Sydney householder reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Whose lane is it anyway?
- ‘Dunny lanes,’ the back lanes that run through Sydney’s inner suburbs, have long existed as a part of the city’s identity. Once, they served a purpose. They provided access for the ‘dunny men.’ The introduction of sewerage systems saw the end of an age. Over time the lanes have become a problem. Robberies, assaults, rubbish dumping, and drug taking, have been the more contemporary uses for the lanes reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Police trained to handle mental health crises
- The NSW Police are trialling a two-year specialist training program to tackle the rising number of incidents related to mental health issues. Officers will be trained to deal with mentally ill people safely, reducing the risk of injury during crisis situations reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Plumbers help tell the green story
- Fourth-generation plumber, Peter Lawson of the longest established company in Alexandria, Lawson Bros, is now an accredited Greenplumber. The company established in Alexandria since 1878 can now add “5000th Greenplumber” to its record as its owner took part in a 30-hour training program. The course outlines water-saving and power-saving techniques in order to help the consumer. The Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association of Australia (MPMSAA) developed the accredited course seven years ago when it became concerned about green-house gases reports Ellice Mol in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Vision for Sydney 2030 must go beyond platitudes
- Few people would argue the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney 2030 strategic planning project is not much-needed. Some might say it is long overdue, compared with Perth which in 2001 commenced a bold campaign of community engagement to revamp its strategic planning reports Anna Christie in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Sydney “prospective Green,” says Brown
- In the 2004 federal election, Jenny Leong, the Greens candidate for the seat of Sydney, achieved a primary vote of 21.6 %. The seat of Sydney is currently held by Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek, Shadow Minister for Human Services, Housing, Women and Youth. Leong still managed to receive a swing of 6.9% reports Nicholas McCallum in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- ICE: euphoria, depression, psychosis
- ICE, otherwise know as crystal meth or methamphetamine has rapidly become one of Sydney’s most popular party drugs. But with effects such as psychosis and paranoia, the increasing popularity of the drug is putting pressure on local communities and health services. In a forum recently held in Redfern’s Town Hall, Tanya Plibersek, Federal Member for Sydney, stressed the importance of education and awareness about the drug and that there was no need for “hysteria” reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Plibersek backs affordable housing project
- Federal Shadow Minister for Housing, Tanya Plibersek MP, recently showed her support for a unique affordable housing project that could see Marrickville Council offer the community cheap housing on public land reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
- Scams! Let the buyer beware
- The Commonwealth Government’s Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has a website called Scam. At present this website lists an amazing 14 scams – such as lottery scams, chain letters, pyramid sales, investment scams, mobile phone scams and more reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of September 2007.
