Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin SOUTH SYDNEY residents are preparing for another period of uncertainty after Hillsong leader Brian Houston said the Christian group was “going to put all [its] efforts” into expanding its activities into Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18th February 2009. Read More…
THE team behind the SBS series The First Australians has set to work on a new documentary about the indigenous history of Redfern writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18 February 2009. Read More…
When westbound cyclists reach the intersection of Wilson Street at Erskineville Road, Newtown, they face a Catch-22: The traffic lights are designed for the previous car-only use and there are no lights allowing bikes to exit Wilson street by Michael Gormley in City News of 4 February 2009. Read More…
Have you had your car stolen in Pyrmont or been the victim of robbery somewhere around Central Station? Figures contained in the City Council’s Draft Glebe Community Safety Plan show that certain parts of the inner city are more prone to specific types of crime than others reports Michael Gormley in Read More…
Redfern and Waterloo are becoming safer according to an evaluation of the area’s first Safety Plan recently released by the City of Sydney reports Emma Rugg in City News of 18 February 2009. Read More…
City Council has started offering free tai chi classes at parks in several suburbs, eliciting mixed responses from local businesses. The classes, provided by not-for-profit organisation SHARE, aim to provide a cheap exercise option for senior city residents. They began in late January, taking place Read More…
Concerned by spiralling numbers of students at The University of Notre Dame (UND) in Chippendale, residents have used Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to access the university’s long-term development plans reports Emma Rugg in the City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…
The ‘House Full’ sign went up at the Bigtop tent on Black Friday night as Aboriginal Boxing, basketball and culture made a triumphant return to the Aboriginal heartland of Redfern with the first ‘Night of the Black Stars’ reports Michael Gormley in City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…
Locals are calling it ‘Stalingrad’ – the concept plan now approved by the Department of Planning to drive the development of the old Eveleigh railyards along Wilson Street between Redfern and Newtown reports Michael Gormly in City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…
PUT the name Rowling into a story about a famous train and most people will think the Hogwarts Express reports Mark O’Brien in the St George and Sutherland Shire Leader of 19 February 2009. Read More…