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A Liberal State Government would approve the Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project (AHC), promote community-minded policing in and around Redfern, and would seek better transportation infrastructure to encourage people to use it reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008. Read More…

The former Coordinator of the now defunct Community Development Employment Program (CDEP) run by the Redfern Aboriginal Corporation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous welfare is calling it quits after 12 years reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008. Read More…

The Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) is preparing to introduce a new project that will recruit disadvantaged Aboriginal youths into the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The project is aimed at providing an alternative to gaol with employment opportunities and skills training for young Aboriginal peop Read More…

Much history has been recorded of white settlement in Australia, but little has been written about the culture and history of its original owners reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008. Read More…

With over 2000 people attending Blockside Story 2008 over 3 nights, the phenomena of Gathering Ground can only be described as a resounding success reports Jane Barton in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008. Read More…

South Sydney lost another of its community leaders with the untimely death of Brenda Maling at Prince of Wales Hospital on June 15. She succumbed to cancer after a long battle. She worked on as the coordinator of the Aboriginal Resource Centre (a job she had held for 12 years) until a couple of week Read More…

Top Australian chefs gathered at Waterloo’s Dank Street Depot to speak out against genetically modified foods in Australia reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of July 2008. Read More…

I watched my three-year-old niece’s pupils dilate the other day, after a brief temper tantrum, when mum gave her, “bed-time milk in a bottle” – this despite the fact it wasn’t bed-time and the girl had only just demolished her favourite pasta dish. A sure indication that we humans, especially kids, Read More…

Planning Minister Frank Sartor has announced the appointment of Mr Robert Domm as the new CEO of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (commencing July 21), which has responsibility for managing The Rocks and Darling Harbour along with other key waterfront sites such as the new Ballast Point Park. Read More…

Blink and you could miss the heritage-listed Yiu Ming Temple in Alexandria. Shadowed by the giant construction site next door, the green-tiled roof of the entrance is almost obscured by the temporary fencing that blocks the road to its gate. Access to the Temple grounds is now a narrow strip of foot Read More…