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“500 houses were knocked down before people realised what was happening,” says Flo. When residents became aware of what was going on – that the University was buying up and taking over – a community meeting was called. “This street was saved,” she says reports Katherine Keefe in the South Sydney Her Read More…

Council elections will be held in September and the Greens are first to preselect candidates (Labor will announce candidates following its State Conference in early May). Chris Harris is the Greens Lord Mayoral candidate, with Irene Doutney number two on the ticket reports Andrew Collis in the South Read More…

It was late last year. On learning that Matt Brown, Minister for Housing, was to tour Waterloo with members of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the SSH approached the Minister’s department for information reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…

Public housing residents near Waterloo Green are exhausted and fearful in their own neighborhood, having to confront drug dealing and public drunkenness every day reports John Williams in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…

A fire broke out in the presbytery of St Vincent’s Church in Redfern at 1.30am on March 19 reports Sarah Malik in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…

The Aboriginal Housing Company wants the State Government to waive $180,000 in fees for its Pemulwuy Project for The Block, as the cash-strapped company edges closer to exhibiting what it said is a model for affordable housing reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…

After years of wandering, Koori Radio prepares to come back home to Redfern. In 1982, 27-33 Cope Street was handed over to the Aboriginal Development Corporation after the Uniting Church Synod passed resolutions recognising Aboriginal claims to land rights reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydn Read More…

Rodd Island in Sydney’s scenic inner-Harbour was crowded with over 100 men from across Sydney last month taking matters into their own hands reports Phillip Fernandez in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…

About 50 protestors crowded outside Redfern Centrelink offices on March 13 to protest the Government’s expansion of welfare reforms, aimed at Aboriginal communities. The reforms, which include the quarantining of Indigenous welfare payments under a food ration system, are set to be exported to Queen Read More…

Having disappeared for more than three months Bronwhyn Bourke had almost given up hope of seeing her pet dog, Bridget, again reports Susannah Palk in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…