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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. Read More…

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 Colli Read More…

“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 Decembe Read More…

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. Read More…

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 D Read More…

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 Septembe Read More…

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). Read More…

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. Read More…

‘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. Rob Read More…

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 Sydn Read More…