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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 Read More…

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 Sout Read More…

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 Read More…

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 Read More…

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. Read More…

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 Her Read More…

Darren Cooper has a studio and an art shop at 17 George Street, Redfern. It’s a space he clearly enjoys. He showed me many artworks there – paintings, painted furniture, a surfboard, t-shirts. Inspiration is derived, he explains, from a sense of pride in his people (the Wiradjuri people of the Bathu Read More…

Performance Space at the Carriage Works, in Eveleigh, is fast becoming a prominent attraction within South Sydney’s world of art. Not only has it breathed new life into the once decrepit and decaying buildings of the old State Rail maintenance yards, it is giving many local artists a hub to display Read More…

We were recently shown a letter RailCorp CEO Vince Graham sent to someone concerned about mortuary station. The text of the Vince Graham letter is below in bold italics. Interspersed with the text of the letter you will find some comments from a person with a long involvement in Rail Heritage who wh Read More…

It is now 18 months since Mr John Watkins, Minister for Transport told supporters of Friends of Eveleigh at a meeting in Eastwood Mall, that he had not been informed at any time by RailCorp that Eveleigh’s Large Erecting Shop could be developed as a Heritage Workshop and Museum says a media release Read More…