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During the last days in her role as Commander of Redfern Police, Catherine Burn was given a very affirming moment. Three people nominated her as NSW Woman of the Year. The first two were obviously gratifying – Police Minister John Watkins and Member for Heffron Kristina Keneally writes Dorothy McRae Read More…

Former Premier Carr gave as a reason for the merger of South Sydney Council and City of Sydney Council that the surplus of the city could be used to make life easier for Redfern Waterloo residents writes Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald February 2007 Have You Heard Column. Read More…

Residents are concerned about a private school’s proposed Indigenous campus at the Block. St Andrew’s Cathedral School wants to begin its new campus in part of the Redfern Community Centre as a temporary measure. It would cater for up to 25 students from kindergarten to year six, while the school l Read More…

Late last year, the first students to complete a new Indigenous Food Training course at Redfern were awarded their graduation certificates by Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt reports the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

Current Labor member for Heffron, Kristina Keneally, is in the last months of her first term and can list the electoral wounds she has had to lick writes Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

The brand new centre for performing arts is accessed down wide concrete stairs from Wilson Street, Darlington writes Peter Whitehead in the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

The famous Elouera (Tony Mundine) Gym on the Block was established in 1985 in the heart of Redfern. It opened originally with a vision of providing youth in the area an alternative life-style reports the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

Newtown is now host to a thriving bike project where locals and bike enthusiasts get together to repair bikes and socialise in a warm community environment writes Alex Serpo in the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

A large provider of aged-care facilities in the Sydney region has bought and plans to re-open Rotary Court, a self-care residential facility in Alexandria that closed down in 2005 writes Reem Algharabali in the South Sydney Herald February 2007. Read More…

As the Redfern Waterloo Authority is the consent authority for a sizable part of Redfern I’m happy to see that it did the right thing in relation to one of the more contentious DAs which it has had to handle in its short life writes Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald February 2007 Have You Hea Read More…