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Plans to fix Sydney’s Aboriginal ghetto have angered locals and white activists. But that does nothing to solve The Block’s problems, writes Imre Salusinszky. Imre Salusinszky is The Australian’s NSW state political reporter. Read More…

Redfern-Waterloo Authority Minister Frank Sartor has announced that 26 indigenous job seekers will be employed to work on a $45-million project at the Australian Technology Park (ATP).
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Alexandra Walker reports in the 8th March edition of Sydney Central Courier that Inner Sydney could be left with an oversupply of office space if the Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s (RWA ) plans go ahead too quickly, a City of Sydney councillor has warned. Read More…

Darlington-Redfern branches of the Australian Labor Party Media Release Thursday, March 2″, 2006
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Below we have provided the Mayoral Minute to City of Sydney Council which sets out the basis on which the City of Syndey will produce a submission to the RWA concerning the RWA Draft Built Environment Plan. Read More…

Elizabeth Farrelly SMH March 1, 2006 writes: ‘JOBS, jobs, jobs,” boomed the minister. “This plan is about jobs and opportunity, opportunity and jobs, jobs and opportunity.” The only job on offer at this particular sun-baked news conference was a consummate snow job. It was a small, select news confe Read More…

Exclusive by Kara Lawrence Daily Telegraph February 28, 2006 Read More…

How come young kids can get high, can get killed, can hang out on the streets but can’t learn the sweet science, asks Stephen Gibbs? SMH February 25, 2006 Read More…

The following letter from Verity Firth appeared in the Australian on 21 February 2006 in response to Ross Fitzgeralds Opinion article “Another time around the Block for urban revival project” of 20th February 2006. Read More…

This letter from Peter Valilis of the Aboriginal Housing Company Ltd Redfern ran in the Letters section of the SMH on 24th February 2006 in response to RWA Minister Frank Sartor’s Opinion peice “Symbolism cannot solve unemployment and social misery” SMH February 22. Read More…