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Sydney Uni Explains February Changes to Buisness School Plans
The South Sydney Herald in preparing an article for their March Issue put a number of questions to Sydney University. It was not possible to cover all the material in the paper article so SSH passed the statement to REDWatch so we could make the statement publicly available when the paper was publis Read More…
Uni Vice Chancellor Backflips
Residents of the small inner city suburb of Darlington fear being swamped by 7500 additional people and traffic as the University of Sydney prepares to lodge a Development Application with the Department of Planning and Infrastructure for a massive new business school reports this media release from Read More…
Cinema Heritage: Eveleigh Rail Film Festival
Tina Kaufman anticipates a day of secret joys at a festival which will choof its way through a primal connection – steam and cinema. The life and career of JP McGowan, Australia`s first Hollywood success story, depended on the Everleigh Rail Yards, as the NFSA will be quick to explain. Tina Kaufman Read More…
REDWatch Project Local Winner
CONGRATULATIONS to REDWatch, the community group which has won our $2500 Project Local grant to help disseminate community information and hold local forums reports Central Magazine on 14 December 2011. Read More…
Small step to a distant past
Lance Richardson pulls on his walking shoes to visit sites that uncover and celebrate the city’s indigenous history reports The Sydney Morning Herald 18 February 2012. Read More…
Shutters to come down on Redfern’s rough reputation
REDFERN’S rows of shutter doors, which when closed leave the main shopping strip appearing deserted and unsafe, could soon be rolled up permanently reports Alexandra Back in the Sydney Morning Herald of 31 December 2011.
No more public housing estates, pledges minister
THE era of big, new public housing estates is over, according to the state’s Finance Minister – with the O’Farrell government to pursue new public-private partnerships to redevelop NSW’s biggest estates to include a mix of public and private housing reports Josephine Tovey in the Sydney Morning Hera Read More…
Locals praise plans to bring back The Block
ELEANOR HALL: Plans to redevelop the once-notorious Block in inner-Sydney are being welcomed by the people who live there. The Block in Redfern was once one of the nation’s most feared addresses – an epicentre of crime and substance abuse. But it was also the heart of Sydney’s Indigenous community a Read More…
Heritage triumphs in Redfern battle
IT IS A quiet street, edged by trees and terraces. But for the past two years it has been the site of a bitter battle between residents and developers over a planned block of flats reports Alicia Wood in the Sydney Morning Herald of 5 February 2012. Read More…