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St Saviour’s Anglican Church in Young Street, Redfern, prides itself on providing various community groups with the opportunity to use its church hall in Ogden Lane. At least four community groups claim the mailing address of 9 Ogden Lane, Redfern, including the Food Distribution Network, South Sydn Read More…

It is a Monday night, just after 7pm, and in a room to the left of the reception desk at Redfern Community Centre, a gathering of Indigenous men is taking place. Among their number are numerous guests, including Shadow Attorney General and Shadow Minister for Justice Greg Smith, who is eager to supp Read More…

A Multicultural Playgroup has been established at the Alexandria Community Centre. The group started as an offshoot of the Alexandria Park Playgroup to meet the needs of local families from non-English-speaking backgrounds reports Brendan Wong in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010. Read More…

The Commonwealth Government has introduced a basic set of access standards for people with disabilities as part of a 10-year National Disability Strategy reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010. Read More…

Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The fast News in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010 has reported the following Redfern Waterloo item extracted below: Read More…

Dozens of new rain gardens will be built throughout the city as part of the City of Sydney’s plan to treat stormwater pollution reports Tara Clifford in the South Sydney Herald of May 2010. Read More…

The recent Australian Productivity Commission Report shows that for every problem gambler, there are five to 10 others who are significantly affected. “Those who have a close relationship with problem gamblers are often the first to realise something is wrong,” says Sondra Kalnins from HopeStreet’s Read More…

A while ago Dr Peta Seaton (the doctorate is in archaeology) sat around the table with a number of people in or on the edges of politics, among them former NSW Premier Nick Greiner, and asked a number of questions. Many were questions Peta Seaton had fielded from constituents when she was Liberal Pa Read More…

Miriam Cabello, Reena Shein, Floria Tosca and Maria Villa are a diverse group of artists sharing a common bond through a focus on materiality as pertinent to their artistic practices. They have chosen “red” as their theme for this show. It is the beacon that highlights their individual concerns but Read More…

Many families in Sydney own a set of the shiny steel balls known as boules, but due to a lack of proper places to play most are only used at picnics for a game or two on grass. Redfern resident, Darin Evans, would like to change that. “The proper name for the game is petanque and the surface is hard Read More…