RWA – ILC – YMCA Meeting Report – 17 February 2009

[The statement below has been provided by the RWA to report on the progress of the Youth Services and the NIDC. The statement was issued as a clarification following the 4 March 09 Redfern Waterloo Issues Update article where Geoff and Lyn Turnbull, who produced the article on the ILC, were not awa Read More…

Redfern residents kept in the dark over asbestos removal

More asbestos has been unearthed after construction began on the old Redfern Public school in Cope Street. Residents are concerned for their health as contamination levels exceed what was originally reported reports Patrick Billings in City News of 5th October 2008. Read More…

Groundbreaking Indigenous youth centre for Redfern

Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin broke ground on a new multi-million dollar indigenous youth centre in Redfern on Monday morning reports Jennifer Bennett on the on line edition of Central on 19th August 2008. Read More…

Accused manager at work

A MAN accused of defrauding the NSW Fire Brigades of $1.5 million was, until Monday, a project manager on $43 million worth of Federal Government construction projects for Aborigines in Redfern reports Joel Gibson Indigenous affairs reporter in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 20, 2008. Read More…

$24 M FOR NEW INDIGENOUS YOUTH CENTRE IN REDFERN

Work on a national centre for Indigenous youth is underway on the former Redfern Public School site following a $24 million funding boost from the Australian Government reports this media release from Jenny Macklin MP Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Fran Read More…

Indigenous sports centre under way

CONSTRUCTION has begun on Australia’s first national academy for young indigenous athletes in Redfern, two years after it was announced reports Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter in Sydney Morning Herald of August 19, 2008. Read More…

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