Blaming Redfern
Repeated references to Redfern in crime reports are encouraging perceptions about the level of crime in the suburb reports Brendon Wong in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009. Read More…
Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo 2004 – 2013
News articles between 2004 and 2013 concerning Redfern Waterloo from various sources. After this date media stories were included in the areas of the site most relevant to the article.
Kristina Keneally on North Eveleigh.
The following comments from Member for Heffron and Minister for Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally appeared in her advertisement in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009. Read More…
Darlington dudded, again
A large part of the formerly gracious Victorian suburb of Darlington was first dudded in the post WWII expansion of Sydney University. A large part of it was razed – the town hall was demolished, the public school marooned on the campus, and only recently nicely landscaped writes Bruce Lay in this O Read More…
What next for North Eveleigh?
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s concept plan for the redevelopment of the presently deserted rail-yards at North Eveleigh has been given the tick of approval by the State Planning Minister Kristina Keneally. On January 30 Ms Keneally signed off on the plan with the hope that the 10.7-hectare site w Read More…
Unis learn some hard lessons about their money
The state’s top universities are fighting to hold the line against course and research cuts after losing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments exposed to falling financial markets reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald of 24 February 2009. Read More…
Local Representation for All
Despite the Government’s claim that the 2004 amalgamation of the City and South Sydney Councils was to improve the efficiency and quality of services, it has not addressed the duplication by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) says Clover Moore’s eN Read More…
Black Stars in a First for the Block
REDFERN is preparing for a brawl this week when the Indigenous Boxing Academy hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boxers including former Rabbitoh Joe Williams reports Angus Street in the central of 11 February 2009. Read More…
Unholy row to erupt again?
SOUTH SYDNEY residents are preparing for another period of uncertainty after Hillsong leader Brian Houston said the Christian group was “going to put all [its] efforts” into expanding its activities into Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18th February 2009. Read More…
Stories to Sing
THE team behind the SBS series The First Australians has set to work on a new documentary about the indigenous history of Redfern writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18 February 2009. Read More…
Cyclists’ choice: risk it or rot
When westbound cyclists reach the intersection of Wilson Street at Erskineville Road, Newtown, they face a Catch-22: The traffic lights are designed for the previous car-only use and there are no lights allowing bikes to exit Wilson street by Michael Gormley in City News of 4 February 2009. Read More…