Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The Redfern Waterloo Authority operated until 2011-12 when it was taken over by the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority. Here we have captured some of that history as it happened in Redfern Wate
The City of Sydney is working with the State Government to install a large screen in Martin Place in Sydney’s CBD on Wednesday 13 February to broadcast the Federal Government’s formal apology to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Stolen Generation, Lord Mayor Clover Moore MP announced today r Read More…
URGENT funding increases are required to boost supervised accommodation for the mentally ill nationwide, according to a “revolutionary” new study reports Lisa Capozzi in Central 6th February 2008. Read More…
WATERLOO Green is unsafe and unclean, according to public housing tenants living near the park. They allege an action plan drawn up by residents and Redfern police has been ignored by the Department of Housing (DOH) reports Central of 6th February 2008 page 10. Read More…
A REDFERN-based Aboriginal line dancing troupe are kicking up their heels after winning a national title at The Tamworth Country Music Festival reports Lisa Capozzi in Central 6th February 2008 Page 9. Read More…
THE Block in Redfern has seen plenty of things in its time, but nothing quite like this. When Ben Cousins, Anthony Mundine and Sonny Bill Williams, clad in shimmering white shirts, appeared apparition-like in the sunlight, it looked for all the world like a revivalist meeting reports AAP on 6th Febr Read More…
The relationship between some of the Aboriginal community and Redfern Police has become so dysfunctional that complaints against officers are rarely made despite claims of rampant harassment circulating Redfern and Waterloo reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
The relationship between the police and many Aboriginals in Redfern-Waterloo is pitiful reports Joseph Correy in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
The former Rachel Forster Hospital at Redfern has been sold at the end of last year, following Planning Minister Frank Sartor’s approval of a concept plan for the $70 million residential redevelopment reports Candice Chung in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
The State Government’s housing strategy for the Redfern-Waterloo has seen its frst bit of action, with the construction of a new $28 million public housing project in Walker Street, Redfern, beginning last month reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…
Pop singer and Aussie icon Missy Higgins took time out from her busy schedule to lend support to the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern reports Ben Falkenmire in the South Sydney Herald of February 2008. Read More…