Minister grabs power to make heritage history
HISTORIC buildings could be taken off the heritage list and redeveloped after the NSW Government changed laws protecting them writes Matthew Benns in the Sydney Morning Herald of June 14 2009. Read More…
2004-2012 Statements
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
dumped trolleys anger locals
Scores of shopping trolleys from a Coles supermarket in Surry Hills are being stolen and dumped in Redfern, according to residents reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 4 June 2009. Read More…
Sandstone on hold at Sydney University
THE global financial crisis has hit Sydney University finances hard and may force it to delay some of its ambitious building program reports Rebecca Woolley on 9 June 2009. Read More…
Seido Karate benefit tournament
Kinga Farago won women’s sparring at Seido benefit tournament Seido Karate dojo in Abercrombie St raised $2000 at an action-packed inter-dojo tournament reports Central on 2 June 2009. Read More…
Drug-Free for a Day
One man risks his life every day trying to make Redfern a better place to live. Drug dealers have threatened him, his family has received menacing letters at home and he has been verbally abused many times reports Irina Moldovan in UTS’s Reportage on 8 May 2009. Read More…
18 charged after raids at ‘The Block’ in Redfern
A major drug raid at ‘The Block’ at Redfern, in Sydney’s inner suburbs, has led to 18 people being charged reports Annika Burgess on Macquarie national News of 14 May 2009. Read More…
Council plans for a new Darlington
Councillor John McInerney responds to the May SSH article on Abercrombie Street, Darlington in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009. Read More…
Makeover for South Sydney Youth Services
South Sydney Youth Services’ main facility will be upgraded next year to provide better resources for supporting young people in the community. The redevelopment of the building at Waterloo Oval will be funded in a joint venture between Federal and Local Government, Minister for Infrastructure and L Read More…
Making our suburbs safe
The City of Sydney staff has done a very good job developing safety plans for Redfern, Waterloo and Glebe. City of Sydney CEO, Monica Barone, explains the background in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009. Read More…
The Fast News – Compiled by Trevor Davies
Trevor Davies in Have You Heard – The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of June 2009 has reported on a couple of Redfern Waterloo items which we have extracted below: Read More…