Home traders toss the buck
As Australia braces itself for recession, more Sydneysiders are beginning to take the economy into their own hands reports Angus Thompson in City News of 28 May 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
PCYC Open Day gathers unsung social saviours
To the uninitiated, Open Day at Woolloomooloo’s newly renovated Police and Citizens Youth Club (PCYC) revealed an alliance of committed people and official programs co-operating to provide opportunities and positive role models for inner-city youth reports Michael Gormly in City news of 21 May 2009. Read More…
Redfern-Waterloo set on safety
Council has bowed to community pressure and agreed to consider a future for the Redfern-Waterloo Community Safety Plan reports Emma Rugg in City news on 28 May 2009. Read More…
There goes the neighbourhood: Redfern gentrification gets an arty critique
How is gentrification altering the relationship between democracy and demography around the world? A handful of artists from here and abroad have tried to answer this in “There Goes The Neighbourhood’’, an exhibition, residency, discussion and publishing project reports Central on 30 May 2009.
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Wheelchair access at top of Macdonaldtown station stairs
IT COULD be Sydney’s stupidest station – Macdonaldtown, right next door to the city and in the heartland of the progressive Inner-West, boasts a wheelchair-accessible phone and ramps for wheelchair users to get on and off trains reports Joe Hilderbrand in The Daily Telegraph of 18 May 2009. Read More…
Chap off the old Block is pushing hard for the new
Like the Aboriginal warrior Pemulwuy, who fought early colonists, Mick Mundine is no shirker and is hell bent on redeveloping The Block, his patch for almost 40 years. John Ellicott reports in the Sydney Morning Herald of 18 May 2009. Read More…
Jobs For The Mob
With the global economy in trouble, joblessness is on a lot of people’s minds. A program in Sydney’s Redfern is relieving this anxiety for many. The Koori Job Ready course trains unemployed Aboriginal men – including some who’ve had difficult home lives – for jobs in the construction industry report Read More…
Idol auditions at Redfern
Narrow definitions of talent are gone and the hunt for genuine individuality is on at Eveleigh this weekend, where auditions for the seventh series of Australian Idol are underway reports Kim Shaw on Central on 16 May 2009. Read More…
Redfern drug raid
Police have arrested and charged 18 people after a major drug raid in ‘The Block’ at Redfern, in Sydney’s inner suburbs reports Central on 14 May 2009. Read More…
Fear worse than reality in Redfern
A handful of high profile crimes in recent weeks has created a perception of fear in Redfern according to local police reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 14 may 2009. Read More…