Honest John bares warts-‘n-all
JOHN McIntyre has a down-to-earth approach, SARAH HUDSON writes in the Weekly Times Now. 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
RWA’s new CEO in listening mode
“Moving on”, “leaving the past in the past” and “looking to the future” were just some of the well-tested catch-cries heard when the new Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, Kristina Keneally, and recently appointed CEO of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, Roy Wakelin-King, met with REDWatch and other commu Read More…
Intercom installed in public housing complex
An earlier story in the SSH (‘Elderly residents at risk …’ [November 2008]) told of the quest for an intercom for a Housing Department complex, particularly to allow access by the emergency services. At the time of publication, the residents had been trying for over a decade, without success reports Read More…
Caroliners enjoy picnic in the park
On Sunday, March 1, the residents of Caroline Street decided to have a celebration of the diversity that exists within their neck of the woods in Redfern. For all the trouble that is often associated with the area it was a great change to meet each other in the park across the road from their houses Read More…
Green Loop sets high standard
The proposed Green Square Town Centre is at the heart of Australia’s largest urban renewal area – right between the CBD and our international airport (although the site is not excessively affected by aircraft noise. Several arterial roads intersect in the area, serviced by a number of cross regional Read More…
Ravens on the run!
Greetings and howdy doo! Achtung! Atencion! Hear this! We need supporters! The Sydney Half Marathon is the aim. And Ravens is the name reports Adrian Spry in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009… Read More…
Long journey home from Newport to Redfern on a Saturday
A few weeks ago I bravely ventured up the Northern Beaches to a family function at the Newport Hotel on a Saturday night. I came back by bus at about 9pm reports Trevor Davies as part of The Fast News in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009. Read More…
Opening windows on pain
Nikki Brown, the Fundraising Manager for the Windows on Pain campaign gives us the background to this moving and powerful exhibition reports the South Sydney Herald of April 2009. Read More…
Government grant for city upgrades
South Sydney childcare centres, town halls and community centres are soon to benefit from a $660,000 Federal Government grant to upgrade energy and water facilities across Sydney reports Pam Dagwell in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009. Read More…
Notre Dame – ever expanding
The Notre Dame University has lodged a Development Application (DA) for Pioneer House on Broadway (cnr Buckland Street), to house 480 students, opening next year reports John August in the South Sydney Herald of April 2009. Read More…