Save Ballymore – knock down its stands
Could the best way to save Ballymore be to knock down the stands? [Is what happened in Redfern a model] Phil Lutton explores the question in the Brisbane Times of 25 February 2010. Read More…
Homelessness getting worse: Council
More than a year on from the federal government’s pledge to halve the number of homeless people nationwide by 2020, Australia’s largest city has recorded a 22 per cent increase in those sleeping rough reports Belinda Cranston of AAP in the Sydney Morning Herald of 25 February 2010. Read More…
Waterloo Green Neighbourhood Project – politics muddy the distribution of public housing funds
Following the February 19 announcement by Housing NSW (HNSW) of the Waterloo Green Neighbourhood Project, which will see substantial security and maintenance upgrades to the six public housing buildings that make up the Waterloo Green Estate, City of Sydney Greens Councillor Irene Doutney is calling Read More…
Rail work to start in our first term, O’Farrell says
UNDER a Coalition government work on both the north-west and south-west rail projects will be ”well advanced” by the time of the 2015 State elections reports Brian Robins and Louise Hall in the Sydney Morning Herald of 23 February 2010. Read More…
A lurch in the right direction for rattled commuters
Familiar words … former premiers Nathan Rees, Morris Iemma and Bob Carr all promised improvements in the transport system. Finally, the government can enjoy some applause – albeit half-hearted – from the critics in the cheap seats writes Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 February 2010 Read More…
Free one month art mecca in Sydney from March 25
A MONTH-long free art mecca celebrating original works from Sydney’s city fringe will be held from March 25 reports Nick Soon in the Blacktown Sun of 22 February 2010. Read More…
All roads lead to the city
Kristina Keneally has taken the axe to the transport blueprint of her predecessor, cancelling the proposed metro network to spend the money on expanding the heavy rail system reports Andrew West in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 February 2010. Read More…
Sell-off in the city sees Seven join the rush
SYDNEY residential and mixed-use developments worth more than $1 billion are being put up for sale, including the Seven Network’s Epping site and John Beville’s $800 million revamped Top Ryde City complex, which is expected to carry a price tag of about $250m writes Bridget Carter in the Australian Read More…
Tear Down The Barbed Wire Of Discrimination
In all of Australia’s modern history, the crime of silence accompanies the death, destruction and denial that obliterates the rights of indigenous people writes Jeff McMullen in the Age of 15 February 2010. Read More…
Crime drop in Redfern ‘random’
A recent drop in crime committed by Aboriginal youth in Redfern is probably “nothing more than a random variation” and not a sign of the success of government policy, a criminologist said yesterday reports Geesche Jacobsen Crime Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald on 16 February 2010. Read More…