Clean Slate launched for Indigenous teens
A NEW program targeting at-risk Indigenous youth was launched this month by Redfern police, Centrelink and Indigenous men’s group BABANA reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on 8 August 2009. Read More…
Starved Waterloo begs for groceries
Discount grocery chain ALDI’s bid to set up shop in Waterloo has brought a wave of support from residents, who say the franchise could provide affordable relief to famished area reports Angus Thompson in City News of 6 August 2009. Read More…
Redfern riled over rail cuts
Commuters could be put at risk and vandalism dramatically increase following measures to axe 40 per cent of staff from Redfern Station reports Angus Thompson in City news of 6 August 2009. Read More…
Redfern’s sandy beginnings
Redfern’s natural landscape was defined by sandhills and swamps reports Central on 5 August 2009. Read More…
Glebe’s great but Redfern needs attention: Sydney Councillor
Glebe might be the model city village on its 150th birthday, but on the other side of Parramatta Rd, Redfern is languishing under an undeserved reputation and municipal neglect, City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney has said reports Kim Shaw in the Central of 5 August 2009. Read More…
Children reach for the stars in Redfern
IT WAS mad and cool at the same time, said nine-year-old Mundarrah Welsh. With a ‘‘Close the Gap’’ sticker plastered on his cheek, the Darlington Public School student was giddy from tackling the South Sydney star Chris Sandow at a Redfern park reports Jessica Halloran in the Sydney Morning Herald o Read More…
Rally against looming rail staff cuts
Fifty people attended a rally at Redfern station on July 18. The protesters said Railcorp’s proposed staffing cuts were unjustified and put commuters at risk reports John Coleman, in Green Left Weekly on 25 July 2009. Read More…
The marginalisation of Ted Kennedy
Andrew Hamilton the consulting editor for Eureka Street looks at Edmond Campion’s book about Father Ted Kennedy in Eureka Street on July 23, 2009. Read More…
Police launch mentoring program for Redfern youth
Police have launched a program designed to steer “at risk” youths within the Redfern Local Area Command away from a potential life of crime reports police media on 19 July 2009. Read More…
Life of a non-conformist priest
Jonathan Hill reviews Edmund Campion: Ted Kennedy, Priest of Redfern in Eureka Street on July 17, 2009. (David Lovell Publishing, Melbourne, 2009. ISBN: 9781863551298 ) Read More…