Indigenous veterans to commemorate Anzac legacy
The contribution of Indigenous people to the Anzac legacy will be recognised with a service in Sydneys’ Redfern Park this afternoon reported ABC news on 25 April 2009.
Aboriginal Diggers Fought but Couldn’t Vote
Minister for Community Services Linda Burney asked NSW residents to remember the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Diggers on Anzac Day. Ms Burney will be representing Premier Nathan Rees at the 2009 Redfern Anzac Day Commemoration. She said all members of the community were welc Read More…
Broadway development on track – conditionally
Frasers Property, developer of the old Kent Brewery site on Broadway, has rejected reports in The Sydney Morning Herald that the project has been “put on hold” and says it will continue to meet contractual obligations, including the staged payment of $32 million to the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RW Read More…
Roy Wakelin-King – Biography
Roy Wakelin-King was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern Waterloo Authority on 16 February 2009. Below is some background information on Roy Wakelin-King provided by the RWA. Read More…
Young People Urged to Raise their Voices
Nominations Now Open For Youth Advisory Committee. The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (NCIE) has launched a call for nominations for the NCIE Youth Advisory Committee (YAC). Seven positions are available to young people in Sydney aged between 12-18 who demonstrate passion and enthusiasm on Read More…
Babana ANZAC Newsletter – April 2009
This is the April 2009 Babana Newsletter which has a focus on the Aboriginal ANZACs and Coloured Diggers. File is 1 MB PDF Download: 2009 April.pdf »
Youth Advisory Committee Guidelines
These are the Guidelinbes produced in April 2009 for the Youth Advisory Committee to the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence (formally NIDC). File is PDF 280Kb. Download: Youth Advisory Committee – Guidelines.pdf »
RWA meets with Frasers Property to discuss Voluntary Planning Agreement
The new Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA), Mr Roy Wakelin-King met yesterday with key executives from Frasers Property, the owners of the former Carlton United Brewery (CUB) site, to discuss the Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) that has been made with the RWA reports Read More…
Planning Minister promises to fix problems of Redfern Waterloo
Member for Heffron and Planning Minister Kristina Keneally has made bold claims about her intention to tackle the serious social issues confronting public housing communities in Redfern and Waterloo reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 22 April 2009. Read More…
Head to Head
Member for Heffron Kristina Keneally (above right) has come out swinging against her Labor Party colleague, City of Sydney councillor Meredith Burgmann (above left) over her position on alcohol-free zones reports Central on 22 April 2009. Read More…