Blaming Redfern
Repeated references to Redfern in crime reports are encouraging perceptions about the level of crime in the suburb reports Brendon Wong in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009. Read More…
Kristina Keneally on North Eveleigh.
The following comments from Member for Heffron and Minister for Redfern Waterloo Kristina Keneally appeared in her advertisement in the South Sydney Herald of March 2009. Read More…
Darlington dudded, again
A large part of the formerly gracious Victorian suburb of Darlington was first dudded in the post WWII expansion of Sydney University. A large part of it was razed – the town hall was demolished, the public school marooned on the campus, and only recently nicely landscaped writes Bruce Lay in this O Read More…
What next for North Eveleigh?
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority’s concept plan for the redevelopment of the presently deserted rail-yards at North Eveleigh has been given the tick of approval by the State Planning Minister Kristina Keneally. On January 30 Ms Keneally signed off on the plan with the hope that the 10.7-hectare site w Read More…
Waterloo Community Engagement Proposal March 2009
During 2008 Waterloo Neighbourhood Advisory Board carried out a series of consultations to develop a proposal for future ‘community engagement’ strategies and on how to increase resident involvement in local decision making processes. This information sheet summarises the proposal to be implemented and to be piloted over the course of 2009. (92 KB MSWord). Download:… Read More…
CCCG News Update – 1 March 2009
This is the 1 March 2009 News Update from the Coalition Chippendale Community Groups. This Issue is in PDF format as it includes pictures from DAs. In adition to an editorial it icludes updates on : 1. Former CUB Site (Frasers Broadway) 2. Notre Dame University misleads local community over future plans – another DA… Read More…
Unis learn some hard lessons about their money
The state’s top universities are fighting to hold the line against course and research cuts after losing hundreds of millions of dollars in investments exposed to falling financial markets reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning Herald of 24 February 2009. Read More…
Local Representation for All
Despite the Government’s claim that the 2004 amalgamation of the City and South Sydney Councils was to improve the efficiency and quality of services, it has not addressed the duplication by the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) and the Redfern Waterloo Authority (RWA) says Clover Moore’s eN Read More…
Broadway’s blockbuster : Carlton United site green light
Final approval has been given for the Broadway Carlton United Breweries site project, five years after it was first slated for redevelopment reports Robert Burton Bradley in Central of 25 February 2008..
Black Stars in a First for the Block
REDFERN is preparing for a brawl this week when the Indigenous Boxing Academy hosts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander boxers including former Rabbitoh Joe Williams reports Angus Street in the central of 11 February 2009. Read More…