Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
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…
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..
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…
SOUTH SYDNEY residents are preparing for another period of uncertainty after Hillsong leader Brian Houston said the Christian group was “going to put all [its] efforts” into expanding its activities into Rosebery reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18th February 2009. Read More…
THE team behind the SBS series The First Australians has set to work on a new documentary about the indigenous history of Redfern writes Robert Burton-Bradley in Central of 18 February 2009. Read More…
When westbound cyclists reach the intersection of Wilson Street at Erskineville Road, Newtown, they face a Catch-22: The traffic lights are designed for the previous car-only use and there are no lights allowing bikes to exit Wilson street by Michael Gormley in City News of 4 February 2009. Read More…
Have you had your car stolen in Pyrmont or been the victim of robbery somewhere around Central Station? Figures contained in the City Council’s Draft Glebe Community Safety Plan show that certain parts of the inner city are more prone to specific types of crime than others reports Michael Gormley in Read More…
Redfern and Waterloo are becoming safer according to an evaluation of the area’s first Safety Plan recently released by the City of Sydney reports Emma Rugg in City News of 18 February 2009. Read More…
City Council has started offering free tai chi classes at parks in several suburbs, eliciting mixed responses from local businesses. The classes, provided by not-for-profit organisation SHARE, aim to provide a cheap exercise option for senior city residents. They began in late January, taking place Read More…
Concerned by spiralling numbers of students at The University of Notre Dame (UND) in Chippendale, residents have used Freedom of Information (FOI) processes to access the university’s long-term development plans reports Emma Rugg in the City News of 19 February 2009. Read More…