Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
A new manual explaining the rights of political activists was launched by Labor Councillor Meredith Burgmann on Human Rights Day, December 10 reports Shaun Walsh in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009. Read More…
Trevor Davies in The Fast News in South Sydney Herald of February 2009 covers a number of Redfern Waterloo Stories. Read More…
Every day, Arne Hanna of Redfern, a muso by trade who’s been in a wheelchair for 21 years, negotiates the same route in order to head out into the community to enjoy a cup of coffee at his local café reports Wendy Collis in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009. Read More…
The recent events at Rosemeadow are another link in a long chain of negative outcomes for Housing NSW tenant communities across the state. The history goes back to the era of the Green Bans in inner Sydney of the 1970s when the tenants sought assistance to protect their communities and housing from Read More…
The RWA Christmas Market was well supported with many people turning out to take a look and buy in the lead up to Christmas. The RWA reported receiving much good feedback. Most people seemed to be walking to the site from around the area or from the station although local residents say that the area Read More…
Sydney is not a city that shies away from the art world. It hosts the Biennale and the Sydney Festival, two events that bring us some of the most accomplished and significant artists in the world. Both the City of Sydney and the State Government invest noteworthy funding through their policy and fun Read More…
SLOT is a window gallery located at one of Sydney’s busiest intersections – the corner of Regent Street and Henderson Road in Redfern. It has presented in excess of 50 art exhibitions since 2003, viewed from the street 24 hours a day. To celebrate its fifth anniversary, SLOT will re-create 11 of tho Read More…
What would a day held so special in a nation’s heart be without its lingo, colloquialisms and ironies? Well those attending “Yabun” (song with a beat) found more than you could poke a “boondi” at, much of which came from the mouths of gifted Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander MCs. Wire MC and Sis Read More…
The SSH organised a Survival/Australia Day harbour cruise in support of the Tribal Warrior Association. We’re happy to report plans for a similar event in 2010! reports Andrew Collis in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009. Read More…
The Rudd Government’s failure to adopt adequate greenhouse gas emission targets may prove devastating for Pacific Islanders, according to Aboriginal and Islander activist Patricia Corowa reports Laura Bannister in the South Sydney Herald of February 2009. Read More…