Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The City of Sydney has banned bill posters from the inner city. Offending organisations will now face fines of up to $1,500 per poster, and individuals charged $750 for putting up posters. Commercial, political and community organisations will be targeted, as Sydney City Council promises to follow t Read More…
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The traffic in front of Redfern Station flows roughly down the same trajectory. People stream out of the ticket gates, then take sharp left turns down Redfern Street in the direction of Sydney University, emphatically avoiding eye-contact with the stretch of dilapidated terraces between Eveleigh, Vi Read More…
Council will not increase its funding for the popular Village to Village shuttle bus next year, despite increased passenger numbers which have meant the free service is now stretched to the limit reports Alexandra Beech in City news of 22 November 2008. Read More…
Redfern-Waterloo Authority CEO Robert Domm has resigned from his role with the government appointed body almost a year earlier than anticipated reports Robert Burton-Bradley in Central on line on 1 December 2008. Read More…
A $1.3 million refurbishment of the South Sydney Youth Service centre was given the green light by Sydney Council last week reports Robert Burton Bradley in the Central of 3 December 2008. Read More…
The Chair of the Social Issues Committee, the Hon Ian West MLC, today tabled the Committee’s Final Report of its 18-month inquiry into overcoming Indigenous disadvantage in New South Wales reports this media release from the Hon Ian West MLC on 27 November 2008. Read More…
In its recent mini-budget, the NSW Government announced its plans to privatise the Australian Technology Park (ATP) – 13.9 hectares of industrial space within cooee of the city centre reports Benjamin Ball in the South Sydney Herald of December 2008. Read More…
THE Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore, has denied she acted inappropriately after apparently breaching the council’s code of conduct by participating in a decision to buy a property from her largest individual political donor reports Malcolm Knox in the Sydney Morning herald of 1 December 2008. Read More…
Iconic Sydney venue the Cauliflower Hotel is to celebrate its 170th birthday on December 1, with the hotel’s licence dating back to 1838 writes Annette Shailer on theshout.com.au. Read More…