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SYDNEY Liberal councillor Shayne Mallard has positioned himself as the mainstream alternative to a trio of “big-spending left-wing politicians” vying for the Lord Mayoralty reports Menios Constantinou in Central of 30th July 2008. Read More…

A Hillsong self-esteem program which encourages girls as young as 10 to wear make-up and aspire to professions including waitressing and hairdressing is being taught in Redfern-Waterloo schools, alarming teachers, parents and health workers reports Robert Burton-Bradley in the Central of 30 July 200 Read More…

THE grandiose vision of the Rabbitohs NRL part-owner Peter Holmes a Court to have a poker machine-free South Sydney leagues club is expected to be scuppered at a vote of the membership on August 17 reports Andrew Clennell State Political Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008. Read More…

In a city bursting at the seams, everyone has designs on this Redfern icon, writes Sunanda Creagh in the Sydney Morning Herald of August 2, 2008. Read More…

I’m walking the dog. It’s evening rush hour, near Redfern station. A young couple wobbles by like escapees from a three-legged race, giggling because she has new, less-than-sensible shoes and at day’s end can barely walk. “Take them off,” I suggest. He glares, wondering perhaps which “them” I mean. Read More…

THE Planning Minister, Frank Sartor, has appointed one of his former chiefs-of-staff as the new boss of the government agency in charge of billions of dollars worth of land on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour reports Jano Gibson Urban Affairs Reporter in the Sydney morning Herald of July 28, 2008. Read More…