Can Kevin help Sydney’s homeless?
Jake Hawkes, 31, was once a chef. He is now one of hundreds of Sydneysiders who wait on the public housing list for a place to live reports Carissa Simons in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…
Erskineville “not a village in need of a supermarket”
The Lord Mayor Clover Moore and five City of Sydney Councillors met with Erskineville residents on Saturday March 15 to discuss the development proposal of a Woolworths supermarket at the north-western fringe of the village reports Benjamin Tedeschi in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…
Locals star in Erskineville Stories
Saturday March 8. When Carl Schwartz opened the night’s program, on behalf of Erskineville Stories director Annie Kennedy and her team, he probably didn’t expect to see about 3000 people sitting in front of him on the grass of Erskineville Park waiting in happy anticipation! They were all ages – so Read More…
Rosebery residents take action
Rosebery would have been considered a sleepy little suburb, once upon a time. But lately its residents have been appropriately puffing their feathers and making a lot of noise about the proposed development of a massive Hillsong Church entertainment centre and bible college reports Nicholas McCallu Read More…
Historic Rachel Forster Hospital
I read with interest the story about the Rachel Forster site (SSH February ’08) Writes Neil Whitfield in a letter to the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…
“Dry” alcohol support service
In a letter to the editor Don Stewart from the RWA clarifies that the RWA supports a “dry” alcohol centre for Redfern Waterloo. Read More…
Sydney University plans to expand
The University of Sydney may well be the best and biggest in town, although it should be known that it has plans to grow even bigger. With its current landmass large enough to be deemed its own suburb, Sydney Uni has, for some time, been vying for the area currently occupied by the tiny and unsung Read More…
Darlington and Florence!
“500 houses were knocked down before people realised what was happening,” says Flo. When residents became aware of what was going on – that the University was buying up and taking over – a community meeting was called. “This street was saved,” she says reports Katherine Keefe in the South Sydney Her Read More…
Greens candidate: Irene Doutney
Council elections will be held in September and the Greens are first to preselect candidates (Labor will announce candidates following its State Conference in early May). Chris Harris is the Greens Lord Mayoral candidate, with Irene Doutney number two on the ticket reports Andrew Collis in the South Read More…
Writing on the wall for Housing Minister
It was late last year. On learning that Matt Brown, Minister for Housing, was to tour Waterloo with members of the Redfern Waterloo Chamber of Commerce, the SSH approached the Minister’s department for information reports Trevor Davies in the South Sydney Herald of April 2008. Read More…