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Win or lose in the Land and Environment Court, Darlinghurst resident Matthew Drake-Brockman may have already won – on behalf of the public – against global beverages firm Foster’s Group and the State Minister for Planning Frank Sartor writes Samantha Van in the South Sydney Herald of August 2007. Read More…

Three local clergy, Rev. Graham Long from the renowned Wayside Chapel in Kings Cross, Rev. Dorothy McRae-McMahon and Rev. Andrew Collis from the South Sydney Uniting Church, will be attending APEC protests in September in order to monitor police activity in response to the powers bestowed on the for Read More…

The media is hugely powerful in its influence on society and therefore carries a grave responsibility. The way we exercise this power has the capacity to build or dismantle human community and now, possibly even the planet itself writes Dorothy McRae-McMahon in a paper given at the Customs House Cit Read More…

Sydney City Councillor Phillip Black has told a Council meeting that there needs to be a clear but comprehensive brochure explaining how the Development Application (DA) process works for residents writes Bill Birtles in the South Sydney Herald of August 2007. Read More…

Parents with children at the Lois Barker Childcare Centre on Wellington Street in Waterloo are determined to improve road safety in the vicinity of the Centre before a tragedy occurs. They met with City of Sydney Councillor, Tony Pooley, on Thursday 19 July, to discuss their concerns writes Susannah Read More…

The Australian Sports Commission’s Active (AASC) after-school program has become a large part of the Alexandria Park Community School’s after-school culture. The AASC program is a great opportunity for all primary-aged students to be physically active and to develop positive attitudes to healthy li Read More…

Imagine being in prison for six months. In that time you’ve managed to get clean and you’re looking forward to turning a new leaf on the outside. Then, a day before you’re released, a fellow inmate asks you, “Looking forward to getting a hit tomorrow?” and suddenly you’re delivered a shock to the sy Read More…

“We have to ask why Australia has failed, why Australian governments have failed to deal with the racism that Aboriginal people continue to experience, why some governments have even sought to exploit racist tendencies in Australian society for political gain.” Dr Naomi Mayers OAM is the Chief Execu Read More…

The City of South Sydney and the City of Sydney were merged back in 2004. Initially there were no wards and it seems all the candidates in the election committed themselves to introducing wards in the newly merged Council area. Last month members of the Lord Mayor’s team seemed to have changed their Read More…

The Greens have again nominated Jenny Leong to contest the safe Labor Party seat of Sydney in this year’s Federal election. The former President of the Sydney University Postgraduate Representative Association will be vying for the seat against the ALP’s incumbent Tanya Plibersek, the same competito Read More…