Redfern to receive $27m upgrade
Parts of Redfern in inner Sydney will receive a chic upgrade as a part of a massive funding boost to modernise the area reports Jessica Horton on 2GB. Read More…
Australia, New Zealand honor war verterans
ANZAC DAY: Veteran David Williams (L) and Pastor Ray Minniecon (R) prepare to lead a parade honouring Aboriginal war veterans through the streets of Redfern on Anzac Day in Sydney, Australia April 25, 2007. Read More…
Indigenous Aussies honour unsung heroes
The pews were packed and it was standing room only in the aisles at a Sydney church service honouring Aboriginal diggers on Anzac Day reports AAP on April 25, 2007. Read More…
‘Unsung heroes’ honoured in Indigenous march
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander diggers have been honoured at an Anzac Day march through Redfern in inner Sydney reports the ABC News on 25 April 2007. Read More…
The Aboriginal Medical Service responds to RSL trouble-makers
The Aboriginal Medical Service Chief Executive Officer, Dr Naomi Mayers, expressed her absolute outrage at comments in the Sydney Morning Herald attributed to RSL head Bill Crews in a Media Statement in April 2007. Read More…
Student launches green legal bid to block CUB site
A SECOND law student is using the Land and Environment Court to target the State Government on global warming reports Catharine Munro Urban Affairs Editor of the Sydney Morning herald on April 25, 2007. Read More…
Bosses warn housing crisis will hit business
SYDNEY’S housing crisis will damage the economy if low-paid workers cannot afford to live in the inner suburbs, the city’s business leaders have warned reports Sunanda Creagh Urban Affairs Reporter on the Sydney Morning Herald of April 24, 2007. Read More…
Don’t drive to Bondi
BONDI’S civic leaders are fighting proposals to improve roads around the famous beach because they want to stop more motorists travelling from the inner city [Redfern] and west reports Sharri Markson in The Sunday Telegraph of April 22, 2007. Read More…
Up for national list: National Trust nominates rare forest, crane and railway workshops as state’s most endangered items
What does a 40,000 year old blue gum forest have in common with 19th century railway workshops and a 1940s cantilever crane that serviced Australia’s navy ships asks a National Trust (NSW) media release of 17th April 2007? Read More…
Eveleigh Railway Workshops ‘endangered’: National Trust
The National Trust says the Eveleigh Railway Workshops are among the State’s most endangered items reports Caro Meldrum for ABC News April 18, 2007. The Eveleigh Railway Workshops at Redfern have been nominated for the National 2007 Heritage at Risk List. Read More…