School opens separate campus for Aborigines
A PRIVATE school will open a campus exclusively for Aboriginal children on its main campus when the new term starts next week reports Hannah Edwards in the Sun Herald of April 15, 2007. Read More…
Design to raise living standards
Sydney University architects Paul Pholeros and Col James have developed a prototype home clinic and wash room for the Indigenous Australian community. Currently on display at the Sydney Home Ideas Centre in Alexandria, their design will be incorporated into 62 proposed new dwellings at The Block in Read More…
New face of Iemma ministry
The Premier, Morris Iemma, revealed the “fresh young new faces” on his new front bench last week, which included Heffron MP Kristina Keneally who has been elevated to a ministerial position reports Cara Davis in the Southern Courier of 4th April 2007. Read More…
Keating’s high point for Aborigines
PAUL Keating’s address at Redfern Park in 1992 was a great speech because it was about leadership, principle and courage. In the history of Aboriginal peoples’ relationship with the non-Aboriginal political and legal institutions of this nation, no prime minister had said what he said argues Patrick Read More…
It’s no syrah to Abbott on drop for Block rock
WHEN the organisers of a music festival at the Block in Redfern asked the Health Minister, Tony Abbott, for his support, they were hoping for a donation, some resources, perhaps even an appearance by the man himself reports Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 6, 2007. Read More…
Stumbling Block for school plan
A plan by St Andrew’s Cathedral School to set up a campus for indigenous children in Redfern has exposed divisions in the community, writes Joel Gibson in the Sydney Morning Herald of April 6, 2007. Read More…
Tutorial centre opens in Alexandria
Tyrell Enriquez, 12, is a shy, yet articulate young boy. You wouldn’t guess that two years ago he was two and a half years behind his class mates in reading and comprehension skills. But, after attending the 20-week literacy program at the Exodus Tutorial Centre at Ashfield, he was six months ahead Read More…
A different sort of army! – Brendan Nelson refects on new tutorial centre
Dr. Brendan Nelson, the Federal Minister for Defence, spoke at length at the opening of the Exodus Tutorial Centre in the South Sydney Uniting Church Hall in Alexandria. He first connected with this work in Ashfield when he was Minister for Education and gave a significant grant to the Centre. The f Read More…
Ever try to pour a schooner into a midi?
The Daily Telegraph reported last month that “planning Minister Frank Sartor is being sued over his approval of the controversial redevelopment of the Carlton United Brewery site. Mr Sartor and the CUB parent company, Fosters, are named in a law suit lodged by concerned local Matthew Drake-Brockman. Read More…
Inner city building industry blues
The Construction industry has always been tough. Many working men and women have died on construction sites and have suffered serious injuries. Since the introduction of ‘Work Choices’ things seem to have got worse for the workers in the industry. There are some rogue employers who feel that they ca Read More…