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BE IN Keating’s Redfern Speech Sharon Van Etten TO WIN 20th anniversary – pages 10 & 13 revieW – pages 11-14 A CD! NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND TEN DECEMBER ’12 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE EVELEIGH GLEBE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND Negotiating community libby hogan MARRICKVILLE: THE committee at Addison Road Community Centre (ARCC) has had some resolution to their concerns after the Supreme Court, on November 7, ordered Terry Cutcliffe to give possession of Westside Gallery forthwith to the Community Centre. In the hands of the committee replacing Mr Cutcliffe, new artists in the community have had the opportunity to exhibit in the ARCC Gallery. Local artist Nicola Barakat said: “Previously I noticed that exhibitions weren’t changing regularly. As an artist I feel like the space has become more accessible.” Plans are being made to approach school and university groups, as well as community artists, and to include more areas, such as out west, said Rosanna Barbara, co-ordinator of ARCC. However, some in the community were upset that Mr Cutcliffe had to leave the gallery and that Aerialize, who rented out the Great Hall Monday to Saturday, did not have its lease renewed. Anthony and Chrissie Foster, ASCA Ambassadors, on either side of Dr Pam Stavropoulos, Consultant in Clinical Research, ASCA Photo: Dan Kezelman The committee consulted Aerialize to cut down its total hours to allow for other groups to use the Great Hall, however this did not agree with Aerialize’s structure. Blue Knot Day – new hope for healing Previous president, Don Mamouney said: “I believe Aerialize was unfairly Cathy Kezelman of adults who have experienced all for its corporate supporters. Julie for a Royal Commission for months and evicted … Now the basis of canceling sorts of trauma in childhood, including McCrossin kindly offered her services it gives an opportunity for survivors to their lease was greater community use for ON MONDAY October 29, Blue Knot abuse, neglect, family and community as MC. The night was poignant and come forward and be heard, for systems the great hall. That was the reason, but Day, the Hon. Mark Butler MP, violence and other adverse childhood very human, as well as funny at times to be explored so that children in future they leased it to a bingo operation in the Federal Minister for Mental Health, events. We all know someone who too. We heard from Anthony and will be kept safe and protected in a prime times of the week. Now I felt that launched ASCA’s Practice Guidelines has been affected – a family member, Chrissie Foster, ASCA Ambassadors, range of organisations and services. gambling was the wrong activity to have for Treatment of Complex Trauma and a friend, a work colleague or even whose family has suffered the tragedy It is time to see recommendations in the centre.” LearningLinks, a charity Trauma Informed Care and Service ourselves. of loss from clergy abuse, as well as for justice and accountability both group providing services for children with Delivery. These Guidelines were highly On Blue Knot Day communities Rose Parker, another ambassador who of perpetrators and those who are learning difficulties, ran Charity Housie, a acclaimed, even prior to their release, around Australia come together to as a singer-songwriter embraces her complicit in covering up their crimes. game similar to bingo, under an approved both nationally and internationally. stand alongside one another with love of music as a tool for her recovery It is also an opportunity for apologies, permit as one of its fundraisers to raise They offer hope and optimism for acceptance and understanding. This and her career as an occupational redress, compensation and ongoing money for their programs. pathways to recovery for the 4-5 Blue Knot Day a number of religious therapist as a tool for recovery of informed therapeutic support for The anonymous damages to the Great million Australian adult survivors of communities held services, other others. And the Guidelines were survivors so they can reclaim their lives Hall reported in the SSH in October may unresolved trauma. groups of people got together for showcased as well. and rejoin their communities. S have disrupted the running of Housie but morning tea or lunch, wearing blue It is timely that the National Royal the committee rectified the problems within Blue Knot Day was established by knots or blue knot friendship bands, Commission into child sexual assault Dr Cathy Kezelman is President of ASCA 24 hours. A campaign was also formed Adults Surviving Child Abuse as a day the symbol of Blue Knot Day. has been announced, a fortnight after T 02 8920 3611 M 0425 812 197 against Housie, including petitions to stop on which Australians unite in support ASCA also held a fundraising dinner Blue Knot Day. ASCA has been calling Support Line 1300 657 380 the running of Housie. Continued on page 2 Every year Cana Communities hosts a Christmas Party in Redfern Park. Over the Christmas and New Year period Cana serves more than a thousand meals. To help provide for these meals Cana is selling 1kg Christmas cakes at $23 each. The cakes are individually wrapped and make great gifts. To order please contact Barrie on 9698 1082. Thanks for your support. www.cana.org.au 2 NEWS December 2012 PUBLISHER South Sydney Uniting Church Raglan Street, Waterloo Phone/fax 02 9319 1373 The views expressed in this newspaper are those of the author and the article and are not Recipes for change necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. Sandra beeSton The “punch” can come from peak oil straight, we do not care if our potatoes to feed livestock. David McWilliam’s NEWS (“We’re at the end of cheap oil”), water sit perfectly round on the supermarket Punk Economics video explained that [email protected] Phone Lyn 0400 008 338 How DO we produce more food? How scarcity, or the financial markets where shelves, because our farmers are to produce a kilo of meat, it takes 10kg of do we consume less food? With an ever- hedgefunds speculate on commodities struggling!” fertiliser, 30 litres of oil, creates 4 tonnes ADVERTISING growing world population (estimated to and drive the price of basic food up, Justin Hemmes, Merivale food of greenhouse gas, 15,000-70,000 litres [email protected] Phone/fax 02 9319 1373 reach 10 billion people by 2050), these making it difficult for billions of people and drink empire CEO, added that of water “in a world where by 2050, one are the questions we will be facing, to afford food. educating people was very important third of the population will face water MAILING ADDRESS: as overconsumption, obesity and food McWilliams said that making a change and that everyone should try to grow shortage”. PO Box 3288 Redfern NSW 2016 waste become problematic in Western demands enormous political courage, their own food, in communal gardens, McWilliams ended the debate with an nations while whole populations in and that major countries, food suppliers on rooftops and balconies. He tries to example to illustrate the danger that a LETTERS less-developed countries struggle and food importers will need to come encourage his chefs to use seasonal society risks by giving in to immediate Please send letters and emails to: The South Sydney Herald. with famine. David McWilliams, an together to come up with a plan for the ingredients for his restaurants, and buy gratification: Easter Islanders, who Email: [email protected] economist from Ireland, offered ideas next 20 years. He also highlighted the whenever possible from local producers, wanted to create bigger and bigger Supply sender name and suburb. toward solving these problems at a importance of educating consumers and instead of frozen and imported products. statues, ended up cutting down all the Size: 150 words or less. We may edit for legal or other reasons. “City Talks” event at the City Recital said that thanks to public information Sally Hill from the Youth Food trees on the island in order to roll the Hall in early November. campaigns, mentalities can be changed Movement mentioned that food rocks into position and carve them out, (as demonstrated for seatbelts, smoking insecurity can also be felt in Australia, and destroyed all their natural resources FOUNDING EDITOR McWilliams doesn’t like using the and sun protection). with a rapidly ageing population of in the process and ended up eating Trevor Davies (25/5/1956—14/6/2011) jargon of economists (“self-indulgent”), A debate saw panelists discuss farmers and no one to take over, as themselves: “The society destroyed and to make sure his ideas are the issues according to their own well as the land being threatened by itself by wanton resource vandalism,” understood, introduced what he calls experiences. Among them was Ronnie development. She also believes the McWilliams said. “Punk Economics”, a way of looking at Kahn whose food rescue organisation solution lies in growing food locally. As Sydney International Food Festival economics differently, and explaining OzHarvest recently rescued 10 tonnes On the panel was also artist and director Joanna Saville put it when she economics simply with videos and of oranges from a struggling farmer in restaurateur Joost Bakker who was opened the evening, quoting Slow Food humorous drawings. the Hunter who could not afford picking responsible for sustainable pop-up movement founder Carlo Petrini: “‘We Despite the UN maintaining it has a them up for the price that the market restaurant Greenhouse last year. as consumers are co-producers of food. Managing Editor FEATURES EDITOR plan, McWilliams said there are reasons was willing to pay him.