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NAIDOC Week 2013 Singing on the train See pages 2, 4 & 10 ReVIeW – pages 11-14 NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN JULY ’13 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE EVELEIGH GLEBE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND A broken bin in John Street, Waterloo Photo: Supplied Rats in the rubbish Sarah Mulholland RESIDENTS OF public housing estates in Redfern and Waterloo claim that inadequate waste management has led to feral animals in their garbage. Many Housing NSW estate tenants are reportedly suffering due to poor standards of cleanliness with respect to waste disposal areas and an ineffective garbage collection system. Bearing witness to compassion and inclusion Photo: Andrew Collis Mike Shreenan, executive officer of The Factory Community Centre in Waterloo, said: “Residents have reported cases of pests causing structural damage Refugee supporters walk the walk to their homes, and our own pre-school has electronic equipment, including our libby hogan campaign and show compassion and according to the annual report on global help to find a job and somewhere dishwasher, which has been damaged inclusion.” trends by the United Nations High to stay. We support them until they by the rats. If rubbish is left out in the ThE PUBLIC’S view of refugees is By changing the tone of the Commission for Refugees. Australia are able to live independently,” said street it provides a ready food supply for greatly shaped by politicians and the conversation and informing people is 49th on the list of host countries for a representative from the Jesuit Refugee rats and the numbers are going to keep media who associate the term with fear on the plight and rights of refugees, Ms refugees in 2012 with 55 per cent of Service Australia. going up if waste management and pest and panic. As part of Refugee Week Druery believes we can change policy. refugees worldwide coming from five However, there is a lack of refugee control isn’t improved soon.” 2013, non-government organisation Iamaboatperson.com was one war-affected countries: Afghanistan, transition services as they are not Housing NSW intends to implement a Welcome to Australia coordinated organisation represented on the day Somalia, Iraq, Syria and Sudan. It’s government funded and depend on pest control program, but many involved Walk Together demonstrations that aims to strengthen the positive worth noting Australia’s involvement private donations. suggest funds would be more effective throughout the country on June 22 in conversations around asylum seekers in two of those wars. Sudanese refugee turned human if put towards plans for efficient waste support of refugees and human rights. and to correct the myth that “it is illegal The Jesuit Refugee Service, an rights lawyer, Deng Thaik Adut, told disposal and regular cleaning of the bins. to seek asylum”. Terms like “illegal” organisation that helps with the his story of seeking asylum. After a life Mr Shreenan said: “Authorities need to The Sydney event was held in and “queue jumpers” are false and transition process of settling in of war and famine in Sudan, Deng was ensure that more adequate waste disposal Parramatta. Marchers including union misleading. Australia, also took part in the walk. shot as a child soldier then treated in facilities are available and ensure high groups, religious and social justice Iamaboatperson member, Gemma “We work with those who tend to fall a UN camp where he met Australians standards of communal area cleaning communities gathered at Church Jamison said: “We are all boat people, through the cracks. Usually the people who helped him gain a visa. “Magic are maintained. Street near the Parramatta River. Ozi we all came by boat at one stage.” come by plane, not by boat – which happened, magic by something called “Housing NSW is about to commence Batla of hip-hop collective The Herd Through social media, including is the group they don’t usually talk people smuggling. You all well know, if an intense pest control program in the performed at the post-walk festival in YouTube videos, iamaboatperson aims about in the media. They have come Australians know something is wrong area, and is re-tendering new cleaning Parramatta Park. to spread the word and correctly define on some sort of visa already and they in another country you go there and contractors. The City of Sydney is also Welcome to Australia organiser, the terms of the refugee debate, and seek asylum when they get here. So lend a hand. Australia is a country in about to employ a waste liaison officer. Sheila Druery, said: “Walk Together place them historically to correct the they have managed to get enough my dreams without which I never would All of which are welcome moves, which aims to celebrate new Australians misconceptions often perpetuated by cash together to buy their ticket or get have become a lawyer. I’d ask politicians should go a long way in addressing the adding to our multicultural identity. We politicians and radio shock-jocks. their visa sorted but then arrive with to not stop that miracle.” S issues.” aim to raise awareness and call on the Australia hosted an estimated 50,000 $100 in their pocket and are destitute Ross Smith is Continued on page 2 politicians to end their fear mongering refugees and asylum seekers in 2012 within a couple of days. They need www.welcometoaustralia.org.au SUPPORT INDEPENDENT MEDIA – ADVERTISE WITH THE SSH The South Sydney Herald offers competitive print and online ad options to help your business connect and communicate more effectively. Wide distribution. New deals for 2013-14. Contact us now. Phone Louisa on 0431 488 890 or email [email protected] 2 NEWS July 2013 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 necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. NEWS [email protected] Phone Lyn 0400 008 338 ADVERTISING [email protected] Phone/fax 02 9319 1373 MAILING ADDRESS: PO Box 3288 Redfern NSW 2016 LETTERS Please send letters and emails to: The South Sydney Herald. Email: [email protected] Supply sender name and suburb. Size: 150 words or less. We may edit for legal or other reasons. FOUNDING EDITOR Trevor Davies (25/5/1956—14/6/2011) ALEXANDRIA: Wunanbiri Preschool children celebrate NAIDOC Week 2013. The preschool prides itself on inclusion, safety, creativity and respect for all. Indigenous cultures are honoured in song and dance, stories that teach understanding and care for the country. Here the children delight in the actions for Aunty Wendy’s song “The Wombat Wobble” Photo: Lyn Turnbull. For a list of NAIDOC Week events (July 7-14) please visit: http://www.naidoc.org.au. Front page artwork: Mural at Wunanbiri Preschool by Uncle Cecil. Managing Editor FEATURES EDITOR Andrew Collis Dorothy McRae-McMahon Road test for new braille street signs SSh essential for all. We have been working with Vision Australia and Guide Dogs ThE CITY of Sydney is road testing a NSW/ACT to do just that.” new network of street signs designed An important part of the plan is to NEWS EDITOR ONLINE EDITOR to make the streets easier and safer introduce a network of predictable Lyn Turnbull Esther Butcher for people with vision impairments. tactile signs, giving pedestrians Prototype tactile street signs with confidence they will be able to locate location information in braille and where they are throughout their journey raised lettering have been on display and arrive easily and safely at their at Alfred Place so people who rely on destination. During the trial, signs have them to get around can give the City been placed next to pedestrian crossing feedback about the user experience. buttons on traffic light poles. ASSISTANT EDITOR Advertising The City of Sydney was one of the Kate Williamson Louisa Dyce Trial testing of full-scale mock-up first cities to install signs for the vision signs will involve Vision Australia and impaired in the early 1990s, but these DISTRIBUTION Guide Dogs NSW/ACT. The rollout is signs have become unreadable because Ross Smith part of the Liveable Green Network the rubber tactile lettering and braille [email protected] program, a ten-year plan to encourage has since worn out. Other people Sarah Hirst, her dog Ally, Allan Pronger and Archie Photo: Supplied DESIGNER walking and cycling by making with speech or hearing impairments Robert Young Sydney’s streets pedestrian friendly and will also be able to use the signs. The www.theloop.com.au/rdfy give people living with disabilities equal new signs ensure they will not have about distances and maps of the area. easily access the city independently,” PRINTER access to city streets, buildings and to rely on passersby for help with Pedestrians are often discouraged by said Ms Moon. Spotpress PTY LTD facilities. “Ensuring everyone can easily directions, allowing them to retain inconsistent signs and confusion about According to Susan Thompson, 24-26 Lilian Fowler Place find their way around is an important their independence and dignity. distances between areas. Advocacy Advisor at Vision Australia, Marrickville, NSW 2204 part of creating a liveable global City,” Prototypes for the rollout of its wider Meanwhile, the number of people braille and tactile signs can make a www.spotpress.com said Lord Mayor Clover Moore. collection of new street signs were on considered blind or with impaired huge difference to a person’s ability to “A city for walking is a people-friendly trial at Alfred Place for a week. The vision is increasing as Australia’s baby navigate around the city.