VOLUME ONE NUMBER FIFTY-SIX NOVEMBER’07 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND AUSTRALIA ErskinEvIllE Kristin VOTES PuBlIc ScHool Hersh FEDERAL ELECTION ’07 celebrating its history PAGE 13 Her performance ✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫✫ The Information at the Basement You Need To Know. The Review Election Special on PAGE 10 pages 4 & 5. Bye bye Barons, a Kings Cross icon Healthy thinking, healthy living at Northcott Andrew Collis The Surry Hills Public Tenants Association co-ordinated a celebration for Mental Health Week 2007 with a Mental Health Day which included a community lunch, Tai Chi and art activities – all of which contribute to building relationships – the theme of this year’s Mental Health Week in NSW (“Relationships in community”). The inaugural celebration was held on October 11 at the Northcott Community Centre. Those gathered included tenants, representatives of the Department of Housing, St Vincent’s Mental Health Service, the Surry Hills Neighbourhood Centre and Centacare, Surry Hills Police and various NGOs. The event, officially opened by City of Sydney Councillors Robyn Kemmis and Marcelle Hoff, was an occasion to reflect on some of the serious issues associated Annette Nevin ponders life after Café Pralinka Photo: Ali Blogg with mental health. One in five people has a mental illness – 20% of the population – so most of us Simon Nichols a smoking area balcony which should into our community and tell us what down architecture of the original are affected in some way, either work in the bar’s favour. Previously, to do? The owners bought the building proposal. They appealed our decision personally or as friends or family. Iconic Kings Cross bar Barons will patrons had to go one level down onto in 2005 and they had a Development to the Land and Environment Court “Events like this are important,” said close its doors for about 12 months the street to smoke. Application lodged with the council and the Council lost on appeal from one participant, “because mental while the building is demolished “The landlords have had a big battle by December of that year. I have been the applicant.” well-being is important for everyone”. and redeveloped. Despite the on their hands,” says Cherote. “The here for five years. People come in It has been a fight that Andrew Relevant literature prepared by complaints of many local residents, community didn’t want it knocked here because they like the building Woodhouse, president of the Potts NSW Health encourages individuals, the licensee Michael Cherote down and there was a petition with and then they stay because they love Point & Kings Cross Heritage Society, families and communities to remains optimistic. 5000 signatures against it but I the food.” has been involved in all the way. “It maximise health potential, to understand where they are coming Councillor John McInerney says that was a betrayal of public trust,” says “I am hoping that this will work in from. It’s just business. I signed a the Council is not entirely happy with Woodhouse. “The City of Sydney enhance coping capacities and to our favour,” says Cherote. “I lodged nine-year lease and I got four and a the decision either. “The building itself knew that the issue wouldn’t stand increase mental health literacy. plans with the council two weeks ago. half years out of it but that’s ok. I knew had a number of different problems up in the Land and Environment Participants availed themselves I want to offer something different to what I was doing when I signed it. It’s with it so we agreed with the proposal Court. I lobbied, got extensive media of information on display at various the Cross. I have applied for a live- been a great business and I’ve had a to redevelop it but we rejected the new coverage, left no stone unturned,” stalls, viewed ceramic artworks theatre license so I can stay open from good time and I have no regrets.” design they submitted. We wanted to laments Woodhouse. “But once the created by tenants (with the help of 6pm until 6am. Also, we want to serve Café Pralinka is also in the building have a building that would fit in with courts have given you approval, what tutors from the Pine Street Creative small meals and have stage set up for and the owner Annette Nevin is not as the character, the cultural tradition can you do?” Arts Centre), and contributed to live entertainment.” accepting of the situation. “How many and the look of the rest of the street. The bulldozers start demolition on the making of a large hand-painted The renovations will also allow for times do we have to have people come We did not like the straight up and November 5. continued on page 2 2 The South Sydney Herald – November 2007 PuBlISHEr South Sydney Uniting Church Raglan Street, Waterloo News Telephone 0400 008 338 Phone/fax 02 9698 8949 The views expressed in this newspaper are those of the author and the article and are not necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. ADvErTISING Aged care in Green Square [email protected] 0400 139 710 Ellice Mol close to transport and other services is MAIlING ADDrESS: a really important part of supporting PO Box 2360 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Anglican Retirement Villages people as they grow older.” has had its proposal approved for Paul Andersen from Landcom says lETTErS a retirement village in the heart the only concerns are transport and Please send letters and emails to: The South Sydney Herald. of South Sydney. The State-owned general affordability, but so far the Email: [email protected] corporation and development arm proposed development has met with Supply sender name and suburb. of the NSW Government, Landcom, little opposition. Ms Keneally says Size: 150 words or less. We may edit for legal or other reasons. and the City of Sydney have recently the location at Green Square means completed the master planning it is close to amenties. “There are process for Green Square. Project several bus routes that run past, as Director of Landcom, Paul Andersen, well as the Green Square Station up says there has been considerable the road, and it’s part of the arterial EDITorIAl COMMITTEE consultation over the years regard- road network.” ing the plan for the town centre. The vertical village is a develop- ment strictly targeted at older people. Anglican Retirement Villages is the Ms Keneally says services such as developer putting forward the plan for in-house support, or medical care a vertical retirement village at Green are available to “support people to Square – the first of its kind, providing age in a community in which they accommodation for people over 65. “It are living”. is close to the city, close to transport, The proposed village has been health care and other amenities,” designed keeping in mind the specific says Kristina Keneally, Minister for needs of seniors. “Lifts of course are Managing Editor Kristina Keneally and Frank Sartor with consult with seniors Photo: Labor Party Andrew Collis Ageing and Disability Services. The essential to any vertical apartment,” vertical village would help cater for says Ms Keneally. “There are other the ageing population. Ms Keneally features of the apartment that might that are designed in such a way that walking frame or a wheelchair.” says the number of people over 65 is not be immediately recognisable they can be wheelchair accessible, The project will be part of the set to double in NSW over the next 25 that would certainly be in place to light switches, and a whole range of Green Square town centre set to years. “Housing that suits the needs of support people as they age – so, wider features which are in fact easily adapt- be developed on Botany Road in an ageing population in a town centre doorways, bathrooms and kitchens able to someone should they require a July 2008. co-EDITor Dorothy McRae-McMahon co-EDITor Trevor Davies PHoToGrAPHY Ali Blogg ADvErTISING & CONTENT Ben Falkenmire ASSISTANT-EDITor Jessica Moore Cst Krystle Thompson, Douglas Holmes, Kate Melhopt, Brian King & Steve Suttie, Catherine Carr, Cst Amy Threlfall; Charmaine Jones & Sandy Henderson, Jeanette Cudmore Photo: Ali Blogg SENIor DESIGNEr Robert Young Healthy thinking, healthy living at Northcott PrINTEr MPD continued from page 1 46-62 Maddox St, Alexandria 2015 banner. Eclectic choristers the Mr Holmes introduced a panel of to those in need. activities at Northcott, to debate rEGulAr CONTrIBuTorS Swish Dudes contributed classical, mental health consumers as well Just last year Northcott was priorities with regard to the Reem Al-Gharabally Ellice Mol barbershop and close-harmony as community and government awarded Safe Community Development Plan and to propose Jessica Amos Susannah Palk jazz tunes to afternoon tea. representatives including the Accreditation by the World their own ideas for new programs. Caity Burridge John Stapleton Anna Christie Claire Thompson The serious part of the day was Domestic Violence Liaison Health Organisation, and as part Suggestions were collated with the Candice Chung Samantha Van a formal discussion chaired by Officer and Crime Prevention of this accreditation developed aim to pilot new projects in 2008. Ben Falkenmire Ben Walker Douglas Holmes from St Vincent’s. Officer from Surry Hills Police. the Northcott Estate Community norrie mAy-welby Peter Whitehead Nicholas McCallum Scott Winter “We’re not here to talk about Each panellist shared experiences Development Plan. All present for For further information contact eliminating stress,” he said at the around mental health issues, and the discussion were then invited to the Northcott Community Centre “We gratefully acknowledge the many volunteer contributors and distributors outset, “but learning to stress less”.