‘Keep this place open’: hundreds protest closure of Redfern’s National Centre of Indigenous Excellence

Calls grow to save the beating heart of the Aboriginal community in Redfern' following shock announcement

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Logan Aldridge got the news his job was being terminated in the middle of a class at the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence in the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern on Monday morning.

A day later, he was handing out sausage sandwiches and petitions to hundreds of supporters who flocked to the social enterprise centre to protest against the shock announcement that would close.