Minister
for Redfern-Waterloo Frank Sartor today announced the appointment of two new
Board members to the Redfern Waterloo Authority.
Mr
Sartor said Warren Mundine and Ann Weldon will be valuable additions to the
highlevel Board, chaired by Professor David Richmond.
“These
new appointments bring a wealth of experience to the Board of the Redfern Waterloo
Authority,” Mr Sartor said.
“Under
its guidance, the RWA is already making a positive difference in this area by streamlining
human services and attracting new business investment and jobs growth.
“Today’s
release of the final Built Environment Plan marks the completion of Stage One
of the NSW Government’s Redfern Waterloo Plan.
“The
RWA has facilitated almost $300 million in new investment in the area since it was
established last year.
“It
will directly invest more than $76 million in new infrastructure for the area –
including plans announced today to build a new community health centre and
pedestrian and cycle bridge.”
Warren
Mundine is the Chief Executive Officer of NSW Native Title Services, which is based
in Redfern, and Chair of NSW Labor’s
Indigenous Policy Committee.
Mr
Mundine is also a Board member of the National Aboriginal Islander Skills
Development
Association, National President of the ALP for 2006 and an Executive member of
the St. Joseph’s College Indigenous Fund.
Ann
Weldon has a long association with Redfern and the surrounding area and has chaired
the NSW Aboriginal Housing Board since 2000.
She
is the founding member of the Aboriginal Children’s Service and a previous
Board member of the Redfern Aboriginal Housing Company, the Redfern Aboriginal
Legal Service, the Redfern Murawina Child Care
Centre and the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, as well as a Redfern
School ASSPA committee member.
Mrs
Weldon was elected to the Sydney ATSIC Regional Council for more 10 years, including
a term as Chairperson, and was appointed to the inaugural Aboriginal Housing
Board in 1998 as an ATSIC nominee.