Ross Smith as your
Precinct Representative on your behalf has:
- Held six Precinct
meetings per year since 2002 — requirement is for five per year - Established a
strong working relationship with Redfern Police Commander - Established
a strong working relationship with both Housing NSW and Lands and Housing
Corporation at hierarchy level
- Established a
strong working relationship with the City of Sydney Council
- Supported
individual tenants to have maintenance work done in their flats - Supported individual tenants to have anti-social
behaviour that they were experiencing ended - Supported
individual tenants at the Tenancy Tribunal over the years - Lobbied
for the phone wiring throughout the Precinct to be upgraded — fibre optic
cables now being installed - Lobbied for new
rubbish bin bays — now installed - Lobbied
for the Alcohol Free Zones and Alcohol Prohibited Areas to be declared in
the Precinct — they are now in place and police are starting to enforce
them - Lobbied for the
Health Department to provide a used needles pick up service - Lobbied
for the roofs and gutters to be fixed — FaCS retained the Department of
Public Works to replace roofs and gutters throughout the Precinct - Lobbied
for regular Safety Audits of the buildings and surrounds since 2002 — 4
have been completed and safety improved as a result of work done - Lobbied
for the Security Guard service to be extended to cover the precinct and
not just the high-rises — Roving Patrols now cover the Precinct - Lobbied
for the head maintenance contractor to meet the tenants and inspect/fix
problems that same day — first session held in Precinct and then extended
to other precincts - Lobbied
for the Mould Project to treat mould and associated damage inside flats —
Mould Project delivered in Waterloo — first in State - Lobbied
the Council for an extra street light in Cooper Street and Housing
NSW/FaCS to prune trees to improve safety — both delivered - Given
Evidence at the Parliamentary Inquiry into Public Housing Maintenance
Contracts seeking better maintenance of public housing at request of the
Inquiry Chair - Made
submissions to both NSW Parliamentary Social Housing and Public Housing
Maintenance Contract Inquiries seeking better outcomes for the tenants - Caused
the Minister for the Waterloo Estate redevelopment to give a guarantee on
national TV that all tenants have a right of return to Waterloo
Your vote for Ross Smith will enable him to keep
working on your behalf to help you have a better lifestyle