The National Indigenous Development Centre,
to be located at the former Redfern
Public School site, will
be three storeys high and include a 25-metre swimming pool, gymnasium, child
care centre and football field and will cost around $30.6 million to build.
The Minister attached a number of
conditions including the need to appoint “an experienced conservation
architect”, archaeologists and limit heritage disruption.
Mr Sartor said via press release:
“This centre has the potential to deliver significant benefits to the
Redfern-Waterloo community.”
NIDC will house national and local
Indigenous sport bodies. The Exodus Foundation will run literary and numeracy
training for students aged 10 to 14.
The Department of Planning is yet to post
the details of the approval on their website raising transparency concerns
among some community members.
In particular the Minister has not
disclosed whether the ILC, a federal body investing a total of $45 million in
the area, will be exempt from the Redfern Waterloo Authority’s development and
affordable housing levies.
Source: South Sydney
Herald November 2007 www.southsydneyherald.com.au