Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin Once a byword for social decay, Redfern is now hip, thanks to gentrification and redevelopment. But while that has attracted cool cafes and the upwardly mobile, the area’s many public housing residents are feeling increasingly downtrodden, as Stephanie Wood discovers in Sydney Magazine issue no 113 Read More…
THE Lift Redfern Campaign will finally get its moment in parliament tomorrow reports James Gorman in Central on 22 August 2012. Read More…
This is the flyer for the REDWatch City of Sydney Lord Mayoral Candidates Forum at the Factory on 16th August 2012. File is 100Kb PDF. View full size PDF | Download (100 KB)
This is the flyer for the REDWatch Heffron By-Election Candidates Forum for 2 Aug 2012. File is 72 Kb PDF. View full size PDF | Download (73 KB)
The NSW Government is creating a planning system for the 21st century. A planning system focussed on the public interest. A planning system that places people and their choices at the heart of planning decisions about their future. On 14 July 2012, the NSW Government released A New Planning System for New South Wales – … Read more
The NSW Government released on 14 July its Green paper on the new Planning System, it is on exhibition until 14 September. The plan proposes greater up front community involvement in where development goes with less community input once these decisions have been made. Included in green paper are new Read More…
Director’s Generals Requirements (DGRs) have been issued for 1 Lawson Square for alterations and additions to the existing towers to create an 18 storey mixed use development with commercial/retail use provided at the ground floor level over one (1) level of basement car park. The western tower (Tow Read More…
The Hon Kristina Keneally MP today (23rd June 2012) announced she will resign from NSW Parliament effective 29 June 2012 reports this media statement from Kristina Keneally. Read More…
The is the poster for the first part of the Challenge 4 Change programme which is about Community Building 101. It is is a free Training Programme organised by the Groundswell Coalition in Redfern Waterloo. It aims to skill people for involvement in change. The programme is aimed at people already involved in the community … Read more
the Heritage Library is an essential resource which makes available to the public a wide range of specialist heritage materials. It offers a wealth of information for anyone working in the conservation field or interested in heritage issues. The major collection of over 13,000 items includes conservation management plans, heritage studies, thematic studies, Australian and … Read more
One of the major issues to emerge from the Rachel Forster meeting on 16 June 2012 was the ongoing lack of security on the site. Residents reported that people had often been seen in the abandoned building and it was still possible to access the site. Residents said that they had seen material such a Read More…
Urbangrowth NSW will integrate and refocus Landcom and the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) as a key new driver of the Government’s approach to housing delivery. “The Government intends to have the new organisation up and running by mid July,” Minister Hazzard said in the statment be Read More…
Redfern Station is a nightmare for the disabled and the elderly, and the O’Farrell government doesn’t seem to care report Chanel 10 news in the item on Redfern Station and Lift Redfern. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7wYaVc4KY
This is the basis for the current Kaymet Application for the Former Rachel Forster Hospital – MP 09 _0068 Residential and Public Open Space. Please note that the Preliminary Application and the Director General’s Requirements were issued in 2009. The formal exhibition documents will also be subsequently added to the Department of Planning Website link. … Read more
This is the link to the Department of Planning and Infrastructure ‘s Major Project Listing with all the documents for the RWA’s Former Rachel Forster Hospital – Adaptive reuse and residential development Major Project Application. http://majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/index.pl?action=view_job&job_id=1176
REDWatch opposes the SMDA Early Works proposal as it both differs from the Approved North Eveleigh Concept Plan and is in direct conflict with the Concept Plan Approval conditions. The details of the REDWatch comparison of the Early Works Application and the North Eveleigh Concept Plan Approval is p Read More…
Get some Answers 7pm Monday 21st May 2012 CarriageWorks 245Wilson St Eveleigh Read More…
Eveleigh Railway Workshops Interpretation Plan was released in March 2012 following Public Exhibition in April 2011. This is an Interpretation Plan and Implementation Strategy for the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops. The Plan has been prepared for the RWA’s Redfern Waterloo Heritage Taskforce by 3D Projects in association with Artscape and Only Human. The plan is … Read more
The Australian Technology Park (ATP) comprises a portion of the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops, which are listed on the State Heritage Register. A draft Conservation Management Plan (CMP) for ATP has been prepared by Godden Mackay Logan and is on exhibition until 20 June 2012. The proposed CMP will replace the existing 1995 CMP. The … Read more
Sydney Uni has responded to the 2011 Exhibition with a changed proposal which is now on exhibition. The Project Application is to develop a new educational precinct within the site bounded by Abercrombie Street, Codrington Street, Darlington Street and Golden Grove Street. Currently the Department website provides no details of when the proposal goes off … Read more