Pemulwuy Mixed Use Development – Exhibition until 29 Feb 2012

Below is the text of the letter sent on 13 January 2012 by the Department of Planning & Infrastructure to land owners in the vicinity of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s proposed Pemulwuy Project. At the foot of this page we have provided links to the pages where the documents on exhibition will app Read More…

Getting off at Redfern: wheelchair access denied

Over 40,000 passengers per day walk through the turnstiles at Redfern station, but 10 years after Disability Standards for Accessible Pubic Transport were introduced, there is still no access for disabled people at one of Sydney’s busiest train stations reports Jason Marshall in City Hub on 5 Januar Read More…

Sartor: RWA was Cosmetic politics – Robert Domm was undermined

Frank Sartor, the Minister responsible for setting up the RWA, deals in passing with the RWA in a section on “The Undermining of Robert Domm” in his 2011 book “The Fog on the Hill – How NSW Labor Lost its Way”. Below is the text dealing with the RWA and Robert Domm who was the first CEO of the RWA… Read More…

Community to Have Say on Aboriginal Affairs Policy – Redfern 24 Jan 2012

On December 14 2011 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Victor Dominello MP opened community consultation for the development of a new Aboriginal affairs strategy for NSW. To help the public get involved in developing the strategy, Community Discussion Papers on service delivery, education and employmen Read More…

City Moves to new Village Hubs & Seeks Community Input

The City of Sydney Council has divided the City into 10 village Groups in line with the proposals first outlined in 2008 in the Council’s 2030 Strategy. The new Redfern Street “village group” includes the suburbs of Chippendale, Darlington and Eveleigh as well as Redfern west of Chalmers Street / Re Read More…

New PPP to Revitalise Public Housing in Airds Bradbury

NSW Minister for Finance and Services, Greg Pearce and Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward announced today that the NSW Government had embarked on the biggest social housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) ever in NSW with Expressions of Interest sought for the Airds Bradbury Ren Read More…

Government Architect to Review Redfern-Waterloo Urban Renewal Plans

The Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) announced in this media release of 1 December 2011 that it has engaged the Government Architect’s Office to review draft plans for a major housing revitalisation project in Redfern-Waterloo, providing an additional 3,700 new dwellings. This review Read More…

REDWatchMake a DonationEventsmail@redwatch.org.au