Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
admin The Redfern community is mourning the death of REDwatch founding member Trevor Davies following his death on Tuesday. Mr Davies will be remembered for founding and editing the South Sydney Herald and for his community activism and commitment to social justice writes Tara Blancato in the City News of Read More…
The SMDA has received its brief for both the Redfern and Waterloo and Granville areas under the State Environment Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010. The briefs set out the areas the SMDA is required by the study to investigate and make recommendations upon. Read More…
The public submission last January by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority of the BEP2 draft plan to redevelop the housing sites in the area has drawn criticism from local groups. Criticism is due partly to the time for consultation being considered too short (four weeks) for the community to fully unders Read More…
The local residents’ action group “Hands off Glebe” held a protest on May 18 to stop the demolition of public housing in Cowper St, Glebe. The 15 buildings on the Cowper St site have the capacity to house 289 people but the former NSW Labor government decided to sell most of the land to private deve Read More…
THEY were once Sydney’s crime capitals, ruled by drug lords and violence. Now the same dangerous suburbs have been named in a national report as the city’s hot-property suburbs. Homes in “rough and ready” Maroubra, heroin-capital Cabramatta and no-go zone Redfern are now attracting top dollar report Read More…
Sydney University’s plans for a new business school in Darlington are under threat after angry residents issued a host of demands to the institution reports this media release from Residents Acting In Defence of Darlington (RAIDD). Read More…
In this RWA Update – NEWS: Redfern welcomes a new Minister / Redfern shop front improvement matching grant program / Uniting the community through sport / Artists rev up at Eveleigh Artisans’ Market for charity car rally / Weave Arts Space opening exhibition / Local volunteers recognised / Koori Mai Read More…
A coalition of Redfern and Waterloo non-government agencies has resolved to facilitate an on-going discussion and community empowerment process independent of government reports Michael Davis in City News on 12th May 2011. Read More…
THE Premier, Barry O’Farrell, took office promising to hand planning powers back to the people, and inner Sydney residents are taking him at his word reports Kelsey Munro in the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 May 2011. Read More…
REDWatch has joined with a range of other resident groups in issuing an Open Letter to the NSW Government and the City of Sydney requesting the City Plan be placed on hold. The statement follows a range of concerns raised by residents groups about changes forced on the City of Sydney by the previous Read More…