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At its July 2013 meeting REDWatch held a roundtable discussion on the important and topical issue of NIMBYs. This is a PDF of the PowerPoint REDWatch used for that discussion. We have attributed where quotes come from you can follow up areas that may be of interest. File is 78KB PDF. Download: NIMBY.pdf »

This is the Better Planning Network’s Submission on the White Paper: A New Planning System for NSW and Associated Planning Bills. File is 825 KB PDF. Download: BPN Submission White Paper and Planning Bills .pdf »

In February 2012, the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) released a report “Anti Corruption Safeguards and the NSW Planning System” (the Report) that identified six corruption prevention safeguards that would reduce the frequency of corruption if integrated into the NSW planning system. These safeguards, together with comments on where the Bills fall short, are … Read more

One of the main changes in the prosed NSW New Planning System is to remove the current Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) from the Planning Act. In NSW ESD is referenced in 60 other Acts. It is proposed to replace ESD with “Sustainable Development” without the current principles that define ESD in the Act. The Department … Read more

This is a report on the Key Issues Discussed at the Better Planning Network Community Forum on the Planning White Paper in the NSW Parliament Theatrette on 20 May 2013. File is 332 KB PDF. Download: BPN COMMUNITY FORUM 20 05 13 KEY ISSUE RAISED- updated.pdf »

The Metropolitan Strategy for Sydney contains detailed directions for subregional planning. This advice guides each subregion in helping to achieve the desired outcomes for Sydney to 2031 under the New Planning System. Attached is what the Metroi Strategy proposes for the 17 councils of the Central Subregions including the inner city suburbs like Redfern and … Read more

These maps show some of the priorities in the Draft Metro Strategy 2031 that impact on the Inner City. These maps are taken from Section 3 – Balanced Growth and show pages 19, 20, 21, 23 & 24. File is 6.4 MB PDF. Download: Inner_City_Growth.pdf »

This is a downloadable PDF version of the Pocket Guide for the NSW Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2007 – 2011. File is 212Kb. Download: ASD Pocket Guide.pdf »

This is a downloadable PDF version of the NSW Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2007 – 2011. It sets out the NSW Police proceedures for working in areas with sizable aboriginal communities such as Redfern Waterloo. The file should be available also on the NSW Police website soon. File is 999Kb. Download: Aboriginal Strategic Direction 2007 … Read more

This scorecard on the Metro Strategy was released on 6 December 2005 by an alliance of the state’s peak interest groups including Housing Industry Association, NSW Council of Social Services, Property Council of Australia, State Chamber of Commerce (NSW), Total Environment Centre & UnionsNSW. The file is a 305 KB PDF. Download: Metro Strategy Scorecard … Read more

– ENHANCED NUMBERS, TRAINING, RESPONSE AND RELATIONS – Minister for Police John Watkins, Commissioner Ken Moroney and Deputy Commissioner Dave Madden today released a major package of reforms to assist and enhance policing in Redfern. Download »

This is a copy of the strategies released to the community by the Minister for Police and the Police Commissioner. They said “Enhanced Policing in Redfern 2004 is a package of 32 strategies and initiatives to enhance: 1. Community safety in the Redfern area; 2. Strategic and operational effectiveness of the Redfern Local Area Command; … Read more

This Document sets out NSW Police Policy for LAC’s like Redfern which have a sizable aboriginal community. Introduction / 1. Commissioner’s Foreword 2 / 2. Statement of Aboriginal Reconciliation 3 / Section One – Unfinished Business / 1. Aboriginal Reconciliation 4 / 2. Paying Respect 4 / 3. Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody … Read more

NSW Ombudsman Audit of the implementation of the NSW Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction (2003 – 2006) Contents Abbreviations 1 / Foreword 2 / Introduction 3 / The Aboriginal Strategic Direction 3 / The key objectives of the Aboriginal Strategic Direction 3 / Our audits 4 / Building better relationships 5 / Formal consultation 5 / … Read more

This is the Media release for the NSW Ombudsman Audit of the implementation of the NSW Police Aboriginal Strategic Direction (2003 – 2006) Download »

These articles were published on between November 29 2004 and December 9 2004 in the Sydney Morning Herald. The articles are drawn from leaked Cabinet documents and contain extracts from the cabinet documents and the responses made to them by the community, politicians and commentators. To provide an overview of the revelations we have placed … Read more

These are the overheads from the first RED presentration. / 1. Welcome and Purpose / 2. The Study Area and Context / 3. The Study Area / 4. Population Distribution / 5. Transport / 6. Traffic / 7. Public Domain / 8. Town Centre / 9. Employment / 10. Government Landholdings / 11. North Redfern … Read more

These are the overheads with illustrations used for the second presentation./ 1. Welcome and Purpose / 2. What is a Planning Framework / 3. Crime and Personal Safety / 4. Services and Delivery the RED Strategy / 5. Residential Population and Housing / 5a. Residential Population and Housing / 6. Public Domain / 6a. Public … Read more

These “Core Principles” for guiding the RED Strategy came at the end of the RED consultation from the consultants. These are copies of the overheads used in the presentation. Download »