NSW Government’s Cynical Betrayal of Community

“The NSW Government’s planning White Paper and Draft Legislation is a cynical betrayal of every promise made to the community,” said Better Planning Network’s Corinne Fisher in this media release on 16th April 2013 from the Better Planning Network. Read More…

Metro Strategy Priorities for Central Subregion – Draft Metro Strategy 2031

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

REDWatch on the New Planning System Challenges

In this panel presentation by REDWatch Spokesperson Geoff Turnbull on “Citizens and city making: Who should be involved and how?” to a forum held by the Henry Halloran Trust at Sydney University on 18 April 2013, Geoff outlines, a couple of days afterr the release of the White Paper some of the cha Read More…

DoP Draft Sydney City Subregional Strategy Released – comment closes 5 September 2008

The Department of Planning has released the Metropolitian Plan’s Draft Sydney City Subregional Strategy. The Sydney City subregion is based on the boundaries of the City of Sydney local government area. This subregion occupies a central and strategic part of the Greater Metropolitan Region. This is Read More…

NSW POLICE ABORIGINAL STRATEGIC DIRECTION 2007 – 2011 – 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

Alliance Scorecard on Metro Strategy

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

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