Video on Blacksmithing at ATP Eveleigh & Campain to Save it

This 10 minute video is about Wrought Artworks who have operated the ATP Blacksmith Shop for the last 17 years as part of heritage conservation at the ATP. The RWA has now served them with a notice to quit the premises and a campaign is being run to maintain the Blacksmith operations at the ATP. … Read more

Redfern’s $28 Million Housing Redevelopment Underway

Minister for Housing, Matt Brown announced on 9 January 2008 that the demolition of old public housing buildings in Redfern is underway to make way for better, greener homes for those in need reports this media release from Matt Brown NSW Minister for Housing . http://www.redwatch.org.au/media/080109hn/

CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR RACHEL FORSTER REDEVELOPMENT – 11th October 2007

The Planning Minister Frank Sartor announced the approval of a concept plan for the $70 million residential redevelopment of the former Rachel Forster Hospital at Redfern on 11th October 2007. A copy of the text of media statement of the announcement can be found at the link below. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statements/2007/071011rwa

Redfern Waterloo Index of Services – Helen Campbell 16th August 2007

The Morgan Disney Review of Human Services in Redfern Waterloo set out to map the Human Services in the area. The review came up with around 200 services. This was many more than the number of services that local service providers said actually operated in the area. In her report back to the Community Services … Read more

Freinds of Eveleigh Submission to Review of Tourism in NSW July 2007

In their submission to the NSW Tourism Review Friends of Eveleigh have spelt out their vision for how the Large Errecting Shop could continue as a functional Heritage Railway Workshop servicing rail heritage throughout the state while at the same time providing a tourist destination for public access into the “Large” to view heritage rail … Read more

Marrickville Electorate –Darlington Forum – Thursday 15th March 2007 6pm for 6.30 – 8.30pm

REDWatch has organised a Candidate’s Forum in the electorate of Marrickville on Thursday 15 March 2007 at 6pm for 6.30 – 8.30pm at the Redfern Community Centre, Hugo St Redfern. Further details can be found by following the link. http://www.redwatch.org.au/redw/elections/state2007/redwatchse07/forums/

Heffron Electorate –Redfern Waterloo Forum –Wednesday 14th March 6pm for 6.30 – 8.30pm

REDWatch has organised a Candidate’s Forum in the electorate of Heffron on Wednesday 14th March 2007 at 6pm for 6.30 – 8.30pm at The Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan St Waterloo. Further details can be found by following the link. http://www.redwatch.org.au/redw/elections/state2007/redwatchse07/forums/

Greens – Heffron – Greens Back Aboriginal Housing on the Block

Greens candidate for Marrickville, Fiona Byrne, and Greens candidate for Heffron, Ben Spies-Butcher, this week met with the Aboriginal Housing Company to discuss the AHC’s plans, and to offer their support for Aboriginal housing on the Block reports this Greens Media Release on 4th December 2006. http://www.redwatch.org.au/redw/elections/state2007/marrickville/greensm/061204greens/

Pollution Readings for Chippendale

The is an appendix to the CCCG submission to the CUB Site Concept Plan Submission contained as an appendix a printout of National Pollutant Inventory Emission Report for Postcode 2008 for the years 2003-4 when the brewery was still operational. The link to this data in the database is provided below. http://www.npi.gov.au/cgi-bin/npireport.pl?proc=location_detail;instance=public;year=2004;loc_type=postcode;loc_postcode=2008

ILC – National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern

The ILC has now created a web page on their site with details of the National Indigenous Youth Development Centre Redfern. The site contains PDF fact sheets on the services that will be using the new centre as well as PDF files of two of the three display boards at the unveiling of plans for … Read more

Central – Previously Sydney Central Courier

The Central is available on line each week. You will need to download the DjVu plug-in for your browser (up to 7.4MB depending on your browser) to be able to see the pages on the site but there is a link there when you first visit if you need to load it. http://www.villagevoice.com.au/article/99999999/SOU05/61112001