December 2017 Metro Waterloo Update
This leaflet was distributed by Sydney Metro City and Southwest on 5 December 2017 and it sets out the work expected on the site for the coming months. Download: Metro Update Dec 2017.pdf ยป
Government Sites Plans & Activities
UrbanGrowth NSW absorbed the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) into UrbanGrowth NSW Development Corporation on 1 January 2013. The SMDA had itself absorbed the Redfern Waterloo Authorit
Case Study Template for Human Services Plannning
This is a MS Word template that may be useful in documenting systemic issues in Waterloo. It has been adapted from Scotland Citizens Advice model to encourage reporting of systemic issues case studies in the lead up to a meeting between NGOs and Government Departments in February 2018. If you do not find the template … Read more
Draft Social Policy: How Does it Impact My Client, My Service and My Role?
This is a draft of Social Policy: How Does it Impact My Client, My Service and My Role? It has been adapted from Scotland Citizens Advice model to encourage people to think about systemic issues and how and why they should be identified. This has been put together to assist interested people put together examples … Read more
Request for Human Services Case Studies
It is proposed that there will be a meeting of NGO Executive Officers and senior representatives from different Human Service departments in February 2018 to start work on a Waterloo Human Services Plan. In the lead up to this Michael Shreenan wrote to NGOs on behalf of Counterpoint, REDWatch, Groun Read More…
Human Service Plan Goals from REDWatch Perspective
REDWatch has been involved in a few meetings with Land and Housing Corporation about the shape of a human services plan for Waterloo. The document below has been provided to LAHC as an indication of some of the systemic issues that REDWatch wants to see addressed in a Waterloo Human Services Plan. Read More…
REDWatch Request to FACS for Human Services Plan
The email below (which has been slightly altered for the website) was sent to the FACS Deputy Secretaries responsible for FACS Housing at Waterloo and FACS Land and Housing Corporation and FACS Secretary Michael Coutts-Trotter. It provides an outline of a long push to get Human Services on the agend Read More…
Can the people problems be fixed by estate redevelopment?
Estate renewal and housing mix is portrayed by government as a fix-all for public housing estates. Geoff Turnbull in Inner Sydney Voice magazine asks can new buildings alone really address the problems created when government place people with higher and higher needs into public housing without the wrap around human services necessary for them to … Read more
REDWatch Submission on Locomotive Workshops SSDAs
Below is a copy of the REDWatch submission to The Department of Planning and Environment regarding Mirvac’s proposed redevelopment of the ATP Locomotive Workshop. Read More…
Elizabeth Street Redfern Declared State Significant Precinct on Sept 9 2017
On September 9 the NSW Department of Planning and Environment declared 600-660 Elizabeth Street, Redfern a potential State Significant Precinct (SSP), in order to set new planning controls. Read More…
Elizabeth Street Redfern Developer Registration of Interest 20 Dec 2017
Minister Prue Goward visited Redfern on Wednesday 20 December 2017 to announce a Registration of Interest (ROI) process to speed up the proposed redevelopment of The Elizabeth Street Redfern public housing. Read More…