Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
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
This is the portrait version of the Lift Redfern Petition to Make Redfern Station Accessible Now. Down load this petition and print it off and get everyone to sign it and be part of the 10,000+ signatures that generates a debate in the NSW Parliament asking the Minister for Transport to take immediate action to … Read more
This link takes you to a self registering page for Lift Redfern Supporters. Lift Redfern will use this email list to let those involved in the Lift Redfern Station Campaign about activities. Lift Redfern is determined to come up with over 10,000 signatures for a debate in NSW Parliament and undertake other activities that pressure … Read more
This SMDA presentation provides some background to the SMDA and the studies they are undertaking. It was presented to REDWatch on 2 February 2012 in the lead up to a session focusing on one of the important SMDA studies for residents – the Social Impact Assessment. The file is 2MB PDF. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/bep2smda/120202smdaa/download
The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project final plans are on public exhibition until the end of February writes Lyn Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of February 2012. Read More…
A campaign to get lifts installed at Redfern Station is being supported by a wide range of organisations including business, the arts, the Aboriginal community, community services, resident groups and local political party branches reports Geoff Turnbull in the South Sydney Herald of February 2012. Read More…
This link will take you to the ‘Lift Redferrn” Facebook page where you can find out more about Lift Redfern. If you are on Facebook remember to log on and Like Lift Redfern so you will see information about this campaign. One way of telling your friends about this campaign is to Share the site … Read more
The SMDA and Consultants GHD are undertaking Focus Groups in February 2012 on Scoping for a Social Impact Assessment. This is a PDF of the Focus Group Information Sheet which provides some information about the Social Impact Assessment process. File is 490 KB PDF. Download: SMDA Focus Group Information Sheet 31_01_2012.pdf »
This presentation explores what a Social Impact Assessment is and then explores the difficulties faced in doing a Social Impact Assessment over a long term project like that proposed in Redfern Waterloo. The presentation concludes with some suggestions of what this might mean for REDWatch and the Redfern Waterloo Social Impact Assessment. This is a … Read more
Flats for students, a childcare centre and a gallery will replace the dilapidated terraces that characterised the Block in Redfern under revamped plans to develop the site writes Saffron Howden in the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 January 2012.
Below is the text of the letter sent on 13 January 2012 by the Department of Planning & Infrastructure to land owners in the vicinity of the Aboriginal Housing Company’s proposed Pemulwuy Project. At the foot of this page we have provided links to the pages where the documents on exhibition will app Read More…