Getting off at Redfern: wheelchair access denied

Over 40,000 passengers per day walk through the turnstiles at Redfern station, but 10 years after Disability Standards for Accessible Pubic Transport were introduced, there is still no access for disabled people at one of Sydney’s busiest train stations reports Jason Marshall in City Hub on 5 Januar Read More…

Government Architect to Review Redfern-Waterloo Urban Renewal Plans

The Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA) announced in this media release of 1 December 2011 that it has engaged the Government Architect’s Office to review draft plans for a major housing revitalisation project in Redfern-Waterloo, providing an additional 3,700 new dwellings. This review Read More…

Pemulwuy Project – AHC community consultation night

On Tuesday November 22, the City of Sydney and the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) held a public forum at Redfern Community Centre chaired by an independent facilitator, to present the AHC’s latest plans for the Pemulwuy Project reports Michael Texilake in the December 2011 issue of The South Sydne Read More…

Council Support for the Pemulwuy Project

The Aboriginal Housing Company’s Pemulwuy Project has moved another step closer, with a Council Committee recommending that Council grant owner’s consent for a Development Application to be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure reports this extract from Clover’s eNews of Fri Read More…

‘Smile, You’re in Redfern’ photo competition

The Smile, You’re in Redfern! photo competition has been launched with $1600 worth of prizes up for grabs. The aim of the photo competition is to showcase Redfern‟s creative, business and cultural opportunities and to promote Redfern to the wider community reports this media release from Roll Up Red Read More…

SMDA Releases Details of Studies for redfern & Waterloo

The Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority has released the details of the studies proposed for Redfern and Waterloo over the next few months. The statement advises that “The SMDA will progressively advise on its website of the appointment of consultants and welcomes feedback from individuals, or Read More…

Every dog wants a place in the sun as city living becomes an ever-tighter squeeze

Marking their territory … Hunters Hill residents with their dogs at Riverglade Reserve. Park users are worried there is not enough open space to be shared between sporting teams, dog walkers, cyclists and exercise groups reports Eleanor Ainge Roy in the Sydney Morning Herald of 7 November 2011. Read More…

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