Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
Some sites within Redfern-Waterloo were declared areas of State Significant Development in 2005. In February 2006 the RWA released their draft Redfern Waterloo Built Environment Plan (BEP) in conjunct
Media Conference to Launch Lift Redfern will happen at Redfern Station – Rosehill St entrance at 8am, Monday 19 March. Speakers: Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes, City of Sydney Lord Mayor and Member for Sydney Clover Moore, Professor Stephen Garton, Acting Vice Chancel Read More…
Lift Redfern has been formed by a wide range of community groups who are fed up with no lifts at Redfern Station. The formation meeting bought together organizations including business, the arts, the Aboriginal community, community services, resident groups and local political party branches. Below we have provided some information about some of the groups … 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 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
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…
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…
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…
REDFERN: On October 20 Tanya Plibersek, Federal Member for Sydney, met with Mick Mundine at the office of the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) following its successful application under the Gillard Government’s National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS). The scheme funds affordable rental housing, Read More…
The Aboriginal Housing Company’s application for Affordable housing support under the Gillard Governments National Rental Affordability Scheme (NRAS) has been successful. Local Member Tanya Plibersek met with the AHC on 20th October to announce that Three projects in Redfem will deliver 114 new affo Read More…
A proposal for student accommodation at 157 Cleveland Street has seen student accommodation provider urbanest commenced door-knocking and letter boxing (of the letter below) for the 157 Cleveland St project on 30 August 2011. This lead up to a community meeting on Saturday 17 September 2011 in the R Read More…
The City proposes to transfer this land to the Aboriginal Housing Company, to help provide housing and other facilities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, for $20. The transfer of land for a nominal sum reflects the City of Sydney’s support of the project. The transfer of land Read More…
The letter below was sent on 24 May 2010 by REDWatch individually to local politicians urging “the state government and Sydney University enter into negotiations to overcome whatever non-financial obstacles exist to the sale of the North Eveleigh site to the University.” The letter was sent to Kristina Keneally, Carmel Tebbutt, Ferity Firth, Tanya Plibersek … Read more
The Save Leamington Avenue Group established their own website on 26 July 2010. You can find out the latest about the group and the campaign to Save Leamington Avenue from saveleamingtonavenue.org. As the decisions Transport NSW will make about the “Relief Line” will impact on Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington we will still update this section … Read more
Map 3 of the “Metropolitan Rail Expansion Program: Metro Pitt and Metro West indicative protection corridors in October 2005” shows where future rail infrastructure may be placed in relation to Redfern Waterloo. A SEPP was introduced in February 2006 to preserve two possible future underground routes within the City of Sydney from being effected by … Read more
This is the listing on the Heritage Branch website showing the details of the Pines Estate Heritage Conservation Area which covers Leamington Ave Newtown. http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_01_2.cfm?itemid=2421494
This link is to a Youtube video from the Wrought Artworks openday. It covers extacts from a number of the speaches from the day and some footage of the day. The content covered is broader that the Blacksmith and covers the need for a heritage solution accross the entire site. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd4Rg7zkrxc
Material about the ATP’s Blacksmith Shop and the campaign to save it can be found on the REDWatch website from this link. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/atp/blacksmith
Brian Dunnett responded to Robert Domm’s response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past” that was published in the SMH on the 4th August. http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/statesignificant/northeveleigh/nemp/080806bd
This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past”. In the letter the RWA seeks to address “some of inaccurate commentary about rail heritage that … Read more
This letter was submitted by Robert Domm to the Sydney Morning Herald in response to the SMH’s “Battle Stations for North Eveleigh” on August 2 2008 and Brian Dunnett’s letter “Ditching Eveleigh agreement robs the future by discounting the past”. In the letter the RWA say “This commercial issue is being misrepresented as a heritage … Read more