Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The Redfern Waterloo Authority operated until 2011-12 when it was taken over by the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority. Here we have captured some of that history as it happened in Redfern Wate
The NSW Government announced a new SEPP (State Planning Policy) on 16 December covering all of Redfern Waterloo Darlington & Eveleigh. The SEPP requires the RWA successor the Sydney Sydney Metropolitan Development (SMDA) to undertake a planning study of the area. The study will look at a wide range Read More…
Homeless and disadvantaged young people will be given hope, help and opportunities to access education, training, jobs, counseling, and drug/alcohol programs when the Property Industry Foundation takes over City premises at 90 Regent Street, Redfern reports Clover’s eNews of Friday 3 December 2010. Read More…
This is the Redfern Waterloo Authority Annual Report for 2009 – 2010 issued in November 2010. REDWatch has also extracted text from this Annual Report and made this available as a text document similar to the text version originally produced by the RWA in 2006 and 2007. File is 2.1MB. Download: RWA_AR_2010_Q.pdf »
“State cabinet has approved a new State Environmental Planning Policy for urban renewal, which is designed to bring 770,000 new dwellings into urban areas, and provide 60,000 jobs in the next 25 years. The government has announced that it will apply to Newcastle, along with the previously announced Read More…
“Today I received advice that Corrective Services NSW has reconsidered the proposed Darlington site. The Community Offender Services Office will remain at its current Newtown location.” reports this statement from the Members for Marrickville Carmel Tebbutt on 29 October 2010.
On Friday 29 October Carmel Tebbutt advised that she had “received advice that Corrective Services NSW has reconsidered the proposed Darlington site. The Community Offender Services Office will remain at its current Newtown location.” This article provides background from REDWatch on the proposal to Read More…
Greens MP David Shoebridge has called on the Government to start spending money collected for affordable housing purposes in the Redfern Waterloo area reports this media relerase from David Shoebridge on 22 September 2010.
The CEO of the RWA advised that the work of the RWA will continue as per the current plans and that the Australian Technology Park will remain part of the RWA and will ultimately be transferred to the SMDA in this statement on 29 September 2010 regarding the RWA and the Sydney Metropolitan Developme Read More…
Premier Kristina Keneally on February 21 2010 announced the State Government would set up a Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority – to drive future transit-oriented development and urban renewal. Read More…
The ABC and Screen Australia have announced the commencement of development on a new television series specifically designed to involve indigenous writers and film-makers reports Cyril Washbrook on 22 September 2010 in Media Spy.