Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
NSW Minister for Finance and Services, Greg Pearce and Minister for Family and Community Services, Pru Goward announced today that the NSW Government had embarked on the biggest social housing Public Private Partnership (PPP) ever in NSW with Expressions of Interest sought for the Airds Bradbury Ren Read More…
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…
A recent study found women who attended methadone programs in the Redfern-Waterloo area were much more likely to have had children removed after notification to the local Community Services office than were women in other parts of Sydney – 50 per cent compared with 29 per cent. The researcher said t Read More…
Housing NSW’s benchmark survey for Redfern & Waterloo showed high levels of dissatisfaction in public tenants dealings with Housing NSW – only half were happy with their dealings in the previous year. This is a state wide issue. On November 22 Housing NSW presented the “Customer Service Benchmarking Read More…
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…
Housing NSW was recently honoured with the national GreenSmart Residential Development Award for its Redfern East Development despite tenant-identified problems with the project reports Geoff Turnbull in the December 2011 issue of The South Sydney Herald.
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DARLINGTON: Council was pleasantly surprised when a snap consultation at Tripod Café on Abercrombie Street produced 100 locals contributing their comments on Council’s draft plans. Lord Mayor Clover Moore also turned up and standing up a few stairs had a community discussion reminiscent of an old-st Read More…
City of Sydney Council has launched the Green Square project, with Lord Mayor Clover Moore announcing the $8 billion development as “bigger than Barangaroo” and the largest urban development in Australia reports Anna Christie in the December 2011 issue of The South Sydney Herald.
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REDFERN: The Big Issue, which next year celebrates 15 years of service and social enterprise in Sydney, is now well ensconced in Little Eveleigh Street. Staff member, Melissa Brooks, NSW Coordinator of The Big Issue Classroom project, has been busy preparing and facilitating interactive workshops on Read More…
Two recent events organised by the Waterloo & Redfern Events Working Group and partner agencies (including The Factory Community Centre) were well attended and highly successful. I (Heart) Redfern Neighbourhood Day was held at the Poet’s Corner Shops on Morehead Street on November 18, and Summer on Read More…