Tanya Plibersek on Trevor Davies
The statement below was made by the Federal MP for Sydney Tanya Plibersek in the Parliament of Australia House of Representatives on 16 June 2011 about Trevor Davies following his death on 14th June 2011. Read More…
Redfern mourns the death of community activist Trevor Davies
The Redfern community is mourning the death of REDwatch founding member Trevor Davies following his death on Tuesday. Mr Davies will be remembered for founding and editing the South Sydney Herald and for his community activism and commitment to social justice writes Tara Blancato in the City News of Read More…
SMDA Receives Urban Renewal Brief from Department of Planning
The SMDA has received its brief for both the Redfern and Waterloo and Granville areas under the State Environment Planning Policy (Urban Renewal) 2010. The briefs set out the areas the SMDA is required by the study to investigate and make recommendations upon. Read More…
DoP “Redfern Waterloo Precinct Outcomes Brief” for SMDA
The Department of Planning posted in June 2011 the “Redfern Waterloo Precinct Outcomes Brief” which sets out the Director General of the Department of Planning’s brief to the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority (SMDA). This brief follows a meeting of agencies including the City of Sydney Council. The SMDA will now undertake the required studies and… Read More…
Groundswell – Russian Translation
Присоединитесь к Groundswell в Рэдферне и Ватерлоу – This is a Russian Translation of the Initial Groundswell Leaflet PDF 667KB Download: groundswell Russian translation.pdf »
Groundswell of support for housing tenants
The public submission last January by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority of the BEP2 draft plan to redevelop the housing sites in the area has drawn criticism from local groups. Criticism is due partly to the time for consultation being considered too short (four weeks) for the community to fully unders Read More…
Glebe Residents Protest Demolition of Public Housing
The local residents’ action group “Hands off Glebe” held a protest on May 18 to stop the demolition of public housing in Cowper St, Glebe. The 15 buildings on the Cowper St site have the capacity to house 289 people but the former NSW Labor government decided to sell most of the land to private deve Read More…
Suburbs go from No-go to Boom Towns
THEY were once Sydney’s crime capitals, ruled by drug lords and violence. Now the same dangerous suburbs have been named in a national report as the city’s hot-property suburbs. Homes in “rough and ready” Maroubra, heroin-capital Cabramatta and no-go zone Redfern are now attracting top dollar report Read More…
Angry residents demand change to Sydney Uni ‘mega development’
Sydney University’s plans for a new business school in Darlington are under threat after angry residents issued a host of demands to the institution reports this media release from Residents Acting In Defence of Darlington (RAIDD). Read More…