Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
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…
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…
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…
This is the poster produced on 24th May 2011 by Residents Acting In Defence of Darlington (RAIDD) when the plans for Sydney University’s Darlington Campus Business School went on public exhibition. Download: Poster re Syd Uni Developments s.pdf »
In this RWA Update – NEWS: Redfern welcomes a new Minister / Redfern shop front improvement matching grant program / Uniting the community through sport / Artists rev up at Eveleigh Artisans’ Market for charity car rally / Weave Arts Space opening exhibition / Local volunteers recognised / Koori Mai Read More…
A coalition of Redfern and Waterloo non-government agencies has resolved to facilitate an on-going discussion and community empowerment process independent of government reports Michael Davis in City News on 12th May 2011. Read More…
THE Premier, Barry O’Farrell, took office promising to hand planning powers back to the people, and inner Sydney residents are taking him at his word reports Kelsey Munro in the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 May 2011. Read More…
REDWatch has joined with a range of other resident groups in issuing an Open Letter to the NSW Government and the City of Sydney requesting the City Plan be placed on hold. The statement follows a range of concerns raised by residents groups about changes forced on the City of Sydney by the previous Read More…
The Storage at Kennards for the Syron’s Keeping Place Collection runs out on 23rd May 2011. If the Syron’s can not find somewhere for the collection by then or pay for more storage the Keeping Place collection will be auctioned by Kennards to pay for the storage. An initial period of storage was pa Read More…
Sydney University has made available its plans for the new Abercrombie Street Business School on their web site while waiting for the Department of Planning to place the documents on formal exhibitions. Darlington locals are encouraged to become familiar with the proposals as there is expected to be Read More…