Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The NSW Joint Guarantee of Service (JGOS) for people with mental health problems arose from a 1997 partnership between the NSW Housing and Health Departments. In 2003 the signatories were expanded to include the NSW Aboriginal Housing Office, the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW Read More…
The NSW Ombudsman, Mr Barbour, has put into words what everyone else who has had to deal with the bureaucracy has known for many decades – that the bureaucracy has morphed the concepts of Integrity and Ethical Behaviour into things demanded of those engaging with the bureaucracy whilst exempting the Read More…
Paul Cheshire’s paper of 17th May 2007, Segregated neighbourhoods and mixed communities, provides an interesting insight into the concept of induced Social Mix currently being implemented in Australia on multiple levels of government writes Ross Smith in TSN’s Rimfire Review on 16 November, 2009.
A mixed public/private redevelopment plan has gone horribly wrong reports Stephen Pascoe in the Age of 27 July 2010. [REDWatch Comment – Given the similarities between what is proposed for Redfern Waterloo and this Victorian project the issues raised in this article need to be carefully considered i Read More…
Chifley Arcade shop owners are trapped in failing businesses while their rejected CBD Metro compensation claims are reviewed by Justice Paul Stein QC reports Aimee Scott ion Central of 27 July 2010 [Leamington Ave residents are watching such experiences closely with their own potential claims].
It is a tribute to one of the 20th century’s most renowned protests: a mural facing the railway tracks in Newtown showing two black medallists giving a defiant raised-fist salute at the 1968 Olympics, and the Australian athlete Peter Norman who stood proudly beside them. A fight is now on to save th 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…
Residents near Eveleigh rail yards face an anxious wait, writes Kelsey Munro in the Sydney Morning Herald of 22 July 2010. Read More…
[Residents in Leamington Ave are hoping they do not have to experience what these people in Footscray (Melbourne) are experiencing in a similar situation – REDWatch]. This article by Paul Austin & Richard Willingham is from the Age of 13 July 2010. Read More…
This map was produced by residants to show how the zone preserved for North Eveleigh meshes with the map showing the possibile impact of the corridor on Leamington Ave. The map was produced for the public meeting on 5 July 2010. File is 1.2 MB. Download: Exclusion Zone – North Eveleigh CP (18.6.10).pdf »