Universal Answer to All Ills – “Sell”

The universal answer from Housing NSW, and some other public housing providers, when confronted with a problem of their own making whose cure they have placed in the ‘too hard’ basket is to say “sell”. This announcement is frequently closely followed by an endorsement of the yet to be definitively d Read More…

Housing Stock Transfer from the Government Sector in NSW

In the NSW the conduct of Housing NSW and some individual Community Housing Providers during the stock transfer process to date has been at distinct variance with Housing NSW’s own Operational Policy EST0006B: Commitment to Service and Code of Conduct. Nor has it been in line with HNSW’s Code of Con Read More…

Housing and Mental Health Agreement – JGOS Replacement

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…

Integrity, Ethics and the NSW Public Service

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…

Another Brick in the Wall for Public Housing

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…

CBD Metro compensation mess

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].

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Last stand for Newtown’s ‘three proud people’

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…

Save Leamington Avenue Web Site

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

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