Redfern, Eveleigh, Darlington, Waterloo Watch
The inner-city suburbs of Redfern and Waterloo, home to the Australian Heritage-listed Redfern Block, which has historically been a centre of Black empowerment and organising, faces a $5 billion state government “redevelopment”. The plan involves seizing control of the Block and letting private deve Read More…
A residents’ action group has called for the state upper house to tighten legislation next week handing one NSW minister sweeping powers over planning in Redfern-Waterloo, saying there are fears that people living there will be stripped of rights enjoyed by residents of local government-controlled a Read More…
The State Government is considering setting up a body to take charge of some of Sydney’s run-down corridors and employment and industrial centres as it fine tunes plans to cope with the city’s projected growth. Read More…
That a single body through which to control the redevelopment of the vast tract of land through Redfern, Waterloo and Alexandria is a sound idea is unarguable. The central business district is restricted geographically, and ambitious new plans are needed for its future expansion and growth.
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The plan to create a powerful authority to take control of Aboriginal-owned housing at the Block in Redfern would only help a few black people while sweeping aside self-determination, a Sydney indigenous leader has said.
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Two new road tunnels, a $35 million upgrade of Redfern station and a new residential development in the Eveleigh goods yards are central to the State Government’s transport plans for the inner-city suburbs.
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The Eveleigh railway workshops site, which will face development with no heritage protection once it moves under the control of the new Redfern-Waterloo Authority, has been described as “an industrial icon for NSW and Australia”. Read More…
The Redfern-Waterloo Authority Bill gives one minister immense power, writes Elizabeth Farrelly. Read More…
The State Government’s plans to rejuvenate the troubled inner-city suburbs reveal a broader agenda to strip planning powers from local councils in specific areas or along corridors that it thinks need renewal.
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History will be swept aside in one of Sydney’s oldest areas to clear the way for the massive remaking of 340 hectares of land covering four suburbs under NSW Government plans.
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