Millers Point Community Defence Group
Three exisiting Millers Point Groups are cooperating through an overall mechanism called The Miller’s Point Community Defence Group. Read More…
Redfern Sales likely to follow Millers Point – SMH Editorial
In the Editorial below the Sydney Morning Herald on 21 March 2014 flags Redfern along with Glebe and Kirribilli as being other areas where sales of public housing are likely. Read More…
O’Farrell government ignored consultants’ advice on plan to sell public housing at Millers Points
The O’Farrell government ignored advice from its own consultants on how to evict vulnerable tenants from Millers Point public housing with minimal damage to their health and wellbeing reports Nicole Hasham and Leesha McKenny in the Sydney morning herald of 21 March 2014. Read More…
Millers Point “Moving to a New Home” Letter
This is the letter from Family and Community Services Housing NSW that Millers Point tenants received had delivered on Wednesday 19 March, or found shoved under their door. Imagine how you would react if you received such a letter in similar circumstances. It is no wonder people were wandering the streets in shock! Download: Millers … Read more
State accused of ‘social clensing’ in inner city-sale
The O’Farrell government will not rule out selling millions of dollars worth of public housing at prime sites in inner Sydney after a decision to force out tenants in 300 harbourside properties reported Nicole Hasham and Leesha McKenny in the paper edition of the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 March 2 Read More…
Millers Point Social Impact Assessment
This is the Social Impact Assessment commissioned by Land and Housing Corporation which the community was told it would be shown before it was used by Government. It was released along with the Government response after the Minister announced public Housing in millers Point and Rocks would be sold off. The Government response rejected a … Read more
Government response to Millers Point SIA
This is the Government response to the the Government comissioned Social Impact Assessment undertaken for Millers Point. The Social Impact Assessment and the Government resposne were released after the Minister anounced that public housing in Millers Point and the Rocks would be sold. Download: Millers_Point_Government_Response_to_SIA.pdf »
REDWatch – Planning & Infrastructure Correspondence on Sydney Uni Consultation
Below is the text of correspondence between REDWatch and the Director General of Planning and Infrastructure regarding Sydney University’s failure to consult with resident groups in the preperation of their Campus Infrastructure Program as required by the Department. The bottom line in the respoinse Read More…
Sydney Uni Consultation Issues
The following items appeared in the South Sydney Herald 15 march 2014. The first is an article by Geoff Turnbull giving a resident view of the the Sydney Uni Campus Improvement Plan consultation problem. The second was from the University’s column in the South Sydsney Herald anoucing an extension of Read More…
Sydney Uni expands on plans
Sydney University is seeking approval for a 68 per-cent increase to its Camperdown-Darlington campus floor space by the end of 2020. This will accommodate a 21 per-cent increase in students on the campus as well as 4,000 units of “affordable” student accommodation, reports Geoff Turnbull in the Marc Read More…