Redfern & NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan

The NSW Government has now finalised its Long Term Transport Masterplan. Little has changed from the draft, a Redfern Station upgrade is still only a medium term priority in the following terms: “A comprehensive and multi-modal upgrade would address station access and connectivity issues, including Read More…

Good Practice Guide: Measuring and Maximising Research Impact in Applied Social Science Research Settings

This Good Practice Guide describes the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) approach to measuring impact using examples from our own case studies, as well as showing how to maximise the impact of applied social science research. It is a useful resource for both researchers and those being researched. File is 205KB PDF. Download:… Read More…

Dallas Rogers explores 10 tensions between democratic expectations and realities in tenant organising

In his paper “The NSW State Plan, community participation and affordable housing: Tensions between democracy and market-centric development” delivered at the Annual Marg Barry Memorial Lecture 2012 on 6 December 2012, Dr Dallas Rogers from the Urban Research Centre at University of Western Sydney explores 10 tensions between democratic expectations and democratic realities in tenant… Read More…

TNSW MP Inner Sydney Growth Precincts between 2011 and 2031

The Final NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan released on 13 December 2012 contains this map as Figure 4.39. The map shows precincts with forecast significant population and employment growth between 2011 and 2031 in inner Sydney. It shows Darlington & West Redfern along with East Chippendale as Growth Precincts but now plans are in… Read More…

QLD Tenant Participation Program Review 2011

In July 2010, the Queensland Department of Communities commenced a review of its Tenant Participation program. This review provided the department with an opportunity to consider the fundamental delivery of Tenant Participation for social housing tenants in Queensland. This is the summary report and recommendations. This report has disappeared from the Department’s website since the… Read More…

Abercrombie Street Upgrade Plans Dec 2012

This PDF shows the plans proposed for the Upgrade of both sides of Abercrombie Street by Council for community consultation in December 2012. Council will accept feedback at Charles Kernan Reserve from 2.30 to 4.30pm on Saturday 8th December 2012. Alerternatively within 10 days of this session you can provide comments to Kristin Gabriel on… Read More…

North Eveleigh Parks – Invitation to Contribute to Design by 17 December 2012

Two new parks of 3,350sm and 445sm are being proposed for the Newtown end of the North Eveleigh site. In an area where there is a low proportion of open space per capita it is very important to design these parks so that they meet the needs of those in the surrounding community and those visiting Ca Read More…

Landscaping for Park near North Eveleigh Western Entrance

The landscaping and park proposed to the east of the new western entrance to North Eveleigh and Carriageworks has been approved in the road and early works approval. To make the details readily available REDWatch has requested additional details from the SMDA and these are provided below. Read More…