The SMDA provided no summary of submissions or any indication of why
some suggestions made in submissions were taken up while others were not. REDWatch
has produced on its website a comparison of the draft and final reports
highlighting the modest changes. With the disbanding of the Redfern Waterloo
Heritage Taskforce (RWHT) in mid 2012 there was no longer a heritage reference
group to discuss the submissions or the changes to the final report.
The Interpretation Plan is a “non-statutory policy framework” which
contains a Project Implementation Schedule setting out areas of responsibility
of each landowner. Worryingly it provides no mechanism to replace the RWHT or
to co-ordinate heritage activities across the entire site into the future.
Comments on a study of Aboriginal Connections with Eveleigh by Dr
Michael Davis are being sought by the SMDA until April 12.
Geoff
Turnbull is Spokesperson for REDWatch.
Source: The South Sydney Herald April 2012 – www.southsydneyherald.com.au