While the former is speculation, the latter
may be true. Over the three years since Carlton
and United Brewery announced its closure, residents and workers remain
concerned about the proposed site development. A public meeting held last month
at the University of Technology, Sydney,
by a Sartor-appointed expert advisory panel, aimed to share and clarify
information. However, problems seemed to arise before it began. A resident told
the meeting that she was informed of the meeting only by an opposition
community group’s leaflet the
previous day. Another complained that he was notified on the weekend before the
Tuesday night meeting. “This meeting wasn’t
advertised properly. People don’t
know about this meeting tonight,” Jeanette Brokman, a residents’ group co-convenor, said at the meeting. “We
tried to advertise as widely as possible”, chair Chris
Johnson said. An advertisement was placed in the Sydney
Central Courier and 4,000 leaflets were distributed. A further 1500 were Sent
after Ms. Brokman complained. The meeting was marked by frustration from
members of the audience. Examples include: “I’m
absolutely flabbergasted that an issue like density isn’t
there” [on a list of topics to be discussed]”; “This was really
only a token meeting. We are in a process of looking at the issues,” Mr
Johnson said. “We need to look at the total context to see what we have
got.”
[Have you Heard – South Sydney Herald September 2006]