Redfern-Waterloo Authority Annual Report 04-05

Real

The statistics are people
The buildings are homes and workplaces
The jobs are livelihoods

More than a word, REAL is a statement... a positive affirmation encapsulating the diverse peoples, communities and urban landscapes of the environs being nurtured by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority.

This RWA Annual Report has been designed in consideration of the cultural diversity, heritage and community spirit that the Redfern-Waterloo Authority has been created to represent.

Contents

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Coverage Map
Letter to the Minister
Statement from The Chairperson and Chief Executive officer
Overview
State Significant Development – ATP
Principle Objectives
Functional Chart
Key Strategies
Current Activities
Corporate Governance
Governance Chart
Board Members
Review
Auditor’s Independent Declaration
Director’s Statement
Financials (see pdf file)
Appendices
Ministerial Advisory Committees
Contact Details
Index

Vision

‘To establish Redfern-Waterloo as an active, vibrant and sustainable community by promoting and supporting greater social cohesion and community safety, respect for the cultural heritage and orderly development of the area in consideration of social, economic, ecological and other sustainable development.’

Coverage Map

See PDF File

Letter to the Minister

The Hon. Frank Sartor MP
Minister for Redfern-Waterloo
Parliament House
Macquarie Street
Sydney

Dear Minister Sartor

It is with pleasure that I forward you the inaugural Annual Report for the Redfern-Waterloo Authority for the period January – June 2005.

This report has been prepared in accordance with NSW Annual Report legislation and the Redfern-Waterloo Act 2004 No 107.

Yours Sincerely

Robert Domm
Chief Executive Officer
Redfern-Waterloo Authority

Statement from the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer

We have great pleasure in welcoming you to the first Annual Report for the Redfern-Waterloo Authority 2004/05.

We are extremely pleased with the progress we have made since commencing operation, and while it may be early days, the staff at the new Redfern-Waterloo Authority are working hard to revitalise the Redfern-Waterloo area.

The RWA opened its doors on January 17 this year and it has a big job to do. Its tasks include generating jobs for the people of the area, improving delivery of services to the community and promoting urban renewal that respects and strengthens the rich heritage that makes this community unique in Sydney. Many activities are already well and truly underway, particularly in the area of job creation schemes for local unemployed, with a particular emphasis on the Indigenous community.

We are also developing a Human Services Plan that will improve the delivery of social services to the community. The Redfern-Waterloo Plan, of which human services is a part, will also facilitate urban renewal and heritage restoration opportunities at North Eveleigh and other surplus government lands, seek a sustainable solution for the Block and its environs and implement a community consultation strategy that will include regular newsletters to residents providing news of latest events and activities, setting up an interactive website, quarterly community forums and smaller community meetings on specific issues.

The Redfern-Waterloo Plan is being developed in stages, with priority being given to economic revitalisation, human services and job creation. A draft of Stage One of the Redfern-Waterloo Plan concerning the first three years of the RWA’s operations, is expected to be released for further community consultation before the end of the year and will centre on a number of sites declared to be State Significant Developments.

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority is also investigating essential developments for an accessible, efficient railway station. A Station with steep steps and no easy access for elderly or disabled people and parents with young children, it’s the eighth busiest Station in the NSW network - a role which will increase in activity as the population grows.

Redevelopment will improve access to and the efficiency of RailCorp operations and include commercial activity.

We have also announced the finalisation of appointments to the three Ministerial Advisory Committees set up to advise the Minister responsible for Redfern-Waterloo on matters relating to built environment, employment and enterprise and the delivery of social services in the area.

We look forward to continuing to build the RWA to meet the challenges and opportunities now faced by the Redfern-Waterloo area and its community.

Robert Domm
Chief Executive Officer

David Richmond AO
Chairperson

 
Overview

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) was created by a NSW Government Act of Parliament in Oct 04 (Redfern-Waterloo Authority Act 2004 No 107) and established on 17 January 2005.

RWA is responsible for revitalising Redfern, Waterloo, Eveleigh and Darlington through urban renewal, job creation and improved human services in consideration of social, economic, ecological and other sustainable development, public spaces, Aboriginal community needs, social cohesion and community safety.

The principle objectives of the RWA will be delivered as a result of the NSW Government’s 10-year Redfern-Waterloo Plan, which will be publicly exhibited prior to adoption – tentatively November 2005. The Plan is being designed as a ‘whole of community’ strategy designed to address the complex issues of, and the needs of people who live within, the Redfern-Waterloo community.

Principle Objectives

To encourage the urban renewal of Redfern-Waterloo into an active, vibrant and sustainable community;

To promote, support and respect the Aboriginal community in Redfern-Waterloo having regard to the importance of the area to the Aboriginal people;

To promote the orderly development of Redfern-Waterloo taking into consideration principles of social, economic, ecological and other sustainable development;

To enable the establishment of public areas in Redfern-Waterloo; and,

To promote greater social cohesion and community safety in Redfern-Waterloo

In accordance with the Act, to achieve these objectives the RWA undertakes to:

Promote, facilitate, manage, undertake and secure the social, economic, ecological and other sustainable development and use of the operational area, including the development and management of land, the provision of infrastructure and the establishment of public areas,

Provide and promote housing choices in the operational area (including for Aboriginal residents),

Provide and promote employment opportunities for local residents, commercial opportunities for local businesses and cultural development (including to address the needs of the Aboriginal community) in the operational area,

Enhance and manage public places in the operational area and to improve, maintain and regulate the use of public places,

Promote, co-ordinate, organise, manage, undertake, secure, provide and conduct cultural, educational, commercial, recreational, entertainment and transport activities and facilities in the operational area,

Do any other thing for the sustainable improvement of the operational area.

 
RWA Functional Chart

See PDF File

State Significant Development

Australian Technology Park

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority Act also provides for the Minister for Redfern-Waterloo and the RWA to be delegated as the consent authority for any development within its area of operation declared to be State Significant Development.

Australian Technology Park (ATP) at the former railway workshops at Eveleigh falls under this jurisdiction.

Ownership of ATP was transferred from the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority (SHFA) to the RWA in January, 2005 with planned development on the ATP site over the next two to three years expected to create 2,000 new jobs – a 10 percent employment increase for the Redfern-Waterloo area.

New ATP Building

The new NICTA/DSTO building is the first in a new development phase for the ATP.

The ATP Master Plan includes provision for six new sites and up to 14 low-rise buildings (two to seven storeys) over the next decade. Designed by Cox Richardson Architects, the NICTA/DSTO building will be located on the eastern edge of the ATP with frontages to Garden Street and Mitchell Way.

It will occupy a site of around 3,000sqm and provide just over 11,000sqm of tenantable floor space with 66 secure parking spaces.

The building will also have a 4.5 Star rating under the Australian Building Greenhouse Rating scheme (ABGR). Construction will be in accordance with the RWA’s Jobs Compact, employing local indigenous people and new apprentices as a key element. It will bring 600 jobs to Redfern.

Key Strategies

Following community consultation, the Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, the Hon. Frank Sartor MP invited Expressions of Interest from residents of Redfern, Waterloo, Eveleigh and Darlington to participate in any of three Ministerial Advisory Committees with community representatives appointed as individuals to each Committee:

Built Environment

Considering urban design, traffic, public access, public transport, land use, affordable housing, public housing and urban renewal.

Employment and Enterprise

Considering strategies to increase job and business opportunities in the area, including the Indigenous community.

Human Services

Considering human services and health issues affecting Redfern-Waterloo.

Current activities

Development of job creation schemes for local unemployed, with a particular emphasis on the Indigenous community;

Developing a Human Services Plan that will improve the delivery of social services to the community;

Encouraging new anchor tenants and investors to build and bring jobs to the Australian Technology Park;

Facilitating urban renewal and heritage restoration opportunities at North Eveleigh and other surplus government lands;

Working on plans to enhance access to and refurbish Redfern Railway Station;

Seeking a sustainable solution for the Block and its environs;

Working with the RTA on improving traffic management/pedestrian safety/retail amenity on Regent and other major streets;

Implementing a community consultation strategy that will include regular newsletters to residents providing news of latest events and activities, setting up an interactive website, quarterly community forums and smaller community meetings on specific issues.

Corporate Governance

The Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, the Hon. Mr Frank Sartor MP, is responsible for the control and direction of the RWA. The Minister has established a Board of Governance and, while the Board establish the policies and directions for the RWA, its day to day management is the responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer.

The RWA Board has established an Audit and Compliance Committee, an Affordable Housing Committee and an Urban Renewal Committee. The ATP is governed by a separate Board.

 
Governance Chart

See PDF File

RWA Board Member Profiles

Chair – Professor David Richmond AO
BEc MEc (Syd)

Professor David Richmond AO is current Chairperson of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority, the Australian Technology Park and the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. He also advises the NSW Premier on infrastructure planning and implementation. Professor Richmond has had a distinguished public service career, including as CEO of the NSW Department of Health and the Land Commission. He is the former Director-General of the Olympic Coordination Authority and SOCOG and held a number of other senior Olympic Games positions. He recently provided strategic advice to the President of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games and to senior managers of the Beijing Olympics. He is the inaugural Director and Professor of the University of Sydney’s Graduate School of Government. Professor Richmond is the author of the Richmond Report to the NSW Government, and in 1990 earned the National Council for Intellectual Disability’s Making the Difference Award. In 2002 he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia in recognition of his contribution to Public Administration, including the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.

CEO – Mr Robert Domm
BA LLB (Mon) MLLR (Syd) GDLP (ANU)

Robert Domm is Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority and Managing Director of the Australian Technology Park. He previously spent four years at the City of Sydney where he was General Manager during a period of unprecedented growth and change, through Council boundary changes and amalgamation with South Sydney Council. He served for three years as a Director and Company Secretary of the Sydney Festival Limited. A qualified legal practitioner and former labour advocate, Mr Domm has also worked as an adviser to Government. He brings broad experience and a strong commitment to social justice to the workings of the Authority.

Mr Michael Collins

Michael Collins is Chair of the Heritage Council of NSW. He is also on the Boards of the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and the Australian Technology Park. He is the Managing Director of Michael Collins & Associates Pty Limited, a property consultancy company which advises private and public sector clients and specialises in land economics, real estate valuations and feasibility studies. He served as National President of the Australian Property Institute from 2003 to 2004 and was NSW President from 1999 to 2001. Mr Collins played a key role in the redevelopment of Darling Harbour and the planning of Olympic Park, and served as chief property consultant to the NSW Government for the Sydney 2000 Games. He has served on many industry committees including the City of Sydney Development Advisory Committee and the City of Sydney Venues Management Board.

Ms Marcia Ella-Duncan OAM

Marcia Ella-Duncan currently works in a senior management position for the Department of Aboriginal Affairs and was formerly the Chairperson for the Sydney Regional Council of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. She has previously held several key Indigenous positions with the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), the NSW Attorney-General’s Aboriginal Justice Advisory Council and the Department of Juvenile Justice. A member of the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council and active in numerous other Indigenous organisations, Ms Ella-Duncan represented Australia in netball from 1985-87and was awarded the Order of Australia medal for services to the sport in 1988.

Dr Col Gellatly

Dr Col Gellatly was appointed Director-General of the Premier’s Department in 1994. He has held a number of senior management positions within the NSW public service, including as Director General of the Department of Land and Water Conservation. He has been NSW representative on a wide range of State/Commonwealth Working Parties and Committees and has had three periods as a part-time Commissioner with the Industries Assistance Commission. He has also served on a diverse range of boards and committees. Dr Gellatly has a degree in Agricultural Economics from the University of New England, a Master of Commerce from the University of NSW and a PhD from North Carolina State University.

Mr Richard Johnson MBE

Richard Johnson is an award winning architect, Adjunct Professor of Architecture at the University of New South Wales and a Director of Johnson Pilton Walker Architects. He is an Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects and the Japan Institute of Architects, and a Member of the Design Institute of Australia. Mr Johnson was involved in the design of the Australian embassies in Beijing and Tokyo. He is the Chief Architect for the Sydney Opera House and is also currently working on projects including the Australian War Memorial, the Hilton Hotel and the Asian wing of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He also serves on the Board of the Australian Technology Park and the Australian Architects Association. Mr Johnson has a Bachelor of Architecture (1st Class Honours) from the University of NSW and a Master of Philosophy (Town Planning) from University College, London. In 1976 he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to Architecture.

Ms Samantha Mostyn
BA LLB

Sam Mostyn has an extensive background in law, management and politics. She is currently the Group Executive, Culture and Reputation at Insurance Australia Group (IAG), managing such areas as Human Resources, Corporate Affairs, Government Relations and Policy and Community Engagement. She is a qualified lawyer and served as a senior Policy Adviser to former Prime Minister Paul Keating. Ms Mostyn has also steered a pilot crime prevention strategy in the Redfern-Waterloo area, in partnership with NRMA Insurance, police and local business, focusing on crime reduction and community development. Ms Mostyn serves on the Academic Advisory Board of the Australian Institute of Management, is a Board member of the Sydney Festival, the Sydney Theatre Company and the Centenary Institute, and is a Trustee of the Australian Museum. She is a Director of the trustee company for the Insurance Australia Group and the NRMA Superannuation Plan and is also a member of the NSW Premier’s Council for Active Living. She was recently appointed as the first female Commissioner of the Australian Football League.

Ms Lucy Turnbull
LLB MBA

Lucy Turnbull was Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney from 2003 to 2004, Deputy Lord Mayor from 1999 to 2003 and has recently been appointed an Administrator of Tweed Shire Council. She has extensive experience in planning, business and investment banking. She currently chairs many companies, both private and public, including WebCentral Group Limited, Centrestone Wealth Management Pty Limited, and Pengana Holdings Limited. Former chair of the NSW Government’s Ministerial Advisory Committee on Biotechnology, Ms Turnbull has also served on the NSW Government’s Information Industry Business Advisory Board. She is the author of Sydney – Biography of a City (1999) and has assisted with several community based initiatives in the Redfern area. She also serves on the Board of the Australian Technology Park.

Ms Jennifer Westacott
BA (Hons) FAICD FVIPA

Jennifer Westacott is currently the Director-General of the Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources, a position she was appointed to in May 2003. She is the Soil Conservation Commissioner and a Murray-Darling Basin Commissioner and was the Commissioner of Forests until June 2004. Ms Westacott has had a distinguished senior management career in the public service of NSW and Victoria and was formerly the Deputy Director-General of the NSW Department of Housing and Secretary of the Department of Education and Training in Victoria. She currently sits on a number of Government Boards. Ms Westacott is also a member of the Board of Advice of the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Sydney and in 2003 was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to the community through public administration. Review

 
Review

The RWA leased premises on Level 11, Tower 2, 1 Lawson Square, Redfern from the City of Sydney and commenced operations from 17 January 2005 with staffing of three officers. During the months to 30 June 2005 the RWA:

Procured office equipment

Established corporate service activities

Established the Governance arrangements

Finalised negotiations with DSTO and NICTA to construct new office premises at Australian Technology Park

Completed discussion with the Ministry for the Arts for the creation of an entertainment centre at North Eveleigh and commenced investigation for the redevelopment of the North Eveleigh precinct

Developed an aboriginal employment strategy with local aboriginal training and employment agencies

Established a regime to assess development applications submitted on state significant site development within the authority’s operational area

Completed investigations into future road transport access to Australian Technology Park

Commenced discussion with the community and in particular the aboriginal community to develop concepts for redevelopment of The Block

Assumed management control of Australian Technology Park and completed a review of the business activities

Independent Audit Report

To Members of the New South Wales Parliament

Audit Opinion

In my opinion, the financial report of the Redfern-Waterloo Authority:

(a) presents fairly the Authority’s and the consolidated entity’s financial position as at 30 June 2005 financial performance and cash flows for the period ended on that date, in accordance with applicable Accounting Standards and other mandatory professional reporting requirements in Australia, and

(b) complies with section 41B of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 (the Act).

My opinion should be read in conjunction with the rest of this report.

The Board’s Role

The financial report is the responsibility of the members of the Board. It consists of the statements of financial position, the statements of financial performance, the statements of cash flows and the accompanying notes for the Authority and the consolidated entity. The consolidated entity comprises the Authority and the entities controlled at the year’s end or during the financial period.

Auditor’s Role and the Audit Scope

As required by the Act, I carried out an independent audit to enable me to express an opinion on the financial report.

My audit provides reasonable assurance to Members of the New South Wales Parliament that the financial report is free of material misstatement.

My audit accorded with Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards and statutory requirements, and I:

• evaluated the accounting policies and significant accounting estimates used by the Board in preparing

the financial report, and

• examined a sample of the evidence that supports the amounts and other disclosures in the financial report.

An audit does not guarantee that every amount and disclosure in the financial report is error free. The terms ‘reasonable assurance’ and ‘material’ recognise that an audit does not examine all evidence and transactions. However, the audit procedures used should identify errors or omissions significant enough to adversely affect decisions made by users of the financial report or indicate that Board members had not fulfilled their reporting obligations.

My opinion does not provide assurance:

• about the future viability of the Authority or its controlled entities,

• that they have carried out their activities effectively, efficiently and economically, or

• about the effectiveness of their internal controls.

Audit Independence

The Audit Office complies with all applicable independence requirements of Australian professional ethical pronouncements.

The Act further promotes independence by:

• providing that only Parliament, and not the executive government, can remove an Auditor-General, and

• mandating the Auditor-General as auditor of public sector agencies but precluding the provision of non-audit services, thus ensuring the Auditor-General and the Audit Office are not compromised in their role by the possibility of losing clients or income.

David Jones, FCPA
Director, Financial Audit Services
SYDNEY, 4 November 2005

Director’s Statement

Statement by the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer on the adoption of the financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2005.

Certificate Under Section 41C of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983.

Pursuant to Section 41C (B) and 1 (C) of the Public Finance and Audit Act 1983 and in our capacity as Chairman, and

Chief Executive Officer of the Redfern Waterloo Authority, we declare that in our opinion:

The accompanying financial statements exhibit a true and fair view of the financial position of the Redfern Waterloo Authority as at 30 June 2005 and transactions for the year ended on that date.

The statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Public Finance and Audit Regulation 2000 and the Treasurer’s Directions.

Further, we are not aware of any circumstances that would render any particulars included in the financial statements to be misleading or inaccurate.

Sydney, dated this 31 October 2005

Robert Domm
Chief Executive Officer
Redfern Waterloo Authority

David Richmond
Chairman
Redfern Waterloo Authority

 
Redfern-Waterloo Authority Annual Report 04-05 Financial Report

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Annual Report 04-05 Appendices

Corporate Services

The Central Corporate Services Unit (CCSU) of the Department of Commerce provides a comprehensive range of corporate services. These services include financial and accounting, information and technology and payroll.

Risk Management

Contributions are made by the RWA to the Treasury Managed Fund for workers compensation, motor vehicles, property loss, public liability and various other insurable risks.

Staff of the RWA have assigned wardens and participated in emergency evacuation drills.

No occupational health and safety incidents have been raised.

Employment Equity

The RWA is currently developing its own policies to ensure equitable employment is pursued in all its activities. The RWA has acted consistently with the Premier’s Department EEO Plan, Ethnic Affairs Priority Statement; Disability Action Plan; and Aboriginal Employment Strategy.

Chief and Senior Executive Officers

During 2004-05 Robert Domm was employed as Chief Executive Officer by the RWA.

 

Staff Numbers	Men	Women	Total
Permanent Full-time	3	2	5
Temporary Full-time	1	4	5
Contract-SES	1	-	1

 

For the final six months of the financial year, a total of 11 staff were employed/contracted by RWA.

Four male and two female staff are designated Managers/Administrators. The five remaining staff are designated Professionals.

 

Staff Numbers by Level	Men	Women	Total
$58,254 - $75,331	-	2	2
$75,332 - $94,165	2	2	4
$94,165 (non-SES)	2	2	4
$94,165 (SES)	1	-	1

 

 

Benchmark	RWA	Benchmark or Govt target
Aboriginal People or Torres Strait	55%	50%
Islanders		20%
People Whose Language First Spoken As a Child was not English		20%
People with a Disability		12%
People with a Disability requiring work-related adjustment		7%
Source: NSW Public Sector Workforce Profile NSW Premier’s Department, Public Employment Office

 

Charter

The RWA is formed under the Redfern-Waterloo Authority Act 2004.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The RWA is committed to the principles and practices of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). The RWA will undertake to develop a broad EEO Policy in 2005-06. The aim will be to ensure that equitable employment is pursued in all of the Authorities activities including: EEO Plan, Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement; Disability Action Plan; and Aboriginal Employment Strategy.

Overseas Travel

No overseas travel fares for staff were incurred during the reporting year.

Publications

There are no publications in the current year. However newsletters are planned for the next financial year.

Freedom of Information/Procedure

During the reporting period, one request under the Freedom of Information Act was received. In the same period, no major issues arose, and there were no investigations or applications for review submitted.

Formal requests made under the Freedom of Information Act for access to documents held by the RWA should be accompanied by a $30 application fee and directed to:

The FOI Coordinator
Redfern-Waterloo Authority
PO Box 3332
Redfern NSW 2016
The contact number for all FOI inquiries is (02) 92029100

Ministerial Advisory Committees

Human Services Committee

Mr Aldo Pennini Redfern-Waterloo Authority - Chair
Ms Maybelle Chung Community
Ms Jill Edwards Community
Mr Howard Glenn Community
Mr Dominic (Dom) Grenot Community
Mr Paul Knight Community
Ms Shirley Lomas Community
Ms Lyn Stewart Community
Mr Ivan Simon Department of Aboriginal Affairs
M/s Anne-Maree Sabellico Department of Community Services
Dr Phil Lambert Department of Education and Training
Mr John Becker Department of Housing
M/s Gay Horsburgh Central Sydney Area Health Service
Inspector Darren Bennett NSW Police Service
Mr Colin Kay Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination (OIPC)
Mr Paul Cramer Department of Family and Community Services
M/s Monica Barone City of Sydney Council
Mr Gary Moore NCOSS
M/s Helen Campbell Redfern Legal Centre

Employment and Enterprise Committee

Mr Robert Domm Redfern-Waterloo Authority - Chair
Mr Michael Dalah Community
M/s Megan Gardiner Community
M/s Margaret Hobbs Community
Mr Anthony John (Tony) Larkings Community
M/s Bronwyn Penrith Community
Mr Dennis Weatherall Community
Dr Phil Lambert Department of Education and Training
Ms Julie Scott Department of State and Regional Development
Mr Steve Merritt Department of Aboriginal Affairs
Ms Marsha Milliken Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Mr Mark Spinks Centrelink
Mr Les Tobler CFMEU
Ms Catherine Hart City of Sydney Council

Built Environment Committee

Mr David Richmond Redfern-Waterloo Authority - Chair
M/s Jocelyn Jackson Community
Mr Alex Kibble Community
Mr Richard Pembroke Community
Mr Shane Phillips Community
Mr Jonathan Rez Community
Mr Steve Tamas Community
Mr Geoffrey Turnbull Community
M/s Ann Weldon Community
Professor Chris Johnson Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources
Mr Warwick Glenn Department of State and Regional Development
Mr Paul Vevers Department of Housing
Inspector Darren Bennett NSW Police Service
Mr Chris Ford Roads & Traffic Authority
Mr Richard Hemsworth RailCorp
Ms Catherine Hart City of Sydney Council

Disability Plans

RWA is in the process of developing a Disability Action Plan, which will come into effect in 2005-06.

Land Disposal

There were no land disposals for the year ended 30 June 2005.

Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement

An RWA Ethnic Affairs Priorities Statement will be developed and applied in 2005-06.

NSW Government Action Plan for Women

The RWA supports the NSW Government Action Plan for Women in its efforts to promote workplaces that are equitable, safe and responsive to all aspects of women’s lives. A Plan is under development and will be available in 2005-06.

Occupational Health and Safety

RWA is committed to providing a safe and supportive work environment within a professional organisation, characterised by the efficient and effective use of its resources. A policy is under development and will be available in 2005-06.

No workers compensation claims were lodged in 2004-05.

Waste Reduction and Purchasing Plan

The Government’s Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy (WRAPP) requires all State government agencies to develop and implement a WRAPP plan to reduce waste, increase purchase of recycled –content materials and report on progress every two years. A policy is under development and will be available in 2005-06.

Corporate Credit Cards

As at 30 June 2005, staff of RWA were not issued with any corporate credit cards.

Code of Conduct

A code of conduct will be developed during the year 2005-06 and a workshop for all staff will be held during the second half of the financial year.

Legislative Changes

There were no changes to any legislation administered by RWA during the reporting year.

Annual Report

The RWA Annual Report is available electronically at: www.redfernwaterloo.com.au

The total cost of external production and printing was $31,730.60

Contact Details

Redfern-Waterloo Authority
Level 11, Tower 2
1 Lawson Square
Redfern NSW 2016

PO Box 3332
Redfern 2016

Reception 9am – 5pm Monday – Friday
Telephone: +61 2 92029100

Website:
www.redfernwaterloo.com.au

Registered office is

Redfern-Waterloo Authority
Level 11, Tower 2
1 Lawson Square
Redfern NSW 2016

T: 02 9202 9100
F: 02 9292 9111

PO Box 3332
Redfern 2016

redfernwaterloo@rwa.nsw.gov.au

www.redfernwaterloo.com.au

Index

(page numbers differ between PDF Annual Report with and Without Pictures see respective index for page numbers)

Appendices
Auditor’s Independent Declaration
Board Members
Contact Details
Corporate Governance
Coverage Map
Current Activities
Director’s Statement
Financials (see pdf file)
Functional Chart
Governance Chart
Key Strategies
Letter to the Minister
Ministerial Advisory Committees
Overview
Principle Objectives
Review
Statement from The Chairperson and Chief Executive officer
State Significant Development – ATP

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