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Media Articles on Redfern Waterloo
This is a selection of major news items about Redfern Waterloo from various media outlets.
The AHC also has a good selection of the stories about the Block in their media news section at http://www.ahc.org.au.
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- 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.
- 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 2014. The same article appeared with a different headline on line.
- Leaflet to Tenants from The Millers Point Community Defence Group
- The following letter was issued by the three resident groups in the area under the banner of The Millers Point Community Defence Group following the the anouncement.
- Universities spend billions in race to be the best
- The University of Sydney plans to spend $2.5 billion transforming its historic campus, as a building arms race between higher education providers reaches unprecedented levels, reports Heath Gilmore in the Sydney Morning Herald of 15 March 2014.
- City's bold remake will need a great pitch to locals
- A KEY lobby group has questioned whether local communities will back the NSW government's ambitious rollout of urban renewal projects, claiming it will need strong local support to deliver $65 billion worth of housing and associated infrastructure reports Lisa Allen in The Australian of 13 March 2014.
- UrbanGrowth NSW: Government says Build, Build, Build
- Minister for Planning and Infrastructure Brad Hazzard today, 8th march 2014, announced the NSW Government has charged UrbanGrowth NSW with a new mandate to lead the delivery of major scale renewal projects including the Central to Eveleigh Urban Renewal and Transport Program. Below is the text of the media release.
- Project Profile: Central to Eveleigh Urban Renewal and Transport Program
- This Urban Growth Project profile was released on 8 March 2014 with the anouncement of UrbanGrowths's expanded role in Central to Eveleigh. Below is the text of the profile. A link to the pdf version can be found at the foot of this article.
- Land freed for mass renewal
- Large swathes of land have been unlocked for apartment development in Sydney and Newcastle, as the state government pushes for urban renewal reports Rebecca Thistleton on page 6 of the Australian Financial Review of 8 March 2014.
- Surplus govt land for new housing in NSW
- Below is the text of the AAP report run by a number of media regarding the UrbanGrowth NSW anouncement of 8 March 2014.
- 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 is that Planning & Infrastructure will ensure that the community does have the opportunity to comment on the University's response to submissions before a determination is made.
- 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 the consultation.
- 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 March 2014 edition of the South Sydney Herald.
- Central to Eveleigh Corridor Indicative Development February 2014
- In February 2014 the NSW Government produced a video called "NSW is open for business". That video included a flythrough of the Central to Eveleigh corridor showing indicative development. A similar fly through was shown in March to the Property Council and released to Channel 9. Below are some stills taken from "NSW is open for business" which provide an indication of what development was being considered at that stage of Central to Eveleigh. UrbanGrowth has since indicated at a REDWatch meeting that some testing has been done on the indicative densities and that revisions are being made. UrbanGrowth expects to test possible densities with surrounding communities later in the process.
- Lift to be built for Redfern Station
- Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian today announced a lift would be built to Redfern Station platforms 6 and 7, making the station accessible to customers in wheelchairs and parents with prams for the first time reports this media release of by Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian on 31st January 2014.
- Planning changes to Central Park
- CHIPPENDALE: The Central Park development opposite the University of Technology, Sydney, looks set for further changes. Developers have applied to make a third modification to the approved concept plan by converting commercial space into student accommodation, reports Libby Hogan in the December 2013 South Sydney Herald.
- Central to Eveleigh consultations
- UrbanGrowth NSW recently undertook three workshops in the initial stage of its investigation into the Central to Eveleigh railway corridor. The workshops follow meetings with developers and other stakeholders over the last few months reports Geoff Turnbull in the December 2013 issue of The South Sydney Herald.
- Top agency switches from greenfields to infrastructure
- URBAN Growth NSW is set to take control of several big- ticket infrastructure projects, including the redevelopment of Newcastle's CBD and the development of apartment towers over the railway lines at Eveleigh, inner Sydney, under a major restructure of the government agency to be announced early next year reports Lisa Allan in the Australian of 5 December 2013.
- Options for Redfern station upgrade
- The South Sydney Herald has also obtained the documents released by RailCorp to Lift Redfern regarding “information relating to planned upgrades at Redfern Train Station”. The documents show the various plans for redevelopment, from the mid 2000s until about 2010, including one favoured by RailCorp for which construction was planned to start in July 2011. Sandra Beeston reports on the documents in the November 2013 issue of the SSH.
- ATP Sites Development Interest Call
- Local and international industry are being asked to register their interest on developing three sites in Australian Technology Park as part of the NSW Government’s revitalisation of the Central to Eveleigh rail corridor reports this media statement on 31 October 2013 from Minister Hazzard and UrbanGrowth NSW.
- North Eveleigh Affordable Housing Approved
- The Department of Planning and Infrastructure anounced on 25 October 2013 that the application for affordable housing on North Eveleigh had been approved. The Department also advised that they had amended the North Eveleigh Concept Plan to allow the building to increase in height to 7 storeys. The details of the media release are below:
