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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.
You can get up to date news by setting up a Google News alert at http://www.google.com/alerts. News Alerts will not pick up local media and some mainstream media stories which do not appear on a news website, where possible we put these stories on our website to provide wide access to the stories.
- Talk about public housing
- REDFERN: During August two exciting initiatives with some fun activities took place at the Redfern Town Hall and at Redfern Park, involving local residents of Waterloo and Redfern, and focusing on issues affecting tenants living in public housing writes Reece Meredith in the South Sydney Herald of September 2011.
- Engaging the wheels of change
- REDFERN: The appointment in February of new CEO, Lisa Havilah, marks a new phase in the evolution of CarriageWorks. Ms Havilah aims to develop her arts programs not just in response to the history and the unique location of CarriageWorks, but also in response to the drivers of community needs and interests reports Libby Hogan in the September 2011 issues of the South Sydney Herald.
- Housing is a basic right
- On a chilly Saturday in August Housing NSW staged a Housing Expo in Redfern Park to help introduce its Preliminary Masterplan. The Redfern Waterloo Authority (now the Sydney Metropolitan Development Authority) was also involved in conjunction with the RedWater Markets writes the South Sydney Herald an editorial in their September 2011 issue.
- Transfer of land in Redfern to the Aboriginal Housing Company from Council
- The City proposes to transfer this land to the Aboriginal Housing Company, to help provide housing and other facilities for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, for $20. The transfer of land for a nominal sum reflects the City of Sydney’s support of the project. The transfer of land to the Aboriginal Housing Company proposal will be on public exhibition 1 August to 5 September 2011 states this notice for Council of 10 July 2011.
- Don Harwin Welcomes $5000 boost for Redfern Preschool
- Additional funding to bolster the work of small preschools has been welcomed by Liberal Duty MLC for Heffron Don Harwin.
- Student Accommodation for 157 Cleveland Street
- A proposal for student accommodation at 157 Cleveland Street has seen student accommodation provider urbanest commenced door-knocking and letter boxing (of the letter below) for the 157 Cleveland St project on 30 August 2011. This lead up to a community meeting on Saturday 17 September 2011 in the Redfern Community Centre at 9.30am. The plans being considered are on the urbanest website at the link at the bottom of this item.
- Sartor: RWA was Cosmetic politics - Robert Domm was undermined
- Frank Sartor, the Minister responsible for setting up the RWA, deals in passing with the RWA in a section on "The Undermining of Robert Domm" in his 2011 book "The Fog on the Hill - How NSW Labor Lost its Way". Below is the text dealing with the RWA and Robert Domm who was the first CEO of the RWA - REDWatch has earlier covered media reports on some of the matters mentioned in Frank Sartor's account.
- Sartor: Keneally discussed plan for North Eveleigh with Sydney Uni
- "Keneally devised a plan to 'compensate' Sydney University for its `loss' of the Callan Park opportunity as Planning minister, by offering it the North Eveleigh site in Redfern, which had been prepared for tender." according to Frank Sartor in his 2011 book "The Fog on the Hill - How NSW Labor Lost its Way". The ex-Minister for Redfern Waterloo's comments about North Eveleigh when discussing "The Callan Park Mess" (pp118-123) can be found in the extract below:
- RWA Email Update - 29 August 2011
- In this RWA Email Update Update: NEWS - Redfern Gets a Warm Welcome / Shop Front Improvement Program / Master Planning Expo / Redfern RSL Works Continue / Eveleigh Market Wins Delicious Award / Souths Push For the Finals / NCIE Update / Call for Heritage Volunteers / Underbelly Transforms The Block - DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS - Interpretative and exhibition fit out of Part of Bays 1 & 2 of the Locomotive Workshop, Australian Technology Park (ATP) / New wayfinding signage at ATP / Modification to the use of Track 8 and Track 12 within the Carriage Workshops, North Eveleigh / New standby generator and building works to the Transport Management Centre, ATP - WHAT’S ON
- HNSW Master Planning Update - 28 Aug 2011
- The statement below appeared in an Update of the Redfern Waterloo page on HNSW's website on 28 August 2011. In included the posting of the Housing NSW Base Line Study for Redfern and Waterloo. HNSW has advised that they are limited in what they can post on this site hence REDWatch is posting electronic copies of Preliminary master Plan documents to ensure they are publicly available.
- What to Expect in the Master Plan
- REDWatch has prepared the following summary of what to expect in the Master Plan from the HNSW Planning Pyramid, the What goes into a Preliminary master Plan, the Community Engagement Schedule, references in the BEP2 to the Master Plan and relevant sections in the SMDA precinct brief for Redfern and Waterloo. The document aims to show what is expected to be in the Planning Controls, the Preliminary master Plan and the Final Master Plan. It also seeks to show the SMDA's ongoing interest through the precinct brief. We will update this list as more information becomes available.
- Plibersek questions Redfern housing authorities
- Federal MP Tanya Plibersek criticised the state of housing developments in the Redfern Waterloo area at a REDwatch meeting last week reports Christian Meagher in City News on 11 August 2011. [We have also included the comments made on the City News website to date]
- RWA Email Update 25 July 2011
- In this Update: NEWS : Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP 2) Update - Stakeholder Engagement Report - Community Facilities Report - Future community engagement / Barani Book launch – City of Sydney / Media attention for The Block / NAIDOC Week success / Redfern brand continues to gain momentum / DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS: Modification to temporary car parking in the Australian Technology Park WHAT’S ON: 1 August – Koori Job Ready Course 3 begins / 3 August - Redfern and Waterloo Community Learning and Research Group / 4 August –REDWatch meeting with Tanya Plibersek MP / 20 August – Saturday in Design / 20 August - Redfern Waterloo Urban Renewal Study and Housing NSW Master Plan EXPO / Eveleigh Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm / Eveleigh Artisans’ Market – first Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm / Alexandria Community Garden – 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month
- RWA Releases BEP2 Stakeholder Engagement Report
- The Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) has released the Stakeholder Engagement Report for the Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP 2). The report prepared by Mediate Today, the RWA response and a media release have been placed on the RWA website on 22 July 2011. Below you will find a link to the documents. We have reproduced the text of the media release and the RWA response in text form below.
- Future of major Aboriginal Art collection in danger
- Aboriginal activists and artists gathered at Chapel by the Sea last Saturday to save one of Australia’s major Aboriginal art collections. The future of Gordon Syron’s famous collection is in danger of being split up and scattered unless enough money and space can be found to maintain it reports Nicholas Jordan in Bondi View of 14 July 2011.
- RailCorp to Work on North Eveleigh Sub Stations and Ivery's Lane Retaining Wall
- On 9 May 2011 RailCorp wrote to occupiers of Holdsworth Street regarding the Railcorp “North Eveleigh Substation Relocation Project”. As part of this project RailCorp plan to replace the retaining wall on the Eastern Side of Iverys lane which will involve the removal of all existing vegetation. The potential loss of this vegetation and the bird habitat associated with it is of concern to some residents as I would expect is the possible loss of some insulation from the planned redevelopment which looks like it will proceed in some form.
- Renewal of Social Housing in Redfern- Waterloo BEP2 - Article in New Planner
- This article was published in the Planning Institute of NSW's journal New Planner June 2011. Our attention was drawn to this article at the presentation by City of Sydney on July 7 2011 because of its comments on the effectiveness of the BEP2 consultation which is contested between local agencies and Government. No reports have been released by either HNSW or RWA about the consultation and what they heard the community say. Agencies and community groups such as REDWatch raised concerns about the consultation in their submissions. It was concerns about the quality of the consultation that directly lead to the formation of the Groundswell Coalition.
- Scribe of Redfern driven by politics - Trevor Davies, 1956-2011 - SHM Obituary
- This Sydney Morning Herald Obituary to Trevor Davies written by Malcolm Brown and was published on Saturday 9 July 2011. It was fitting that this was published as his beloved Labor party held its NSW State Conference to talk about returning to the grass roots Trevor championed. It was also fitting for someone who championed local independent media that the front page of the SMH on that day read "Murdoch under siege". To clarify one inaccuracy on the SMH obituary, Trevor was one of the founders of REDWatch which is a residents group and not a journal.
- Links, Places for Memories & Remembering Trevor Davies
- Here we will collect and update links to other material about Trevor Davies. If you know of one which is not here please let us know. We have also provided information about how you can deposit your stories and Remember Trevor.
- Sydney Uni Abercrombie Street Update - 7 July 2011
- Sydney University Director of Campus Infrastructure and Services, Colin Rockliff, issued the following update on Sydney University revising their plans for the Abercrombie Street campus on 7 July 2011. The next meeting to discuss these plans between the University and Residents is 9am 19th July at the University Services building.
