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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.
- Public Housing Sell-Off
- REDFERN-WATERLOO: The Redfern Waterloo Authority released its blueprint plan for the future of public housing land in Redfern and Waterloo. After several years in development, The Draft Built Environment Plan 2 was made available for public comment reports South Sydney Herald in April 2011.
- The Good, The Bad and the BE2
- The Built Environment Plan 2(BE2) focuses on renewal of the two principal estates of public housing in Redfern and Waterloo writes Bruce Lay in The South Sydney Herald of April, 2011
- Eveleigh Railyards Nominated for National Heritage Register
- Greater Eveleigh Railway Precinct has been nominated for the National Heritage Register by Friends of Eveleigh. Below you can see the details of the National Heritage Database. Supporters of the nomination in January 2011 included NSW's new Premier Barry O'Farrell and the new Planning and Infrastructure Minister Brad Hazzard who also becomes the Minister responsible for the RWA and SMDA.
- City of Sydney City Plan on Exhibition Until 4 April 2011.
- The City Plan contains the new Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and Development Control Plan (DCP) for the City of Sydney as well as the Draft Green Square Affordable Housing Program and the Draft City of Sydney Competitive Design Policy. These documents are the City Councils key planning controls and will guide future development in our city, promoting heritage, sustainability and liveability. Please take opportunity to look at the controls (height, floor space and land use etc) proposed for your part of the City.
- Newest attraction leaves the platform
- IT'S enough to make the Fat Controller jealous - and so it should, having cost the NSW taxpayer about $30 million. But when Trainworks, the state's newest tourist attraction, opens its doors for the first time tomorrow afternoon, Agris Celinskis hopes a new generation will be entranced by the magic of steam reports Steve Meacham in the Sydney Morning Herald of 2 April 2011.
- ATP Letter to Communters & an ATP Worker Response
- Following concerns from Alexandria residents regarding ATP tenants parking in local streets the ATP in mid March leafleted cars parked in the area encouraging any ATP tenants to park within the ATP and offering concessional rates. Subsequently REDWatch received a copy of a letter from some workers at ATP responding to the ATP letter. Given some of the tensions between residents and commuters we thought it was worthwhile publishing the text of the original ATPPML leaflet and the reply from some commuters about the issue.
- Premier announces grant for the Block
- Premier Kristina Keneally last week announced a $2 million grant to the Aboriginal Housing Company (AHC) to help it redevelop and revitalise the Block in Redfern reports Michael Davis in City News of Thursday, 17 March 2011.
- RWA Email Update March 2011
- In This RWA Update - DEVELOPMENT NEWS: Draft BEP 2 consultation & thank you barbeques / Heritage Interpretation Plan NEWS : Join the Redfern brand evolution / Building a brighter future through Aboriginal employment / A Night Off the Grog Forum / Local kids learn about healthy lifestyles DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS: Internal fit out and additional flues - Biomedical Building, 1 Central Avenue, Australian Technology Park / Filming in the area bounded by Eveleigh, Vine and Louis Streets, Redfern / Modification - temporary Gardener's Compound, Australian Technology Park / Installation of a Solar Power System, NICTA Building, Australian Technology Park / Use of the former Clothing Store building, North Eveleigh WHAT’S ON: 21 and 22 March – draft BEP 2 Thank You Barbeques / 23, 27 and 30 March - Good Neighbourhood Barbeques / Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm
- Tenant sues HNSW and WINS!
- A Department of Housing tenant in Sydney's notorious Redfern area has successfully sued the Department of Housing for failing to provide her with "quiet enjoyment" following an ongoing dispute with a neighbour over antisocial behaviour reports Our House Swap on 11 March 2011.
- Parking in Alexandria - Letter from Lord Mayor to Residents
- The letter below was written on 11 March 2011 to an Alexandria resident regarding the Council's follow up to the ATP Parking Study. Given the general interest in Alexandria about this issue we are running the letter on the REDWatch website.
- $2 MILLION TO BOOST NEW PLANS FOR THE BLOCK IN REDFERN
- The NSW Government before it went into caretaker mode approved a $2 million grant to the Aboriginal Housing Company to help it with the next stage of its Pemulwuy Project to re-develop and revitalise The Block. The text of the media release from the Premier Kristina Keneally on 10th March 2011 during her visit to the Block is provided below.
- Desley Hass Submission on BEP2
- Below is the submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2 from Desley Hass. This submission has two parts the first deals with consultation, language and other issues while the sectond section deals with traffic and parking.
- Resident Questions if Sydney Uni has followed Planning Requirements
- A Darlington Resident, who is part of a group of Darlington residents concerned about Sydney Uni’s proposed developments, has written to the Department of Planning arguing that Sydney Uni has not complied with the Department’s consultation requirements for the proposed Abercrombie Street redevelopment. The text of the email below asks the Department to request the University to address the lack of community consultation before allowing the proposal to be formally exhibited. The text of the email is below:
- Public housing not a “magic pudding”
- Community group, REDWatch, is concerned that Government has been working behind closed doors for over seven years on the Built Environment Plan 2 (BEP2) for the redevelopment of Redfern and Waterloo public housing estates and yet the Plan is only being placed on exhibition for a month comments South Sydney Herald in their March 2011 Issue.
- South Sydney Greens Submission on BEP2
- Below id the text of the South Sydney Greens Submission on BEP2
- REDWatch Submission on BEP2
- Below is the text of the REDWatch submission on the Draft Redfern-Waterloo Built Environment Plan Stage 2 (BEP2)
- RWA Letter to REDWatch Regarding BEP2 Consultation
- REDWatch wrote the the Redfern Waterloo Authority on 15 February 2011 raising concerns about the Consultation process being used for BEP2. This is the respoonse to that letter from the RWA.
- Consultation concerns over Redfern-Waterloo plan
- Residents’ group REDWatch are concerned about the public consultation process for the Redfern Waterloo Authority’s (RWA) recently released blueprint for public housing in the area reports Michael Davis in City News on 24 February 2011.
- RWA Email Update February 2011
- In This RWA Update - DEVELOPMENT NEWS: BEP 2 open for community consultation NEWS: The new Redfern brand / The Big Issue moves to Redfern with $1.25 million / New art space for Weave Youth Services / Waterloo Green Neighbourhood Project / Local community organisation receives $135k grant / Redfern recognised in Order of Australia Awards / Eveleigh Market Christmas Banner Winners / Mural planned for Redfern Fire Station / Innovation Plaza transformed on film / New CEO for CarriageWorks WHAT’S ON: RWA BEP 2 Information Sessions / Housing NSW BEP Information Sessions / 19 February - Farmers’ Market – every Saturday 8am to 1pm / 6 March - Artisans’ Market – 1st Sunday of the month, 10am to 3pm
- Publicly Accessible Literature Relating to Social Mix
- REDWatch, as well as a number of other stakeholders from Redfern and Waterloo, have requested research material on the topic of social mix. Below is a preliminary overview of some of the material available, with a focus on material that is available for download free of charge. It is proposed that more extensive work be undertaken in the near future, in consultation with the emerging Redfern and Waterloo Community Learning and Research Committee. This will include a substantial list of journal articles and summary notes on their relevance to Redfern and Waterloo. This material has been supplied by Davis Lilley at Housing NSW on 16 February 2011.
