20 April 2005

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Human Services Cluster Groups Meeting with Community – Time, Date and Location Changes

Redfern-Waterloo Ministerial Advisory Committees Expressions of Interest before 5pm 22^nd April

RWA Community Consultation Framework

Transparency - Human Services Advisory Committee Action Points and Cluster Group Timetable

“See Redfern before Frank Sells It” Parliamentarian’s Tour

Dr Andrew Jakubowicz “Building e-communities: community development and the changing nature of neighbourhood” – May 4^th 3-5pm

Mean streets or Lost Suburbs' - Thursday 28 April 2005, 5.30pm - 7.30 pm

Redfern Community Centre Looking to Employ a Cultural Development Officer

Text Version of RWA Leaflet - Redfern-Waterloo Plan #3, April 2005

Relevant documents - click to download

Redfern-Waterloo Human Services E-Newsletter – Issue Two

HSAC Minutes 3 March 2005

HSAC Minutes 15 March 2005

Initial Cluster Meeting Dates.

Human Services Cluster Groups Meeting with Community – Time, Date and Location Changes

Please note that dates, times and places for these meetings have changed from what was earlier advised and from the RWA Leaflet distributed throughout Redfern Waterloo over the weekend!

3 May - Health services: 1pm, Level 11, Tower 2, TNT Towers, 1 Lawson Street, Redfern

5 May -Youth services: 4pm, PCYC, 638 Elizabeth Street, Redfern

6 May - Services for families and children: 1pm, Level 11, Tower 2, TNT Towers, 1 Lawson Street, Redfern

12 May - Services for Aboriginal people: 1pm, Redfern Community Centre, 29-53 Hugo Street, Redfern.

These changes were picked up from the Redfern-Waterloo Human Services E-Newsletter Issue Two - circulated yesterday and have been confirmed with the RWPP / HSAC Secretariat. As attention was not specially drawn to the changes in the email we missed them but thankfully another community member picked them up and alerted us to them. We have attached a copy of this email as it contains a report on the two Community Outcomes Meetings. We do not know if this is the consultants report on these meetings or just the post HSAC summary of it. The consultation report reflects the community desire for greater community involvement and control of decisions affecting human services including that they be widely promoted as well as a summary of the suggestions from the meetings.

Changing venues, times and dates after leaflets are distributed through out the area does not assist community participation. We have been advised the changes have been made at the request of the clusters which shows responsiveness to the cluster wishes but it would have been nice to have this worked out before the community was advised. We are aware some organisations have already changed other meetings to avoid the initial 10-3 timeslot and dates that had been set down for these cluster group meetings.

We should also make the obvious point that holding the meetings through the day makes it impossible for many community members to attend and be involved in the process. This is the old tension between service providers who work 9-5 and residents, many of whom also work 9-5 and wish to be involved in such decisions but can not attend daytime meetings.

Redfern-Waterloo Ministerial Advisory Committees Expressions of Interest before 5pm 22^nd April

A Reminder that EOIs are due in by this Friday, 22^nd April. A copy of the advertisement for the three Advisory Committees is in the text version of the Redfern Waterloo Pan #3 at the bottom of this email.

RWA Community Consultation Framework

A leaflet letterboxed over the weekend contains the announcement of “How your Voice will be Heard – Community Consultation Framework for the Future”. The leaflet also reminds people that applications of Expressions of interest for the three Ministerial Advisory Committees are due in by the end of this week and tells people, incorrectly as it now turns out, when and where the community can meet with the Service Clusters. The leaflet can be viewed on the RWPP website or from the following link The Redfern-Waterloo Plan #3 (pdf ~1.2mb). At 1.2 Mb it is reasonably large if you are on dial up, so we have done a text version at the foot of this email (The mud map of the consultation diagram will be a bit wonky!)

The consultation model shows that there is currently no plan to have a broad Community Advisory Committee. Community participation will be confined to the community positions on the three Ministerial Advisory Committees and community Public Forums at least four times a year. This will leave all community issues which do not neatly fit into one of the three advisory committees to be taken up through the Public Forums.

Transparency - Human Services Advisory Committee Action Points and Cluster Group Timetable

We have now been supplied with HSAC Agreed Actions / Minutes for the First Two Meetings. This information provides the community and services with some further information about the process and steps being taken to develop the human Services Plan as well as about the functioning of the HSAC. We have also provided the Timetable for Cluster Group Meetings however please note that these dates are subject to change and are just an indication of the process planned.

As mentioned above the E-Newsletter attached also includes a report of the Community Outcomes Meetings. The availability of such reports are central to the community being aware of the activities being undertaken by RWA Advisory Groups and will go along way to making the community feel more comfortable with the RWA processes. So far we have not seen the Action points from the third meeting.

It is very important for the RWA to take the community into its confidence as far as possible. When the new RWA website is set up minutes / action points from all committees and the Board should be posted. Similarly the site should advise the date of all upcoming meetings of community consultations, advisory meetings and the Board (ideally with an agenda similar to the local council). The RWA should also follow the practice of departments that post media statements on their website for easy access to the community rather than the Minister’s current practice of not making his media statements available to the community.

“See Redfern before Frank Sells It” Parliamentarian’s Tour

In response to recent media reports (SMH April 11 2005) that Minister Sartor has gone to state cabinet seeking a $36 million loan to fund the Redfern Waterloo Authority until he can sell off Government Land to fund the RWA and the “regeneration” of Redfern Waterloo, REDWatch is arranging a tour for parliamentarians of the area. A bus has been hired to take parliamentarians on a tour in their lunch break on 4^th May. Tony Pooley, former Mayor of South Sydney, has agreed to be the tour guide. For further information contact Trevor on 04 0000 8338.

REDWatch believes that is unfair for suburbs like Redfern and Waterloo to be expected to fund the building of state assets like a major Railway Station and renewed Public Housing by flogging off scarce inner city public land and some of the old government sites which are very much part of the area’s history. REDWatch is sure that it wouldn’t happen in Vaucluse or Pymble so why should it happen in Redfern and Waterloo. At a time when people are talking about the lack of space in Sydney for recreation and sporting activities why should the community allow the sale of scarce public land to make up for lack of up front government funding?

Dr Andrew Jakubowicz “Building e-communities: community development and the changing nature of neighbourhood” – May 4^th 3-5pm

The Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development is holding the Inaugural Margaret Barry Memorial Lecture and celebrating 100 editions of Inner Voice on Wednesday 4th May 2005 3pm - 5pm Redfern Town Hall 73 Pitt St Redfern with guest speaker: Dr Andrew Jakubowicz Building e-communities: community development and the changing nature of neighbourhood

Dr Andrew Jakubowicz is Professor of Sociology at the University of Technology Sydney and was the first chair of the Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development. His research involves cultural change and social polity, and has been focused on multiculturalism and Australian society. In 2004 he was visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Comparative Media Studies program, examining new media and social science. He has taught in areas of power and change in Australia, communicating social relations on the Internet, and advocacy and communication. His latest online project is "Making multicultural Australia" on http://wwww.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au. The Margaret Barry Memorial Lecture will be followed by a short celebration of 100 issues of Inner Voice and the launch of new resources from the Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development. This event is free but donations for tea/coffee are welcome and registration ios requested by Wednesday 27^th April. For further information / registration form contact Edwina Tohi on 9698 7690 or Jack Carnegie on 0417 290 041 or Inner Sydney Regional Council for Social Development, 770 Elizabeth St, Waterloo NSW, 2017. Phone: 02 9698 7690      Email: innerv@iinet.net.au

Mean Streets or Lost Suburbs' - Thursday 28 April 2005, 5.30pm - 7.30 pm

The Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney presents a public forum - Mean streets or Lost Suburbs' Date: Thursday 28 April 2005, 5.30pm - 7.30 pm Venue: Assembly Hall, Level 4 (street level), Sydney University Law School, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney

This forum will consider the recent social unrest on the streets of Sydney. The forum will look at areas such as: public order reporting; the essence of alienation for youth, indigenous and ethnic communities; tensions in public housing; political denial of social responsibility; and community/urban renewal and crime prevention. Forum Presenters are:

Brenton Banfield, Mayor, Campbelltown City

Superintendent Dave Darcy, Visiting Fellow, Australian Institute of Police Management

Quentin Dempster, Presenter, Stateline, ABC TV.

Dr Peggy Dwyer, Solicitor, Sydney Regional Aboriginal Corporation Legal Service

Dr Murray Lee, Senior Lecturer, Criminology, University of Western Sydney

Chris Martin, Doctoral student, Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney

Jioji Ravulo, PRSP Caseworker, Campbelltown Post Release Support Program (PRSP), Mission Australia / NSW Department of Juvenile Justice

Chair: Professor Mark Findlay, Director, Institute of Criminology, Faculty of Law, University of Sydney

Registration: $35 waged/$15 students/concessions (GST incl.) Late Registration (register on the day): $40 waged/$17 students/concessions (GST incl.) No charge for Institute of Criminology members. To register please contact the Institute directly or go to http://www.criminology.law.usyd.edu.au/

Redfern Community Centre Looking to Employ a Cultural Development Officer

More information can be found at http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/myc_hr_job_bulletin.asp or by contacting Beth Jewell on 9288 5344

Text Version of RWA Leaflet - Redfern-Waterloo Plan #3, April 2005

Redfern-Waterloo Authority

The Redfern-Waterloo Authority (RWA) was established on 17 January 2005 to manage public infrastructure and achieve sustainable social and physical renewal in the area.

This is an invitation for you to become involved in shaping your community for the future

Reminder: Expressions of Interest for Redfern-Waterloo Ministerial Advisory Committees.

Following community consultation, the Minister for Redfern-Waterloo, the Hon. Frank Sartor MP, is now inviting Expressions of Interest from residents of Redfern, Waterloo, Eveleigh and Darlington to participate in any of three Ministerial Advisory Committees.

Community representatives may be appointed as individuals to each of the following Committees:

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.

Please note that the Minister is seeking at least two Indigenous residents for each committee.

Expressions of Interest should outline relevant interests, skills and experience in no more than two pages (including contact details) and be forwarded to:

Aldo Pennini

RWA Community Relations Manager

PO Box 3332

Redfern, NSW 2016

Telephone: 9202 9100

Fax: 9202 9111

Email: penninia@rwa.nsw.gov.au

Expressions of Interest should be received by the Redfern-Waterloo Authority by 5.00 pm Friday, 22 April, 2005.

Robert Domm, Chief Executive Officer, Redfern-Waterloo Authority

How Your Voice Will Be Heard

Community Consultation Framework for the Future

                                     MINISTER FOR REDFERN – WATERLOO                      .

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           |                                               |                           REDFERN –WATERLOO AUTHORITY

ADVISORY COMMITTEES                    |                                               ^             

Built Environment                                  |                                               |              

Human Services                                    |                                               |        

Enterprise & Employment                      |                                              V                                   .                

           |                                               |                            Working Groups of Officers as required

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          V                                         FORUMS

                                          Open to community at large

All Residents can be involved

Upcoming meetings and events will be advised to residents in our inaugural newsletter and website (still under construction). A Community Forum to meet at least four times a year will be open for members of the public to attend. The purpose of this Forum is to provide the Minister with advice on the broad strategic direction of the Redfern-Waterloo Plan and provides the community with a direct link to the Minister.

Human Services Review Update (Please Note Meeting Place, Dates and Times have changed by E-News 2 -eds)

Two community workshops held on 4 April 2005 identified preferred outcomes community members want from human services in Redfern and Waterloo.

Around 60 participants identified outcomes in relation to children and young people, families and community. Some initial work was also undertaken to identify how such achievements might be measured. This information has been passed on to the Interim Human Services Advisory Committee and the cluster groups set up to develop Stage One of the Human Services Plan.

The cluster groups, consisting of people responsible for providing services in Redfern-Waterloo, will open to the public their scheduled meetings for the week comencing 2 May 2005.

Community members who wish to have a say about solutions that are being developed are encouraged to attend one or more of the following community workshops:

Tuesday 3 May 2005: Health services

Wednesday 4 May 2005: Services for Aboriginal people

Thursday 5 May 2005: Youth services

Friday 6 May 2005: Services for families and children

All meetings will be held on level 11, Tower 2, TNT Towers, 1 Lawson Street, Redfern.

For further information and times contact Samantha Nolan, phone 9202 9100.

Redfern-Waterloo Authority

Level 11, Tower 2, 1 Lawson Square

PO Box 3332 Redfern NSW 2016

Phone +612 9202 9100 Fax +612 9202 9111

www.redfernwaterloo.com