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VOLUME ONE NUMBER SIXTY MAY’08 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND MTV Awards at ATP Anzac Day The Review Coloured Diggers March Page 12 Page 7 Frasers Broadway plan greener, bigger Paddy Gibson revisits the place of his arrest Photo: Ali Blogg APEC powers permanent? Aerial view of green development showing tallest building (same size as UTS) and surrounding area in outline Photo: Supplied Sarah Malik list was also created which made entry excluded persons list before APEC. into any of the excluded areas by listed “I was never told why I was on the list. Geoff Turnbull those visiting the new Kensington Street A review tabled in Parliament on persons a criminal offence. I can only assume why. I have not been strip during the night. It also allows for March 11 proposes to make increased Dale Mills, Co-ordinator of the convicted of any offence. My inclusion Frasers Property announced on April car share spaces to be adjusted to meet police powers under the temporary Human Rights Monitors group, is on the list is purely because of my part 8 that it proposes to alter the approved future needs as well as for car charging APEC laws permanent. In the review worried about the effect these laws in protest activity,” said Mr Gibson. concept plan for the former CUB points and possible conversion of parking of the APEC Meeting (Police Powers) will have on civil liberties. “I think “It is a legislative attempt to intimi- brewery site. Central to the proposed to other uses as car usage changes. Act 2007, the Police Minister David it’s a bit nutty and not consistent with date people.” change is to build Australia’s first Removing the car-dominated street Campbell, and the Attorney-General transparent government,” said Mr Mills. Mr Gibson also cited the lack of trans- six-star green precinct with a target of layout has enabled Frasers to open up the John Hatzistergos commend the “The abuses that occurred under the parency under which a person could be 100% carbon neutrality. site to greater pedestrian use. A decision latitude the APEC powers brought APEC police powers act will continue declared a “serious risk to public order” to reallocate floor space has removed to policing. on a regular basis.” by the Police Commissioner. Initiatives include tri-generation which one building near the old brewery to “There have been multiple situations “People who are organised on a produces electricity on-site and uses create a new square and increase public The APEC laws passed for opera- where police officers did overreact community level to mobilise opposi- excess energy to produce heating and accessible space by one third. tion during the Asia-Pacific Economic [during APEC] by throwing journalists tion against policies are targeted,” said cooling for the entire site. Rain water By the time the development is Co-operation summit in September last to the ground,” said Mr Mills. “Here we Mr Gibson. “They don’t need to make capture and sewerage harvesting are also completed there will be a much stronger year allowed police greater powers to have police clearly using unlawful force public or even inform the people on the among the green initiatives proposed and demand for green offices and units which deal with demonstrators. like sitting on someone and punching list why they are on the list.” it is expected the project will be able to Frasers hope to service with this devel- Under the laws the police were given them – the evidence is there on YouTube Mr Gibson was arrested during APEC supply some services to its neighbours. opment. Frasers green announcement extraordinary search and arrest powers, – but nothing has happened about it.” and held for an hour. He is currently Not only will the site have strong dovetails nicely with council’s strategy with parts of the city declared no-access Paddy Gibson, a local activist, pursuing a wrongful arrest claim against green credentials it will also look green, for a green global and connected city “security” zones. An “excluded persons” was one of the 60 people put on the NSW Police. with rooftop gardens and hanging so it came as no surprise that Frasers gardens a feature of what was unveiled project was given a prominent place at in front of the media and the Minister the City of Sydney’s Sustainable Sydney for Planning. 2030 launch. site. So they were not impressed that old brewery chimney. The public will get its say when the new To help future-proof the develop- Since purchasing the site Frasers Frasers used the opportunity to also ask Councillor John McInerney has plans go on exhibition in the near future. ment parking is concentrated rather has been in discussion with residents, for a further 6.38% floor space on the site already gone on record opposing the More information on the development can than under each building with entry council and other stake holders about in addition to increasing the proportion of proposed increase in floor space as have be found at www.frasersbroadway.com.au near the site boundary. Parking will be its concerns and what it would like to commercial space from 40% to 50%. the Combined Chippendale Community Geoff Turnbull is spokesperson for owned and administered as part of the see on the site. Many suggestions made The increased floor space when added Groups who have written to Minister REDWatch and has been involved in development rather than sold with floor in these discussions have been taken with floor space reallocated from the Sartor arguing that “the amended plan’s meetings between Frasers and community space. This lowers building costs and has up by Frasers and its international and removed building results in much greater proposed increase in massing and scale is representatives as well as attending the reduced the number of car spaces needed Australian architects. density going into the commercial part contrary to the findings from the Design media conference. to service the development. During discussions resident repre- of the development near the corner Competition, independent expert opinion The same spot can be used by busi- sentatives expressed concern about the of Abercrombie Street and Broadway and the previous community consulta- North Eveleigh development update – page 5 nesses during the day and residents and density that had been approved for the which now exceeds the height of the tion process.” 2 The South Sydney Herald – May 2008 PUBLISHER South Sydney Uniting Church Raglan Street, Waterloo News Telephone 0400 008 338 Phone/fax 02 9698 8949 The views expressed in this newspaper are those of the author and the article and are not necessarily the views of the Uniting Church. ADVERTISING Local resident wants ATP to turn it down [email protected] 0400 139 710 Reem Al-Gharabally cally treated. MAILING ADDRESS: Robert Domm, Managing Director of PO Box 2360 Strawberry Hills NSW 2012 Bill Sheridan, a long-term resident the ATP says he will do what he can to of Darlington, has an axe to grind get to the truth of the matter and has LETTERS with the Australian Technology Park employed engineers to conduct further Please send letters and emails to: The South Sydney Herald. in Redfern: he says noise from parties testing during the MTV music awards. Email: [email protected] held there has been keeping him up “I am engaging some new people to Supply sender name and suburb. at night. conduct further testing in recommended Size: 150 words or less. We may edit for legal or other reasons. locations around the area and on the path The Australian Technology Park - a and I will be assessing the outcome,” he research and development precinct with says. “I acknowledge that there is prob- an entertainment venue - is located in the ably a noise that we are hearing, but the former Eveleigh Railway Workshops and issue is if that noise is excessive.” EDIToRIAL CoMMITTEE has held a number of big events [most “We are going to do proper testing recently the MTV music awards]. Mr and this is going to be the biggest Sheridan has written numerous letters event that the park has ever had so it to council, police and the management is a good event to test on,” he adds. of the ATP over the years notifying them “We are going to adopt an impartial and that noise from such events is unaccept- Bill Sheridan Photo: Ali Blogg scientific approach.” ably loud. And if the tests show that the events “It is this high amplified music coming him for noise to be measured from his Mr Sheridan wrote recently in a letter exceed legal noise limits: “We will act out of these buildings that were built residence have been rejected. to the police. responsibly and in accordance with our during the days of the railway,” he says. “The current ATP until recently “Why has the ATP refused to monitor legal obligations and therefore if we “If it was once in a blue moon we could retained the services of the Acoustic where persistent noise complains are find we have an issue we have to find Managing EditoR Andrew Collis tolerate it but they seem to be having a Group with its engineers advising me brought to his attention?” he adds. a solution.” lot more functions.” that they were under strict instructions Mr Sheridan has proposed that The ATP has employed acoustic only to take noise readings from the events at the Redfern site that may If you are hearing what you believe is engineers to monitor the noise but footway outside 499 Wilson Street, where exceed the legal noise limits should be excessive noise from this area please Mr Sheridan says invitations made by in many cases the noise was inaudible,” cancelled until the building is acousti- email us at [email protected] also took place at the Seymour Centre the republic to centre on Indigenous Mini summits, many ideas last month with a forum of contributors rights, stating that the Constitution needs to the book Dear Mr Rudd: Ideas for a to discern the inhabitants of Australia The 2020 Summit has been labelled Better Australia.