‘OUR BELOVED GOVERNOr’ FIRST EVER SoULFEST ExclusivE intErviEw — page 8 rEviEw — pages 9-10 NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-0NE NOVEMBER ’14 CIRCULATION 22,000 ALEXANDRIA BEACONSFIELD CHIPPENDALE DARLINGTON ERSKINEVILLE EVELEIGH GLEBE KINGS CROSS NEWTOWN PADDINGTON REDFERN SURRY HILLS WATERLOO WOOLLOOMOOLOO ZETLAND Jamie Parker and Verity Firth (centre) with winners of the Overview Glebe community photo competition, celebrating the diversity of the Glebe community Photo: Claire Mahjoub Housing in the heart of the city Movement at the station Lyn Turnbull people ... [The Glebe Project aims] number of people on the waiting SamueL CLark some concerned that it was yet another to avoid the sudden displacement list from the previous year, with case of a press release not materialising. JUST OVER a week before Gough ... sympathetically rehabilitate it." more than 59,000 households REDFERN: THE recent closures of Laura Kelly from the community Whitlam’s death, about 60 Glebe She continued: “In the 40 years across NSW now waiting for social platforms six and seven are the group Lift Redfern maintained that “we community members gathered since that decision we have seen housing assistance. The waiting first signs of the promised lift being will continue to lobby for full equality to celebrate the 40th anniversary exactly that happen to Glebe. As a time is four years on average installed at Redfern station. in access and the complete re-furbish of of his government saving large local resident I love the way our and up to 10 years for popular the Redfern station, however, we can swathes of Glebe from demolition community remains so diverse, with locations in the inner city. The closures on October 11 and 12 celebrate that we have secured what for a planned freeway. people from different backgrounds, NSW has the largest social were for geotechnical investigations, we asked for in the interim.” different walks of life, who’ve lived housing system in Australia, with which “confirmed the location of Redfern station is one of the largest The Glebe Estate, which the here a long time, who’ve lived here a 140,000 dwellings supporting underground services and utilities stations in Sydney’s rail network Whitlam government purchased short time. Tom’s speech absolutely 295,000 people. A further 30,000 beneath platforms six and seven”, a used by approximately 50,000 people from the Anglican Church, was sums up why the decision about households are supported through Transport for NSW spokesperson said. a day accessing Sydney University, a parcel of 19 hectares of land Millers Point is so catastrophically private rental assistance. “Construction work is on track to begin the Australian Technology Park and located on both sides of Glebe wrong. Almost every single Minister for Family and early next year, and will be planned North Eveleigh. Point Road near the intersection statement in Tom’s speech could Community Services Gabrielle to minimise impacts on customers.” Despite the community’s hard with Parramatta Road. The be applied today to the residents of Upton said the latest information The Minister for Transport, Gladys work and a petition with over estate comprised over 700 Millers Point and why we need to reinforces the need for a reformed Berejiklian, added that “plans and 11,000 signatures being submitted to dwellings, 60 commercial sites maintain public and social housing social housing system. “Waiting designs will be available in the next parliament, community groups haven’t and other buildings, and was in the heart of the city, near the times have increased and there two months for community feedback been consulted in the development subsequently redeveloped by heart of the services. Why we need is clearly a need to deliver more and construction is on track to begin plans. “There has not been any the government’s Department of to maintain a diverse community. housing that better meets the early next year.” consultation done with the campaign Urban and Regional Development Why we need to care about our requirements of the community,” Tenders have been put out, and group,” Ms Kelly said. as part of the Glebe Project. historical landscapes and not Ms Upton said. “The increase a construction company is being One of the main reasons why NSW Among those present at the just the buildings but the people in waiting times comes from a sought to begin construction once the governments were reluctant to upgrade celebration were 92-year-old Sadie who make those communities.” reduction in the number of people development plans are approved. Redfern station related to plans for King, who was a community Jamie Parker, State Member for leaving public housing and the The lift was announced by the another rail crossing of the CBD representative on the original Balmain, spoke of the fight to win difficulties people on low incomes Transport Minister in August as one of and harbour. The Minister revealed: tenants’ consultative group for the Glebe public housing 40 years have in accessing affordable 120 projects in the NSW government’s “If the NSW Liberal and National the Glebe Project. She still lives ago during a time of great vision private rental accommodation.” $770 million Transport Access government receives a mandate in locally and with friends Rosie Amis and optimism, but said that times A NSW Legislative Council Program. The planned development March work will begin on Sydney’s and Patricia Gilbert, who used to now are very different. Today Committee also handed down also includes improved access from rapid transit network, from Sydney’s work together in the kitchen at St we need “not only to defend the its recommendations on social, Lawson Street and a secure, modern North West, through the CBD and west Scholastica’s College, recounted public and social housing we have public and affordable housing in bike cage. to Bankstown.” how getting homes locally enabled from sell-off, but need to extend October. A dissenting report from The investigations were a much It is unlikely that the full them to travel to work easily. the amount available,” he said. government members underlined welcomed sign of progress for members redevelopment of Redfern station will In speaking for Tanya Plibersek, The October release of the the lack of political agreement on of the local community who have happen before the rapid transit network who was delayed, Verity Firth latest Expected Waiting Times the future of high value public campaigned hard for the development is realised, but in the short term there quoted from Tom Uren's 1974 for Social Housing in NSW bore housing like that in Millers Point of the 150-year-old station. The lack of will be some access for less mobile second reading speech: "We out this need. The data shows and potentially other inner city action since the announcement had members of the community. 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