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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Heffron
Electorate Candidate’s Forum tonight 8 Feb 2023 7pm Alexandria Town Hall</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Newtown
Electorate Candidate’s Forum Wednesday March 15th at 7pm, Erskineville Town Hall</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Inner
City NSW Electorate Boundary Changes</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Other
Pre-Election Events</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Follow
on from REDWatch forum on Public Social and Affordable housing.</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"">44-78
Rosehill Street goes for Redfern Seniors Housing and Medical Scheme as State Significant Development</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span class="MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5, 99, 193);text-decoration:underline"><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Chief
Mechanical Engineers Building (CME) SSDA Exhibition until 21 February 2023</span></a></span></span><span style="mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><i class="ContentPasted0">Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a blue underlined
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">Heffron Electorate Candidate’s Forum tonight 8 Feb 2023 7pm Alexandria
Town Hall</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">For those who might not have picked this event up through social media, posters or the last
REDWatch meeting – the Heffron Candidate’s forum is tonight, Wednesday, 8 February, at 7pm at Alexandria Town Hall. The forum is earlier than expected as Alexandria Residents Action Group (ARAG) are only meeting every second month this year.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">The forum tonight will feature three speakers:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Philippa Veitch - Greens<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Sarina Kilham - Independent<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Rachel Evans - Socialist Alliance.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">It was not possible to get agreement from the ALP candidate and local Heffron MP, Ron Hoenig
to participate.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">There will be a live stream of this event from the ARAG Facebook page accessible
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/Alexandria-Residents-Action-Group-ARAG-824474024283748" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">As all of Waterloo is within Heffron REDWatch has joined with ARAG to host this event. For
more information visit <a href="https://arag.org.au/2023/01/19/2023-nsw-state-election-heffron-candidate-forum-vote-for-your-top-3-issues-that-matter-to-you/" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">here</span></a>.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">Newtown Electorate Candidate’s Forum Wednesday March 15th at 7pm,
Erskineville Town Hall</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">With the suburbs of Redfern, Eveleigh and Darlington in the electorate of
Newtown REDWatch is joining with Friends of Erskineville and ARAG (a part of Alexandria is also in Newtown) for a Newtown forum.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">Confirmed attendees, so far, are Jenny Leong (Greens) and David Hetherington
(Labor) and all confirmed candidates will be invited.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">The candidates will speak about the top issues voted on by the community,
followed by a Q&A session. A survey will be available soon to allow the community to determine the top issues for candidates to speak about in their opening comments.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">More details will be
</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://click.actionnetwork.org/ss/c/atcYNHk4Eh2YdGnwBh-YDPAZiEt8wwS6hp5wOIb3CiJwfmolR_YSBrlCrfSH-QM5hETfJ3a8iwJKrqZhf3fjFDYoF3Ok2omaBA2L0DqXQUJ2k5r4E4WyNJHXcTWwIag3PbdQupvNE1YO3FIcZict-uNiBMtuyFI_LaVezhoymkmIeQbP76MLtgrCM0iskrHrnPtGxl2yY_zf-tR6cwwmQT3P6lk50FSQWvMgoYZuEL5VaN58O2elvLn5kpt-GGIQrhh7bR27wvnJI3-hAMZdP0Aycw5fKXXujWUz_rlda7B3GqlKR-XP1CqzkK86j89LXq1gMdkC1pIf4NOE-mmDfR4CmApxGP1Z2lTLS8axbag/3te/Pz5yXrQxTZu6ENMm1p-5Pw/h2/5qSBhmft-4nEcxKOrmzxpMjOW-o9m4tFga2h9Y5bFmw" target="_blank" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">here</span></a></span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">
as the event approaches.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">Inner City NSW Electorate Boundary Changes</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">The electorate boundaries have changed for the coming state election.
For example Heffron now includes all of Waterloo, so Newtown loses Waterloo public housing. On the other side Heffron also loses its parts of Surry Hills to the electorate of Sydney. Parts of Alexandria also change electorates.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">The South Sydney Herald has put information on the boundary changes
on its website, so you can check how you can check your electorate in its post -
</span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a href="https://southsydneyherald.com.au/whats-your-electorate-check-as-boundarieshave-changed/" title="What’s your state electorate? Check as boundaries have changed" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">What’s
your state electorate? Check as boundaries have changed</span></a><b><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">Other Pre-Election Events</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5" class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">In the lead up to the NSW Election there will be a number of activities that will touch on
housing that might be of interest to our network. Two that we are aware of are: <o:p class="ContentPasted0">
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color:#0563C1">Rally for Housing Justice at Sydney Town Hall at 12pm Saturday
11<sup>th</sup> of February</span></a><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0"><a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color:#0563C1">Housing for all NSW Election Town Hall
Event</span></a> organised by Homelessness NSW and The Community Housing Industry Association NSW on 16 February at 1:00pm, Sydney Town Hall.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">Follow on from REDWatch forum on Public Social and Affordable housing.</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">The REDWatch meeting last week on Public Social and Affordable Housing was well received.
We have been asked if the session was recorded to be shared, but regrettably the meeting was not recorded. REDWatch has offered the three speakers the opportunity to place statements on their party’s positions on our website. What we receive will be placed
on the REDWatch website in the <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/nswpolicy" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">NSW Housing Policy</span></a> section.
<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">For the South Sydney Herald Cathy Callaghan has prepared an article
<a href="https://southsydneyherald.com.au/nsw-2023-state-election-i-rent-and-i-vote/" title="NSW 2023 State Election – I Rent and I Vote" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">NSW 2023 State Election – I Rent and I Vote</span></a> which looks at the housing policy positions of the Liberal, Labor and Greens parties for the March NSW Election. This article summaries some of the
material we heard at the REDWatch meeting from Shelter’s perspective.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">Shelter NSW also presented at the REDWatch meeting on its ask for the 2023 NSW Election.
You can read more about Shelter’s ask at <a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NSW-State-Election-2023-Shelter-NSW-Platform-One-Page.pdf" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Shelter NSW 2023 Election - 5 Asks</span></a> and <a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/221206_Shelter-NSW-2023-State-Election-platform.pdf" class="ContentPasted0">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Shelter NSW 2023 State Election platform</span></a>. At the meeting reference was also made to recent research undertaken about social housing waiting lists – you can see that research here -
<a href="https://shelternsw.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Waithood_paper.pdf" class="ContentPasted0">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Managing Access to Social Housing</span></a>. You may also like to look at the NSW Tenants Union’s
<a href="https://www.tenants.org.au/tu/state-renters-nsw" class="ContentPasted0">
<span style="color:#0563C1">State of the Renters NSW</span></a> website, where you can see how much of different sorts of housing there are in your local council area.<b><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></span></p>
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5">44-78 Rosehill Street goes for Redfern Seniors Housing and Medical
Scheme as State Significant Development</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">This is a 2544sqm site between Rosehill Street and Cornwallis Lane opposite the southern
end of Rosehill Street Park. It was part of the proposed rezoning along the Regent Street / Botany Road corridor. Following significant objection from surrounding residents in the residential units in Cornwallis Street, Council removed the site from its rezoning.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">The developer which had been asked to wait until the Council rezoning and then did not get
the land it wanted to redevelop rezoned, has now taken a proposal to the state government as a proponent-initiated planning proposal rather than through Council.
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">The new proposal is for a 14 storey mixed-use building with a split built form comprising
of seniors housing, including a residential care facility and independent living units, hospital, medical centre and medical research facility and retail space. The proponent says it has addressed most of the objections raised in response to the earlier Council
Planning Proposal.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"" class="ContentPasted0">The initial proposal details are now public as the Department of Planning has released the
Industry specific SEARs for the development. You can see the documents at <a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/redfern-seniors-housing-and-medical-scheme" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">SSD-53873461 Application and SEARs</span></a>. <o:p class="ContentPasted0">
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<a class="ContentPasted0"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Chief Mechanical Engineers Building (CME)
SSDA Exhibition until 21 February 2023</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0"> </span><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:6.0pt;background:white">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">A reminder that the Transport Asset Management Entity
(TAHE) and Transport for NSW (TfNSW), which are handling the redevelopment of Redfern North Eveleigh, have put forward a proposal for the adaptive reuse of Chief Mechanical Engineers building on Wilson Street. The proposal is on exhibition through the NSW
Major Projects portal until <b class="ContentPasted0">21 February 2023</b> as <a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/505-wilson-street-redfern-cme-building" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link">
<span style="color:#0563C1">505 Wilson Street, Redfern - CME Building</span></a>. <o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">In our last update we expressed our concern that the
relevant Conservation Management Plan (CMP) had not been released. We have followed this up with TfNSW who have advised that the current CMP is that undertaken by Curio Projects. TfNSW further advise that the release of the CMP was not released as it was not
required under the Planning Secretary’s Environment Assessment Requirements which specifies the studies that need to be prepared. A development proposal for a major heritage items that does not include the requirement that the CMP be made available is a concern.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">TfNSW have advised that TfNSW are not adverse to making
the CMP available if DPE should agree. REDWatch will continue to pursue this with TfNSW and DPE to try and get the CME’s CMP made public.</span><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></p>
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