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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"">REDWatch
Community Listening Meeting 6 April 6pm</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:Calibri" class="ContentPasted0">With the election dust still settling, the next scheduled REDWatch meeting on Thursday 6<sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup>
April, will be a combination listening exercise and an opportunity to get clarification about any of the issues REDWatch is already working on. We can also discuss what we know about the likely election implications.</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"><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" class="ContentPasted0">We want to know the issues of concern to you that you think REDWatch could usefully work on to help
give community concerns a greater voice. We also want to know what issues you would like us to look at in future REDWatch meetings.
</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"><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" class="ContentPasted0">REDWatch is not only involved around the Waterloo, Redfern and Eveleigh developments but is also involved
in the Waterloo Human Services Collaborative with state government agencies, Sydney Council and NGOs. So, we are keen to hear whether human services have improved, what has not improved and what issues need to be raised with government departments.
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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" class="ContentPasted0">REDWatch is a member of Groundswell with local and state NGOs. Groundswell representatives’ meets with
the DCJ District, Sydney Local Health District and Land and Housing Corporation as well as the Waterloo Human Service Collaborative, so there are lots of opportunities to raise persistent issues and stories about community issues. To raise those issues we
need to hear from you.</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"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<b class="ContentPasted0">Factory Community Centre at 6pm on Thursday 6<sup class="ContentPasted0">th</sup> April 2023</b>. While you can join this meeting on Zoom via
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, it is better suited to in person attendance at the meeting at the Factory. For more information email
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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">Election Outcome</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">While there will be a new Labor Government in NSW, it will have to negotiate
with the cross benches to get legislation through the NSW Parliament. In the April South Sydney Herald you will find an article
<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><a href="https://southsydneyherald.com.au/labor-returns-in-minority-government/" title="Labor returns in minority government" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Labor returns in minority
government</span></a></span> by Ben Spies-Butcher doing an inner city analysis of the election outcome.<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">The online version of today’s Sydney Morning Herald has a list of the new
ministers – see </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://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/female-firsts-in-new-labor-cabinet-where-half-the-ministers-will-be-women-20230403-p5cxrk.html" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Female
firsts in new Labor cabinet, where half the ministers will be women</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">.
The key ministers likely to be of immediate interest to REDWatch members and supporters who can’t get past the paywall until the list is public are likely to be:<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Ron Hoenig - MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL LEADER OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Rose Jackson - MINISTER FOR WATER MINISTER FOR HOUSING MINISTER FOR HOMELESSNESS
MINISTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH MINISTER FOR YOUTH MINISTER FOR THE NORTH COAST<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Kate Washington - MINISTER FOR FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES MINISTER FOR DISABILITY
INCLUSION<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Ryan Park - MINISTER FOR HEALTH MINISTER FOR REGIONAL HEALTH MINISTER FOR
THE ILLAWARRA AND THE SOUTH COAST<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Jo Haylen - MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<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">Paul Scully - MINISTER FOR PLANNING AND PUBLIC SPACES<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></li></ul>
<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 Ministers’ roles give us some idea of where a new government might be
headed, but until we see gazetted the Acts and instruments that each Minister is responsible for, we do not know what responsibilities each minister will start with and what needs to change with later machinery of government changes to deliver the promised
outcomes.<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">Administrative changes, such as the creation of a
</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://www.chrisminns.com.au/homesnsw" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes
NSW Agency</span></a></span><u><span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU" class="ContentPasted0">,</span></u><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">
which will combine LAHC, DCJ Housing and The Aboriginal Housing Office, will take time to implement even though these agencies have been together and separated twice before under the Coalition Government. It will take even longer to address the cultural differences
between LAHC and DCJ Housing to get an integrated approach to tenant support.<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">Many things said by candidates to get elected do not always materialise.
Were they commitments of the incoming government or of candidates and supporters in a local context? It is also timely to remember the “core and non-core promises” and “first and second order priorities” debates of the past.
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<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">Immediately after the election the new Labor Government has made a first
order priority to lift the wages of teaches and nurses, that with whatever black budget holes and signed contacts they find, will determine what money will be available for implementing other promises and the timing for them.<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">We are still not clear what this means for Waterloo, as the major Labor
election announcements did not mention Waterloo specifically. Links to the Labor promises are on the REDWatch 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="http://www.redwatch.org.au/redw/elections/230325redw/230325alp" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Labor
Party approach to public, social and affordable housing</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">.<b><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></b></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">We know that the incoming Government is committed to “Any properties built
on surplus government land will be subject to Labor’s mandatory requirement of 30% of dwellings to be used for social, affordable and universal housing”. That figure is already met in planning for Waterloo and, depending on interpretation, also at North Eveleigh.<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">Labor has said that “Rather than turning public land around stations into
hotels, we will increase the supply of affordable housing for renters, in locations well serviced by public transport” so that may mean more affordable housing at such developments, but there was no indication yet of how this promise is to be delivered and
paid for.<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">During the election the ALP campaign released a graphic that said “Labor
will end the sale of public housing”. Linda Scott in using that graphic said “If you live in public housing, Labor will protect your home. Your home will not be sold, and you will not be relocated.” Attempts by REDWatch and Counterpoint to get a confirmation
from Rose Jackson’s office of this broad statement, did not get a reply in the lead up to the election.
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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">The </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="http://www.redwatch.org.au/issues/public-housing/221016alp" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">ALP 2022
State Conference Resolution on Public Housing</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"> is for
Labor to “Implement legislation which places a moratorium on the privatisation of public housing including the sale, outsourcing, or leasing of any public housing assets or services”. The policy also covers the possibility of rehousing during redevelopment.
At the REDWatch meeting Rose Jackson indicated there were estates that would probably need to be redeveloped and that the ALP would honour contracts that had been entered into.<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">It is probably too soon to declare, as some have, that the battle for Waterloo
is over and the tenants have won. What is likely is that there will be a hiatus while the new Minister and Government confirm what contracts have been entered into and while the Departmental deck chairs are rearranged. There is also the issue of money, specifically
what money Treasury can make available to run, build and repair public housing and to deliver the increase in affordable housing promised and run the social housing system differently from the Coalition Government. Somewhere in all that a decision will be
made about the current tender process, planning controls and the future of the Waterloo public housing estate.<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">There are commitments on social and affordable housing that have been made
by the NSW ALP, but also undertakings made by local MPs like Ron Hoenig and prominent ALP members and campaigners. It is important to understand that unless communities hold government and politicians to their undertakings then the undertakings are likely
to slip off the agenda and the communities with the most vocal / powerful voices in support are likely to get priority and have their priorities delivered ahead of others.
<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">Pressure from the community and ALP members needs to be applied from the
start to ensure the new Government delivers on the promises made.<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-top:12.0pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan lines-together;page-break-after:avoid;mso-outline-level:1">
<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">Council – have your say on developing a resilience strategy</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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">The City of Sydney has an exhibition on
</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://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/vision-setting/your-say-developing-resilience-strategy" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">developing
a resilience strategy</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0"> for the local government area until 21 April. The consultation site says “Resilience is our ability to prepare for, withstand and adapt following major disruptions.
Disruptions can be short-term shocks such as storms, heatwaves or electricity outages. They can be ongoing stresses such as lack of green space, rising cost of living or traffic congestion.”<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">This is an important opportunity for the community to have input
on a range of issues that both already impact the community or which might in the future. At the centre of a resilient community are the local connections and support networks as well as individual household preparedness.<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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">Resilience tends to be talked about by government in terms of disasters.
You can see a recent literature review undertaken by Sydney University with Inner Sydney Voice and the NSW Government at
</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://innersydneyvoice.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Literature-review-FA2.pdf" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Community
Disaster Resilience: State of Research 2017-2021</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">. Importantly resilience strategies also need to have an equity lens applied to them to ensure those likely to be impacted most and least
able to access support are a focus. A project led by Inner Sydney Voice with a number of other NGO, emergency bodies and Council produced this
</span><a href="https://innersydneyvoice.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Emergency-Preparedness-Handbook-final-published-version.pdf" class="ContentPasted0"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Emergency Preparedness Handbook for people living in
social housing</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0"> . Many of its suggestions apply more broadly.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">But resilience is not just about personal responsibilities and
the emergency. It is about the strength and connectedness of communities and Councils have a role to play in this, which is why this exhibition is important.<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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">Active community centres have proved to be invaluable in areas
hit by disasters. While the big state-wide agencies like the Salvos, Barnardos etc. are paid by Government to come in to provide immediate assistance, they often do not know the local area or community and then they vacate long before the community recovers
leaving the local community to its own devices. Outside urban areas most community centres are actually run by community organisations rather than councils, so the social capital and resilience relied upon in a disaster comes from their day to day interaction
with the community. <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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">It is difficult to see how the physical buildings that Councils
own and let out, play much more of a role than emergency accommodation as they are not dealing day to day with the wider community. The big push from the NGO sector across the state is to try to get core funding for community centres from state government
to act as community resilience infrastructure rather than rely on the current project by project small grants process and funding from Communities and Justice for delivering targeted early intervention. In the city where Council owns much of the community
infrastructure, council activities need to be much more focused on the building of community and community capital so there is community resilience to absorb shocks and support each other in response.
<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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">The bit of resilience that has had less of a focus has been the
what the Council website refers to as “ongoing stresses such as lack of green space, rising cost of living or traffic congestion” much of which, in the inner city, is related to the level of growth and the lack of facilities to support that growth. So it is
certainly also an area for residents in areas being effected by such growth should be commenting upon.
<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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">This is not just an infrastructure issue it is also very much linked
to how to build community generally, especially in areas impacted by significant redevelopment between new residents and the prior community and how communities cope with change. At the moment “community development” and “community building” have been out
of vogue, but they are the building blocks of resilient communities and the villages that we say make up the City of Sydney Council.<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:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">REDWatch has had a couple of visits and presentations by Jim Deirs
who details in his book <i><a href="http://www.neighborpower.org/book.html" class="ContentPasted0" data-loopstyle="link"><span style="color:#0563C1">Neighbor Power</span></a><span style="mso-spacerun:yes" class="ContentPasted0">
</span></i>how active communities and community participation were built in Seattle around community development. Council picked up the matching grants program from Jim’s work, but much of the community development side was not picked up.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">The Council’s development of a resilience strategy needs to relook
at community strengthening and community development to build community connectedness and community capital. To the extent we do this the inner city will have more resilient communities to deal with the changes currently underway and the shocks to come.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;margin-bottom:8.0pt">
<span style="mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" class="ContentPasted0">We urge you to put your thoughts into this consultation.
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" class="ContentPasted0">Geoff</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes"><o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bookmark:_MailAutoSig"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU;mso-no-proof:yes" class="ContentPasted0">Geoffrey Turnbull<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></span></p>
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