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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926137"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Elizabeth Street / PCYC Redfern Plan Explained – 26 November 6pm</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926138"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Elizabeth Street Redfern Place DA – Exhibition until 4 December 2024</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926139"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Social Housing Messaging Guide</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926140"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025-2035 – feedback until 14 Feb 2025</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926141"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Transforming Cope St Redfern car park into affordable aged care</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926142"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bridge over the Railway line at Carriageworks</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc182926143"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Loneliness Follow up</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><i>Please note – this email contains hyperlinks. This means that if you see a blue underlined word or phrase that you can click on it and go directly to a document or to get more information.</i>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc182926137"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Elizabeth Street / PCYC Redfern Plan Explained – 26 November 6pm</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">At this public meeting Bridge Housing will explain what is planned for its development of the Elizabeth Street / PCYC / Homes NSW site opposite Redfern Oval. Bridge will speak to the Development Application it
currently has on public exhibition until December 4<sup>th</sup>. You can help publicise this meeting by sharing this
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=964504989039696&set=a.460968159393384">
<span style="color:#0563C1">social media post</span></a> or <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/eventnotice/241126redwp">
<span style="color:#0563C1">the flyer</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">So come to find out how your suburb is about to change and bring your questions. The meeting will be nearby at Counterpoint’s The Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo. For those who cannot attend
in person you can also join by Zoom <a href="https://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR2jXy00rj4ZTmS8E61qnfLi-wRpfLEZi1QxIj7mqxCB1vlCXv4lfh5n55M_aem_Mhg8NRatO8ipMKcT3ZfuAg" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0563C1">http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">There will be no REDWatch meeting on the first Thursdays of December or January.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc182926138"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Elizabeth Street Redfern Place DA – Exhibition until 4 December 2024</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The documents for this DA can be accessed, and comments placed through this page on the Department of Planning website
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/600-660-elizabeth-street-redfern-mixed-use">
<span style="color:#0563C1">SSD-51274973 600-660 Elizabeth Street, Redfern - Mixed Use</span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">As the documents are all mixed up on the planning portal you may want to also have a look at the REDWatch website page where we made some initial comments and provided a list of unscrambled documents and links
- <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/241107redwe"><span style="color:#0563C1">660 Elizabeth St Redfern (PCYC site) Redevelopment - Exhibition until 4 December 2024</span></a>.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">You can see the media release from Bridge Housing on the REDWatch website under
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/elizssd/241108bridge"><span style="color:#0563C1">New DA with ambition to deliver more social and affordable housing in Redfern</span></a>. There is also general information on Bridge’s
<a href="https://bridgehousing.org.au/redfern-place-development-proposal/"><span style="color:#0563C1">Redfern Place Development Proposal page</span></a> and the Homes NSW / NSW Land and Housing Corporation's <a href="https://www.dpie.nsw.gov.au/land-and-housing-corporation/greater-sydney/redfern" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563C1">Redfern
Place web page</span></a>. Construction is planned to begin late 2025 for completion in early 2028.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">No decision has yet been made if S3, the Homes NSW building with 100 units will be managed by Bridge or by the Community Housing Provider from the consortium negotiating over the Waterloo redevelopment. Bridge
will place the social housing it will both own and control into S4, the same building as its 11 disability / carer units and its head office. The PCYC will be located in S1.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The affordable housing will be in building S2. Bridge is confident it can get funding to deliver an affordable housing building without private apartments and will resubmit the DA should it need to revert to
building private housing. It is still not clear if the affordable housing will be in perpetuity even though that is what Bridge would like to see. Some possible funding streams require housing to be affordable for a guaranteed period potentially up to 25 years.
The affordable housing will be set as a percentage of income with the federal “discount off market price” requirement used as a cap. The final picture will only become clear when funding is locked in.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Bridge proposes to provide a mixed community with the inclusion of the affordable housing, including those working with incomes towards the top end of affordable housing eligibility. Under the
<a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/843446/NSW-Affordable-Housing-Ministerial-Guidelines-2023-24.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">NSW Affordable Housing Ministerial Guidelines 2023-24</span></a> there are three income categories with the maximum income for a Sydney a couple of $116,400. This threshold is increased by $23,300 for each child and $38,800 for each
adult.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The main document for the Bridge Housing exhibition is the
<a href="https://majorprojects.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/prweb/PRRestService/mp/01/getContent?AttachRef=SSD-51274973%2120241030T222644.430%20GMT">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Environmental Impact Statement</span></a> and the other documents are appendices that provide additional information.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">You can bring any questions you have to the Factory Community Centre on 26 November at 6 pm when Bridge Housing will present on the exhibited DA and answer questions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc182926139"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Social Housing Messaging Guide</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Over the last few years we have seen some communities push back against social and affordable housing going into their communities. There is a need for the sector and those concerned about housing to think about
how we change those attitudes. Common Cause has issued a timely practical tool for advocates, councils, and allies called
<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/622feda0bf4f7d3815edc83c/t/6721872217f1e771d55ed34b/1730250543427/Social+Housing+Message+Guide+-+Web.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Boosting local support for social housing</span></a> which it refers to on its website as the
<a href="https://engage.squarespace-mail.com/r?m=672434d4b4bfe33c77ab6cd3&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.commoncause.com.au%2Fsocial-housing-guide%3Fss_source%3Dsscampaigns%26ss_campaign_id%3D67241cb1b4bfe33c77ab2023%26ss_email_id%3D672434d4b4bfe33c77ab6cd3%26ss_campaign_name%3DSocial%2BHousing%2Bguide%2Bwith%2Bworking%2Blinks%2521%26ss_campaign_sent_date%3D2024-11-01T01%253A54%253A44Z&w=622feda0bf4f7d3815edc83c&c=b_67241cb1b4bfe33c77ab2023&l=en-US&s=IQm05AJfvt70X7cA1OhQRVJ56U0%3D">
<span style="color:#0563C1">social housing messaging guide</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Most people want to live in a community where everyone has a secure, affordable place to call home. Social housing is an essential part of this vision. Unfortunately, misinformation and stigma around social housing
can lead to ugly narratives taking hold. These can make it harder for local authorities to support and invest in social and community housing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This message guide is intended for anyone aiming to build local support for social housing, and reduce stigma experienced by social housing residents. It was developed following message research conducted by
Common Cause Australia on behalf of the Regional Local Government Homelessness & Social Housing Charter Group (Victoria).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">So if you have concerns about social and affordable housing, or know someone who has, this guide is worth a look.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">NSW Audit Office investigating social housing – submissions to 28 Feb 2025</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Long-term, subsidised rental housing is provided to assist people who have extreme difficulty in accessing housing in the private housing market. The collective term for this type of housing is ‘social housing’
which in New South Wales includes: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>‘public housing’ managed by Homes NSW (a division of the Department of Communities and Justice) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>‘community housing’ managed by non-government organisations (social housing providers) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples managed by the Aboriginal Housing Office or Aboriginal social housing providers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">In New South Wales, applications for housing assistance are managed through Housing Pathways. This is a partnership between Homes NSW, including the Aboriginal Housing Office, and participating community housing
providers. Housing Pathways provides a single application process, common eligibility criteria, a standard assessment process and a single waiting list known as the NSW Housing Register. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">This audit will assess whether social housing is effectively and efficiently prioritised to meet the needs of vulnerable households, and whether social housing tenants are effectively supported to establish and
sustain their tenancies. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The audit will assess all types of social housing – including public housing, community housing and housing for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The Audit Office is seeking experiences or views on: <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>the process of applying for social housing (including evidence requirements) <o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>the process of being offered and accepting a social housing property<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>support programs and services offered to new social housing tenants. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">More information is available on the
<a href="https://www.audit.nsw.gov.au/our-work/reports/social-housing"><span style="color:#0563C1">Audit Offices Social Housing page</span></a>.
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<a name="_Toc182926140"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025-2035 – feedback until 14 Feb 2025</span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Toc182926140"></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The NSW Government through the Department of Family and Community Services has started a
<a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/housing/nsw-response-to-homelessness/new-nsw-homelessness-strategy-2024-2034">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Consultation on draft NSW Homelessness Strategy 2025-2035</span></a>. The Strategy’s vision is to make NSW a place where homelessness is rare, brief and not repeated, because people have a safe home and the support to keep it. It
is open for feedback until 14 February 2025 to <a href="mailto:homelessness.strategy@homes.nsw.gov.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">homelessness.strategy@homes.nsw.gov.au</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">A social Housing Discussion Paper that was expected to complement the Homelessness Paper is now expected in December.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The direct links to the key documents in the exhibition are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The <a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0011/860870/NSW-Homelessness-Strategy-2025-2035-DRAFT.docx"><span style="color:#0563C1">draft <i>NSW</i> <i>Homelessness Strategy 2025-2034</i></span></a><i> </i>(MS
Word 1.9MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The consultation paper: <a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0004/860872/Consultation-Paper-NSW-Homelessness-Strategy-November-2024.docx"><i><span style="color:#0563C1">Draft NSW Homelessness Strategy Check-in
November 2024 – February 2025</span></i></a><i> </i>(MS Word 165kb) includes questions<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/860889/Paper-1-Towards-System-Change-Jan-2024.pdf"><span style="color:#0563C1">Paper #1 - Towards System Change</span></a> (PDF 0.3MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0011/860897/Paper-2-Housing-First-Options-and-considerations-for-NSW.docx"><span style="color:#0563C1">Paper #2 - Housing First - Options and considerations for NSW</span></a> (MS
Word 0.8MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0005/860873/Fact-sheet-1-Respecting-diversity-of-homeless-experiences.DOCX"><span style="color:#0563C1">Fact Sheet #1 – Respecting the Diversity of Homeless Experiences</span></a> (MS
Word 0.5MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0006/860874/Fact-Sheet-2-Why-is-change-needed.docx"><span style="color:#0563C1">Fact Sheet #2 – Why is Change Needed?</span></a> (MS Word 1MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><a href="https://www.facs.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/word_doc/0007/860875/Fact-Sheet-3-Evidence-summary.docx"><span style="color:#0563C1">Fact Sheet #3 – Evidence Summary</span></a> (MS Word 0.6MB)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">The new NSW Government has been good at admitting to the shortcoming in areas like housing and homelessness, the challenge will be to find the resources among other government priorities to deliver on its aspirations.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a name="_Toc182926141"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Transforming Cope St Redfern car park into affordable aged care</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The City of Sydney is calling for
<a name="_Hlk182843711"></a><a href="https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/opportunities/build-run-affordable-residential-aged-care-facility-redfern"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182843711"><span style="color:#0563C1">expressions of interest to redevelop the
car park next to Wyanga into a not-for-profit aged care facility</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk182843711"></span></a> for at least 50 affordable residential aged care places. Proposals are invited from registered not-for-profit residential aged
care providers to design, build and operate the facility at 49 Cope Street. The project is to be delivered by, or in partnership with, local Aboriginal community controlled organisations or Aboriginal providers, with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
residents and staff to be a key part of operations.</span> <span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
Applications must be lodged by 11am Thursday 19 December.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The successful partner will acquire the site for $1 with a covenant to ensure it is used for affordable residential aged care in perpetuity. The successful party will
also need to build a 55-place underground car park and hand it back to the City of Sydney which will continue to run it as a paid public car park.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The City of Sydney is also transferring 240m<sup>2</sup> of existing space on Cope Street to Wyanga Aboriginal Aged Care to keep as an outdoor area.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Lord Mayor of Sydney Clover Moore said that while housing is the responsibility of the NSW Government, the City of Sydney is being as creative as possible with land it
manages to help those who need it most.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Toc182926142"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Bridge over the Railway line at Carriageworks</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">REDWatch, ARAG and FOE continue to follow up on the bridge proposal which Transport for NSW considers to be “unfeasible”. We have been waiting since the North Eveleigh rezoning for Transport for NSW to present
to the community on why it is not feasible. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Following correspondence with the Transport Minister, representations by local member Jenny Leong and a recent letter from the Parliamentary Secretary for Transport, they have agreed to present to a public meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Over the last 20 years we have heard many of the reasons why it is “unfeasible” – cost, building over the main railway line, height and the need for disability grade etc. We are keen to see what TfNSW’s consultants
told them and then for the community to call on its own expertise to see if we can come up with responses or a proposal that addresses some of the issues used to dismiss what the community were told a previous NSW Labor Government would deliver to them through
the Redfern Waterloo Authority 20 years ago.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Hopefully TfNSW will give us a date before Christmas and we will let everyone know.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<a name="_Toc182926143"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5">Loneliness Follow up</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Following our meeting on loneliness people might like to look at this recent study, conducted by COTA NSW, which surveyed over 2,500 individuals aged 50 and over to better understand their lived experiences of
loneliness and isolation. The link to the COTA study is <a href="https://www.cotansw.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Voices-of-Solitude-Loneliness-and-Social-Isolation-Among-Older-Adults-in-NSW.pdf">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Voices of Solitude: Loneliness and Social Isolation among Older Adults in NSW</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt">Also we have noticed that the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into Prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales has posted the submissions received by the enquiry so can also see what various people
and organisations have raised on the <a href="https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/committees/inquiries/Pages/inquiry-details.aspx?pk=3066#tab-submissions">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Prevalence, causes and impacts of loneliness in New South Wales Inquiry webpage</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoff</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Geoffrey Turnbull<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch Co-Spokesperson<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Ph Wk: (02) 8004 1490 Mob: 0418 457 392</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><a href="mailto:spokesperson@redwatch.org.au"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">spokesperson@redwatch.org.au</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
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