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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201853997"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Changes to NSW Tenancy Laws – Tenants’ Union @ REDWatch 3<sup>rd</sup> July</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201853998"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo South – What to expect as the Consortium starting point</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201853999"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Use of Vacant Waterloo South Public Housing for “Meanwhile Use”?</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201854000"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Proposed cut to exhibition times and community voices – Until 17 July</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201854001"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">2019 Waterloo Health Impact Assessment now public</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201854002"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Build a Bridge - The promised Eveleigh bridge that will not die</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc201854003"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Help needed for website and social media for Build a Bridge</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><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></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201853997"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Changes to NSW Tenancy Laws – Tenants’ Union @ REDWatch 3<sup>rd</sup> July</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Major tenancy laws changes are now in effect! The long-awaited changes end `no grounds' evictions, make it easier to keep a pet in a rental home
and limit rent increases to once per year for all lease types. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Tenants’ Union has been leading the push for these changes so come along to the REDWatch meeting on Thursday 3<sup>rd</sup> July to hear from
the Tenants' Union NSW and learn more about these changes that impact both private and social housing tenants. Everyone welcome and bring your tenancy questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The meeting will be on Thursday 3<sup>rd</sup> July 2025 at Counterpoint’s Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo or join us on
line via Zoom <a href="http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</span></a>. You can promote this meeting with this <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/eventnotice/250703redwp"><span style="color:#0563C1">flyer</span></a>
or sharing details from our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Facebook page </span></a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">If you can’t wait you can see more about these changes on the Tenants’ Union Website -
<a href="https://www.tenants.org.au/resource/law-change"><span style="color:#0563C1">Tenancy law has changed in NSW</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201853998"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo South – What to expect as the Consortium starting point</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Back in May REDWatch provided links to the planning proposal for Waterloo South so people could refresh their memories about
what was decided. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The starting point for the Consortium is the Approved Planning proposal which sets the Planning Controls that the Consortium need to address in its plan. You can see
the outcome of that in summary form at <a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/plans-for-your-area/priority-growth-areas-and-precincts/waterloo-south">
<span style="color:#0563C1">Waterloo South - Priority growth areas and precincts page</span></a> and with more detailed requirements
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/ppr/finalisation/waterloo-estate-south">
<span style="color:#0563C1">in the final package of the Waterloo (South) Planning Page site</span></a>.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We have since realised that a surface reading of some of the documents will not give you an accurate overview of what has already
been decided. This is because some things are not clear in the documents and because the goal posts for social and affordable housing have changed since then.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We have provided on the REDWatch website some presentation slides that we shared at the Waterloo Redevelopment group, which may
help also explain what has changed – see <a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/stage1/250605redwpres/view">
<span style="color:#0563C1">REDWatch Refresher on the Waterloo South Planning Proposal - 18 June 2025</span></a><u><span style="color:#0563C1">.</span></u> The presentation slides cover a bit more than we have here, including pointing out that the artist impressions
and design guide are built around only one possibility for what the planning controls could deliver.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Waterloo South Planning Proposal was put together in the expectation that any design excellence uplift would be within the
heights and floorspace shown on the LEP maps. The Government decided that the 10% extra floor space would be a bonus on top of that shown on the floorspace map, but heights would not change. So suddenly everything became 10% bigger than what was envisaged
in the design guide. The tower on Cope Street would need to fit the equivalent of 3.3 extra storeys of apartments into the width of the tower while meeting design excellence.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This puts pressure on the control envelopes and potentially on the areas around the buildings for tree retention and new deep
soil plantings. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The other major change was that the incoming Labor Government changed the Social Housing requirements from the 28.2% in the controls
to 30% and the affordable housing requirements from 7% to 20%. The Consortium has subsequently announced that in its proposal 20% of Social Housing delivered will be dedicated to Aboriginal people which is up from 15% of social and affordable housing for Aboriginal
people in the controls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So the bottom line with these changes, the Waterloo South redevelopment can increase from 3012 units up to 3,313 units. If everything
meets design excellence, these the controls would allow up to a minimum of 994 Social Housing Units (the Consortium says it will deliver 1000), 663 Affordable Housing Units. Of these, around 200 units need to be Aboriginal Social Housing and 100 would be Aboriginal
Affordable Housing. Which leaves a balance of about 1656 private units. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The units numbers might be a bit elastic as the breakup in the controls are actually based on proportions of the total floorspace
but they are the guide used in the controls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Consortium will have looked at what it thinks it can fit within the controls, and what controls it might need to change.
A lot of work will have already been done in preparing the bid. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Under the planning proposal the developer needs to put together a Stage 1 (Concept) Development Application (DA) for all of Waterloo
South; this will probably be accompanied by a proposal to change the design guide and any LEP planning controls it thinks should be changed. It will also likely prepare a more detailed Development Application (DA) for the first part of the estate to be redeveloped.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In the next couple of months Stockland and the Consortium will start talking to the community about what the community would
like to see, and about what Stockland has put together for its bid. Stockland will need to apply for study requirements from the Department of Planning as well as to bring consultants on board to do the various studies. Stockland will undertake pre-lodgement
consultations before submitting its proposals for a formal exhibition. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201853999"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Use of Vacant Waterloo South Public Housing for “Meanwhile Use”?</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">As part of Homes NSW trying to maximise the use of its properties, it has put in place
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/planning-changes-to-speed-up-meanwhile-use-accommodation"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Planning changes to
speed up ‘Meanwhile Use’ accommodation</span></a></span><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> ,</span></u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
which allows vacant buildings to be repurposed for temporary or crisis accommodation for those in most urgent need. Last year Homes NSW entered into an arrangement with Bridge Housing to use some units waiting for redevelopment in Glebe in this way - see
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/vacant-sydney-housing-to-be-used-as-crisis-accommodation"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Inner-city Sydney vacant
housing to be used for crisis accommodation for people seeking shelter</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">. This site is now being redeveloped and
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/homes-nsw_nswgovernment-socialhousing-housingcrisis-activity-7342705178820694016-eiIG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAA0OtUYBpxp_z1nS6OcOEaohVt7X5qEXkeU"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Homes
NSW says this practical use of vacant properties to provide immediate shelter and support can work in other parts of Sydney and NSW</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">With 150 properties becoming vacant after relocations in Stage 1 of Waterloo South, and redevelopment still a long
way off, we wait to see what Homes NSW does with the vacant buildings in Waterloo. Will one of the Stockland Community Housing Providers undertake a similar “meanwhile use” project in Waterloo or can Bridge move its project and experience in Glebe into Waterloo
while waiting for the buildings to be pulled down?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201854000"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Proposed cut to exhibition times and community voices – Until 17 July</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Department of Planning is proposing changes to the
<a name="_Hlk201763456"></a><a href="https://cl.S10.exct.net/?qs=11688f64cb04006c8b531bf95b4f5634d90d065dade3a0e1d5e464e8c9df7a9e2aec66ae762723e7c3c7ac0aa87a5ec33725c06d61050e2f" title="Community Participation Plan"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk201763456"><span style="color:#0563C1">Community
Participation Plan</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk201763456"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk201763456"></span> to change the minimum public exhibition period from 28 days to 14 days, for relevant residential State Significant Development
applications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The reduced exhibition times impact many housing developments the government is looking to accelerate, including those
carried out by certain public authorities like Homes NSW. It covers in-fill affordable housing, build-to-rent housing, seniors housing and accelerated Transport Oriented Development precincts. Developments by Homes NSW that cost more than $30 million and result
in more than 75 dwellings are specifically covered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The Department says the proposal aims to streamline the assessment process for critical housing projects, while continuing
to give the community meaningful opportunities to provide input during the public exhibition period. The latter REDWatch disputes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">These proposed changes potentially impact consultation times for public housing sites including Waterloo. The community
pushed for an extension on the statutory 28 days for the Waterloo Planning Proposal and REDWatch would see 14 days as totally inappropriate for any future public exhibition in Waterloo or any other public housing estate.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Given the volume of the reports dished up for each of the Planning Proposals and State Significant DAs in our area,
even Council with full time paid staff have difficulty meeting existing deadlines. For community groups that meet monthly and rely on volunteers, 14 days would be impossible. Most groups will monitor potential DAs and get on to them quickly, but for many of
those who might be impacted, the exhibition will likely be over before they even hear about it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">On top of this if you are working in public housing communities there is a need for extra time. We found this in Waterloo
during rezoning. There are needs for capacity building, to help tenants understand what is being proposed and to physically assist people make their submissions. The Exhibition mechanism is on line which creates major issues in communities that are impacted
by the digital divide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">The only way we could see formal exhibition times being reduced fairly is if robust pre-submission consultations are
made mandatory so that the impacted community is well aware of the project and its potential impacts prior to exhibition. Another possibility is for accelerated DA’s where vulnerable communities are involved, to include a preliminary Social Impact Assessment
to specifically identify the impact of reduced exhibition and to recommend an appropriate exhibition time. A plan for appropriate consultation with communities like those living in impacted public housing areas should then be developed and over-ride the usual
exhibition period.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch is very concerned about this proposal and encourages people to make submissions on this change. For more information
and to have your say on this proposed change visit </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://cl.S10.exct.net/?qs=11688f64cb04006c8b531bf95b4f5634d90d065dade3a0e1d5e464e8c9df7a9e2aec66ae762723e7c3c7ac0aa87a5ec33725c06d61050e2f" title="Community Participation Plan"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Community
Participation Plan</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> and make your submission by Thursday 17<sup>th</sup> July 2025.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">REDWatch would also like to see Homes NSW and Stockland commit to longer exhibition periods than those required. It
is important that tenants and agencies have adequate time to respond to any proposals involving public housing tenants especially in major developments like Waterloo.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201854001"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">2019 Waterloo Health Impact Assessment now public</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Waterloo Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is now publicly available through the University of NSW Library
Portal as <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/105143"><span style="color:#0563C1">Healthy Waterloo: A Study into the Maintenance and Improvement of Health and Wellbeing in Waterloo</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We wish to acknowledge the support of Homes NSW, Sydney Local Health District and the Health Equity Research and Development Unit, International
Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales for their assistance in finally getting this report into the public domain. It provides a basis for a new Community Lead Waterloo Health Impact Assessment, which will be conducted in coming months.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The initial recommendations in the 2019 Draft report have been deleted, but were supplied to all those involved with the HIA in 2019. In addition,
some copyright images have been deleted and accompanying text edited as appropriate to meet UNSW requirements. Otherwise, the report is as prepared in 2019 for approval before being blocked in 2019 by the Department of Communities and Justice, and Land and
Housing Corporation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The full citation is: Lilley, D., Standen, C. & Lloyd, J. (2025).
<i>Healthy Waterloo: A Study into the Maintenance and Improvement of Health and Wellbeing in Waterloo</i>.
<a name="_Hlk201764636">Health Equity Research and Development Unit, International Centre for Future Health Systems, University of New South Wales</a>.
<a href="https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31229"><span style="color:#0563C1">https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/31229</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a name="_Toc201854002"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Build a Bridge - The promised Eveleigh bridge that will not die</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A recent consortium proposal to redevelop North Eveleigh as a sound stage facility to make new film and television content has
been pitched to government as a way to finally realise a long-desired bridge linking South Eveleigh with Carriageworks and its surrounding Tech Central precinct according to the Sydney Morning Herald’s
<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/culture/movies/these-vacant-railway-yards-at-redfern-could-be-sydney-s-next-mega-film-studios-20250313-p5lje3.html">
<span style="color:#0563C1">These vacant railway yards at Redfern could be our next mega-film studios</span></a>. The article was in response to a pre-budget announcement of “$100 million in a capital fund to begin the hunt for the location of a second film
studio for Sydney.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">A bridge at this location was promised by Premier Bob Carr in 2004 as part of the NSW Government plan to redevelop Redfern-Waterloo.
Following a community push for the bridge during the 2022 North Eveleigh rezoning, an area has been set aside for a future bridge connection, but it was excluded from both the redevelopment of North Eveleigh and the Large Erecting Shop that it would have connected.
The community is still waiting for a promised explanation from Transport for NSW on why the bridge has not been included.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Recently the drivers of the #Buildabridge campaign, REDWatch, Friends of Erskineville and Alexandria Residents Action Group worked
with A/Professor HY William Chan and UTS Citizen Architecture students on ideas about how to reinvigorate the Campaign. Among the ideas developed by students to help tackle the problem were a magazine aimed at students, a virtual reality portal across the
divide, a gamified treasure hunt and an app-guided tour around the 3.5 km perimeter of the site. Many resources were also produced including trivia questions, collateral, infographics, technical arguments for a bridge and ways that
<a href="https://www.localloop.app/"><span style="color:#0563C1">LocalLoop</span></a>, social media and Instagram could be used by the campaign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:106%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The three groups are reviewing the material and are moving to widened and reinvigorate the campaign. This includes giving the
joint campaign its own website and social media – see the request below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:106%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc201854003"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Help needed for website and social media for Build a Bridge</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">We are seeking expressions of interest from members who are willing to contribute to the development of a WordPress-hosted website and social
media accounts (Facebook and Instagram) that will support a significant new push for our campaign to build a bicycle and footbridge connecting North and South Eveleigh, a piece of infrastructure that has been promised and is long overdue.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">This joint initiative by the three resident groups, REDWatch, Alexandria Resident Action Group (ARAG), and Friends of Erskineville (FoE), plans
to utilise a volume of new materials recently generated by groups of students from the UTS Faculty of Building, Architecture and Design.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The students have generated some excellent ideas and source material for new ways to expand the campaign, engage with new and broader stakeholder
groups, and reinvigorate the campaign's profile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">If this is something you are keen to be involved in, please forward your contact details to one of the following contacts:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch -
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:mail@redwatch.org.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">mail@redwatch.org.au</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">ARAG -
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:info@arag.org.au"><span style="color:#0563C1">info@arag.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:106%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">FoE -
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:friends@friendsoferskineville.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">friends@friendsoferskineville.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Regards,<span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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:"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 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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">email:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><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><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">web:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/" title="blocked::http://www.redwatch.org.au/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">www.redwatch.org.au</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">FB:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/"><span style="color:blue;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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