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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Dear REDWatch members, supporters and agencies, (Resent after earlier transmission problem)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787961"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Meet the Waterloo South Consortium members - REDWatch Meeting 6pm 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2025</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787962"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland Consultation must build on earlier work</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787963"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Consultation is for a Waterloo South concept plan</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787964"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The Concept Plan and the Non-Residential Space Dilemma</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787965"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Clarification on Council’s Waterloo Community Facility Space</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787966"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Exhibition times shortened but maybe extended for some sites</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787967"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo City of Sydney Social Housing Tenants’ Meeting</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787968"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Council concerns about the new Housing Delivery Authority (HDA)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787969"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The impacts of indoor temperature and overheating on mental health</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787970"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">WAGEC “This Keeps Women out of Prison” Report</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoToc1"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="#_Toc209787971"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">New Health Research Facility Approved opposite Waterloo Metro</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">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.</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787961"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Meet the Waterloo South Consortium members - REDWatch Meeting 6pm 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2025</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">At the coming meeting Stockland has agreed you will meet the consortium members, find out about opportunities to have a say in the coming broader
consolations and hopefully get a clearer idea of what Stockland propose, including what was in its application for planning requirements for the concept plan they submitted.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So, come along to the REDWatch meeting and bring your questions for the Consortium members including the Community Housing Providers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">The REDWatch meeting is at 6pm on Thursday 2<sup>nd</sup> October 2025</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
at Counterpoint’s Factory Community Centre, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo or join us on line by Zoom
<a href="http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom">http://tinyurl.com/RedwatchMeetingZoom</a>. A flyer for the event is on
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RedfernEveleighDarlingtonWaterlooWatch/">REDWatch’s Facebook page</a> to share to promote the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland said that in October and November it would start talking to the community about its plans for all of Waterloo South to get community
feedback on its concept plan. In response the REDWatch Coordination Group moved the REDWatch AGM to December and made the next two meetings available for discussion about the Concept Plan to help get community input. Now Stockland has come out with a 6-week
engagement plan covering the last week of October, November and the first week of December! They saying they will kick off that consultation by putting their initial plans on the table but they are not ready to do that now.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">REDWatch meetings are the only regular meetings that happen outside work hours that allows both tenants, professionals and interested community
members to be involved in detailed conversations about issues like the redevelopment. REDWatch was set up 20 years ago to make sure the community has a proper voice in such developments and not everyone can attend day time meetings that are set up for agencies
and tenants that are not working or have day time commitments. REDWatch is a community-controlled space not one controlled by the proponent or consultants where information is generally provided and discussion and questioning often limited.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">It May REDWatch provided the Consortium a list of questions about the redevelopment that it collected from the community. While some bits have
come out in meetings since then there has never been a response to these questions like
<a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/RWA/Waterloo/2016waterloo/160927lahc/view">Land and Housing Response to REDWatch Questions</a> in 2016 that we can share with those who raised the 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">REDWatch is concerned with the lack of transparency to date from Stockland on the Waterloo South Redevelopment. There will need to be transparency
about the starting point for the Concept Plan discussions if the community is to have real input. Hopefully Stockland will do this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">In preparation for the consultation REDWatch has provided below some preliminary thoughts on Concept Plan issues that should be considered heading
into the consultation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787962"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland Consultation must build on earlier work</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The rezoning for Waterloo South set rules for the development, these included rules about land use, heights and how much development of different
kinds would be delivered in Waterloo South and much more. Since then, the City of Sydney has entered into an agreement about what it will run, such as streets, parks and community facilities. In addition, Stockland has entered into a contract to do the development
with Homes NSW and we don’t know what was in its winning bid or what Homes NSW has asked of it. We also don’t know how Stockland want to change the plan to fit in the 10% more buildings it is allowed to include that was not expected in the scheme that the
planning controls were based on. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">So far Stockland has not spoken with the community, but it says it has reviewed earlier consultations and submissions and will be building on
that. We don’t yet know what it has learnt from that review nor what it plans to do with 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">For the coming consultation REDWatch has pushed for the consultation to start with Stockland showing the community its current proposal considering
all the above. People can then know what has been heard from earlier consultations and build on what is already there rather than repeating earlier conversations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787963"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">The Consultation is for a Waterloo South concept plan</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The rezoning of Waterloo South did not look at all the details of the proposed redevelopment and it set a follow-up “Concept Development Application”
process for the developer to finalise some work before development applications to build any new buildings could proceed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">One of the key reasons for this was that Stockland needs to show across the Waterloo South building blocks where it will be putting social, affordable
and private housing as well as retail, office space, community facilities, child care and health facilities etc. Stockland also has to produce a staging plan and delivery sequence showing in what order outcomes will be delivered. These are key concerns raised
by tenants in earlier consultation – remember people saying that we will be down in the shadows, next to McEvoy Street, well the Concept Plan decides where social housing tenants will be.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">There are also other issues to be resolved like the subdivision; new roads; foot-paths; through site links; flood mitigation; addressing wind,
sound and solar access issues; contamination; tree cover (both retention and new plantings) and landscaping etc. that need to be looked at across the entire site.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland will also need to request any changes to the planning controls, design guide and design excellence approach if it wants to change what
is already in place. It also needs to develop a public art strategy and ideally names for places and buildings that reflect the area’s history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">As we approach the 10-year anniversary of this version of the Waterloo redevelopment, and over 20 since it was first mooted, the Concept Plan
will see Waterloo’s first Social Impact Assessment to look at the potential benefits and impacts of the redevelopment. Some of this assessment will probably depend on Homes NSW’s said to be imminent People and Place Plan that deals with precinct governance,
place making and human services. Until we see what Stockland plan and the People and Place Plan it is not possible to assess impacts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland has already applied to the Department of Planning for the study requirement for the
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/waterloo-estate-south-concept">
Waterloo Estate (South) Concept</a><u><span style="color:#0563C1">,</span></u> which is described as SSD-93222706 “Concept SSDA rezoning for Waterloo South for the future delivery of 3,000 dwellings including a mix of social, affordable and market housing”.
Although the title says 3,000 housing, the Concept needs to try to accommodate the extra 300 units from the 10% design excellence bonus – not exactly truth in advertising. The inclusion of rezoning in the description indicates changes to the existing planning
rules will be requested. The application and the Department’s requirements will appear on
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/waterloo-estate-south-concept">
this site</a> when the requirements are issued. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Stockland say they will consult on the “big picture” concept and then report back to the community early next year about what it has heard from
the community before the plan is lodged with the Department of Planning for a formal exhibition. Stockland know from the earlier rezoning and the usual requirements from such projects what studies will be required and have been onboarding consultants. Hopefully
they will make public the list of consultants and put in place a mechanism for community members to be able to raise issues with them rather than just the “speed dating” that is currently proposed.<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 consultation is about getting all your ideas on these things in before the plan is finalised for exhibition. In line with REDWatch’s Objects
that “c<i>ommunication and consultation is comprehensive and responsive”</i> it is important to build on what has already been agreed, rather than starting consultations back at square one. Tick the box consultations tend to have lots of events, but no real
process to ensure conversations are about what can be influenced. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">When people don’t feel heard when they participate then they become disillusioned and stop participating. This will be first of many engagements
that Stockland do on this project and it is crucial that it builds on what has gone before rather than start from scratch.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hopefully the coming engagement will actually consult on those things that are currently able to be influenced and set a good working base for
future discussions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787964"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">The Concept Plan and the Non-Residential Space Dilemma</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The planning controls allocate 17,000sqm for non-residential floor space for retail, commercial and community facilities in Waterloo South. No
less than 5,000sqm of this is for <a name="_Hlk209686028">community facilities, childcare and health facilities</a>. The balance
<a name="_Hlk209687667">12,000sqm</a> is available for other uses including retail and commercial. The community facility figure does not include the parks or what could be built on them.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">After Council gets 2,400sqm for community facilities the developer has the remaining 2,600sqm to allocate for possibly other community facilities,
childcare and health facilities to be controlled by commercial, not-for-profit or state government operations. While community facilities need to be controlled by a Council or a not-for-profit, childcare facilities can go to commercial entities and for the
health facility it can be a state government operation or a commercial entity.<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 consequence of this is that a not-for-profit preschool, like Poets Corner, which operates at the bottom of one of Redfern’s public housing
towers would have to compete with a for-profit childcare operator looking to expand its childcare space. Sydney Local Health District potentially has to compete with a private for-profit health centre. Given space has already been given to Council, any not-for-profit
service provider wanting to be in the new development would be competing for floor space against for-profit providers at probably commercial rents.<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 balance 12,000sqm retail and commercial space also throws up a similar dilemma. The planning proposal talks about shops and non-residential
uses such as incubation and social enterprise spaces. It also talks about affordable retail and its management, as well as low-cost or free options available including spaces where community members can buy, cook and share healthy, affordable and culturally
appropriate food. Provision of these kind of retail and commercial spaces potentially compete with commercial retail that could use that space.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">These tensions between community aspirations and commercial realities for the developer will need to be worked through in the Concept Plan if
they are not to be eroded later on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787965"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Clarification on Council’s Waterloo Community Facility Space</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">During the rezoning consultation the discussion was always about the Waterloo South Plan delivering a Council Community Centre opposite the small
park. The final Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) between Council, Homes NSW and the Department of Planning however shows Council facilities at two locations not one. This is a change from the exhibited document. REDWatch only recently learnt of this and
has chased down an explanation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Under the VPA the developer is to deliver to Council 2,400sqm of space for community facilities, however apparently the site opposite the small
park can only accommodate 800sqm so the remaining 1600sqm has to be delivered elsewhere. Council has suggested the second centre be on a site in Cooper Street. Both proposed sites are in stand-alone buildings that could be transferred to Council rather than
run under a strata arrangement. The final location will need to be agreed between Stockland and Council and shown in the Concept Plan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">At this time the community has no idea what Council plans to do with these two centres and more importantly how, or if, it plans to run them.
Council uses three models for its community facilities, some are unstaffed and are by bookings only, others are staffed and run by Council itself while others are passed over to another organisation to run rather than council. Will the centre be sport and
recreation type centre with paid for yoga, arts spaces, or will it also deliver counselling and support services that Council centres normally don’t supply? It is important now to know what Council is thinking about this as it impacts what else the community
might ask for on the site. We can’t really wait the two years that Stockland need to give Council for Council to work out what it needs them to deliver, to answer these 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">One of the major flaws in the earlier Waterloo community facilities study was that while it assessed the existence of services, it did not assess
if the properties that they operated from were fit for purpose and many are not. Most NGOs in the area operate from premises owned by Council or Homes NSW that are not tailored for the services they provide. Non-Government human service providers are not funded
in their grants to cover rent, hence the need for peppercorn rent arrangements to allow them to provide the services they do.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787966"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Exhibition times shortened but maybe extended for some sites</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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 have earlier alerted people to the proposed changes to reduce exhibition periods for many State Significant Developments to 14 days. That change
has now gone ahead and a new <a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/community-participation-plan.pdf">Community participation plan (PDF, 1.9 MB)</a> is in place allowing for the reduced exhibition time. The
<a href="https://www.planning.nsw.gov.au/policy-and-legislation/environmental-planning-and-assessment-act-1979/community-participation-plans?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Community+Participation+Plan+finalisation+September+2025+-+Industry+stakeholders&utm_source=salesforce">
Participation Plan section of the Planning Departments website</a> has been updated and says:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Extended exhibition periods will be considered when a project:<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">involves a complex concurrent rezoning, or<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">is wholly prohibited in the relevant land use zone(s), or<o:p></o:p></span></i></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">would otherwise be designated development.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Hopefully the Waterloo Concept Plan will get more than 14 days formal exhibition! With the government cutting formal exhibition times it is even
more important that pre-submission consultation, like that coming for the Waterloo South Concept be robust.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787967"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Waterloo City of Sydney Social Housing Tenants’ Meeting</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The next social housing meeting for tenants who live in the Waterloo area will be on Thursday 16 October at The Factory, 67 Raglan Street, Waterloo.
The general meeting will take place between 11am and 12pm. The meeting will include updates from Council and Homes NSW representatives.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787968"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">Council concerns about the new Housing Delivery Authority (HDA)</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">In our last update we reported on a briefing from Council to community groups about the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.redwatch.org.au/govt/cos/250827cos"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">CoS Presentation on Housing Delivery Authority for Resident Action Group Briefing 27 Aug
2025</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">. Council has now provided the presentation which will be on the above link when we can get the REDWatch website taking new material. The presentation
provides examples of how developers are using the HDA to go after greater yield in developments at the expense of Council’s strategic planning and as a consequence slowing down the very housing acceleration that the NSW Government wants the HDA to achieve.
One example in the presentation was for Coronation’s Waterloo Build to Rent on 881-885 Bourke Road in this
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.btrnews.au/coronation-submits-plans-for-waterloo-btr/"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Coronation announcement</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">In an email to resident groups Clover Moore says: “Developers can sidestep Council and go straight to the NSW Government
to change the planning rules and sign their development off, even if a DA has already been lodged with or approved the City. And now, the Government is legislating to make the HDA permanent”.<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">This presentation was made to Community Groups on 27 August 2025, prior to the NSW Government introducing the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/bills/Pages/bill-details.aspx?pk=18807"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Environmental Planning and Assessment (Planning System Reforms)
Bill 2025</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"> which proposes to make the Housing Delivery Authority a permanent part of the Environment Planning and Assessment Act.
<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 proposed Bill is much wider than the HAD, it also adds new objects to the Act and makes other changes. Council
says it is currently assessing the proposed changes. You can see what Minister Paul Scully is proposing in the
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Hansard/Pages/HansardResult.aspx#/docid/'HANSARD-1323879322-157345'"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Second Reading Speech</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">
and in the </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.nsw.gov.au/ministerial-releases/planning-system-reform-to-help-build-nsws-future"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">media release</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">.
You can get an idea of how the development industry has reacted from this media release from
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://www.urbantaskforce.com.au/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/250917-Landmark-reform-bill-to-put-housing-front-and-centre-of-Planning-Act.pdf"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">Urban
Taskforce</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU">. We are am sure there will be much more comment to follow when the NSW Parliament returns to debate the proposed changes.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787969"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">The impacts of indoor temperature and overheating on mental health</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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"><a name="_Hlk209701519"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">I recently attended a Sydney University Matilda Centre presentation on
</span></a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTzFJ8zXtxQ"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk209701519"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">'Cold housing – the impacts of indoor temperature and overheating on mental health</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk209701519"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk209701519"></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">',
which you can watch on YouTube. I asked about what was happening in Social Housing to address the issue and was pointed to the Federal Government’s
<a href="https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/programs/social-housing" title="https://www.dcceew.gov.au/energy/programs/social-housing">
Social Housing Energy Performance Initiative (SHEPI)</a> that provides funding to states and territories for the upgrade of social housing stock. Information on the SHEPI programs in NSW is found on the
<a href="https://www.energy.nsw.gov.au/government-and-local-organisations/programs-grants-and-schemes/shepi" target="_blank">
NSW Climate and Energy Action website</a> but it does not allow tenants to apply for the program, properties are only selected by housing providers so if you experience adverse impacts of indoor temperatures you will need to follow it up with your provider.<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 Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) has also produced a report on
<a href="https://www.ahuri.edu.au/research/final-reports/338">Warm, cool and energy-affordable housing policy solutions for low-income renters</a>. We have earlier mentioned a research project on this topic that we know some social housing tenants are participating
in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787970"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">WAGEC “This Keeps Women out of Prison” Report</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The Women and Girls’ Emergency Centre (WAGEC) has launched a new report
<a href="https://www.wagec.org.au/blog/from-now-report-launch-2025/"><i>This Keeps Women Out of Prison</i></a> which shares insights from the first 18 months of its
<i>From Now</i> program. <i>From Now</i> is a trauma-informed, purpose-built program supporting women as they transition from prison back into the community. It is informed by women with lived experience and grounded in feminist, culturally responsive practices.
The program is proving what we’ve long known that with the right support, women rarely return to prison instead they rebuild.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;line-height:105%;page-break-after:avoid">
<a name="_Toc209787971"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#2E74B5;mso-ligatures:none">New Health Research Facility Approved opposite Waterloo Metro</span></a><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%;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">The Department of planning has advised that the Kurraba Group’s New Health Research Facility (SSD-63067458), which was delegated to the City of
Sydney, has been approved. The new facility on land located at 74-108 Botany Road and 86-100 Wyndham Street, Alexandria and is one of the early developments on the rezoned Botany Road Corridor. You can find the final documents
<a href="https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/new-health-research-facility">
here</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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">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>
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</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">
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</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">
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