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26 Nov

Stop the MacDonald Street rat run - Let's have an Ashmore Village Square instead

A new road between MacDonald St and Mitchell Rd would cause traffic to flood into Erskineville and Newtown’s quiet residential streets. Please support our ... more
26 Sep

Light Up the Bridge!

[Update December 2025: We won!!! Temporary festoon style lighting has been installed while a permanent solution is being investigated. Thank you to everyone who ... more
24 Aug

2024-25 member drive and activity report

Would you like to become a full member of the Friends of Erskineville? Annual memberships start on 1 July each year and the standard rate for individuals is ... more
24 Sep

2023-24 member drive and activity report

Would you like to become a full member of the Friends of Erskineville? Annual memberships start on 1 July each year and the standard rate for individuals is ... more
21 Jul

Victory against unwanted advertising billboards

In October 2022, new advertising billboards started to appear on the railway walls in the centre of Erskineville. A total of 12 billboard spaces were marked out by ... more
25 Jun

Nimby Name Calling: A Developer Distraction

Nimby Name Calling: A Developer Distraction by Andrew Chuter As the housing affordability crisis goes from bad to worse, fingers of blame are being pointed in ... more
12 Jun

Letter to Minister Hoenig on 'double votes for business'

Friends of Erskineville recently wrote to Ron Hoenig, the Minister for Local Government, about the undemocratic City of Sydney voting rules that give businesses ... more
30 Sep

2022-23 round up

Would you like to become a full member of the Friends of Erskineville? Annual memberships start on 1 July each year and the standard rate for individuals is ... more
20 Sep

Sydney Park Junction submission

Thanks to Erskineville local Dr Chris Standen for this excellent submission on the Sydney Park Junction improvements. This will form the basis for FoE's own ... more
14 Aug

2021-22 round up

Would you like to become a full member of the Friends of Erskineville? Annual memberships start on 1 July each year and the standard rate for individuals is ... more
21 May

Judy Mundey's speech at public housing rally

We are here today in support of the provision of much needed public housing. The provision of public housing by governments is not a new concept. About 100 ... more
5 May

Update 2 on 'One Sydney Park' development

Property developers are still trying to build 390 apartments within the block containing Sydney Park. Despite the City of Sydney Council's efforts to stop the ... more