2 results for month: 05/2021
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 years ago, in 1919, the then government of the day built public housing in the Rocks area of Sydney, not so far from where we are meeting. It was to house people left homeless by the slum clearance of the area thought necessary to eradicate the Plague which was then afflicting Sydney.
In 1980 the then government of the day again built public housing in the Rocks. The back story this time was not a plague but possibly something like it, at least for those who lived there. This historic part ...
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 development, the state government controlled ‘Central Sydney Planning Committee’ approved the initial concept plans.
At Friends of Erskineville we started a letter campaign to the Planning Minister, Rob Stokes, asking him to intervene and stop the project. We believe the land should be re-zoned as open parkland to preserve and extend the beautiful natural environment of Sydney Park.
Instead, the Minister ignored our plea and got a Planning executive to respond on his behalf. He ...