glebegrapevine.orgYou heard it here! Issue 2. June 2013 It’s a Disgrace! Another Department of Housing property on the Glebe Estate has been sold at auction. The Glebe Estate was acquired by the Australian Government in 1973 and transferred to the NSW Government in the mid 1980s with the express intention of preserving the historic townscape […]
ISSUE 1 MAY 2013 You heard it here! Welcome to the first issue of The Glebe Grapevine The Glebe Grapevine is produced by a collective of Glebe residents as a contribution to our community. We think that it can provide greater opportunities for issues raised by the community to be heard, for insights and […]
Hands off Glebe invites you to our LAUNCH Saturday 17 August 2 — 4pm The Old Fire Station 115 Mitchell Street, Glebe With Jack and Judy Mundey and Jamie Parker MP LAUNCH of 50 Ways to Keep Your Fence Up The Hands off Glebe campaign song and YouTube film which challenges […]
by Denis Doherty A song and a community newsletter have helped challenge Housing NSW’s widespread and shameful neglect of public housing in Glebe, particularly the broken down fences in many streets. Residents have come up with ingenious ways to hold up their fences but many have lost the battle and whole sections of fences have […]
Denis Doherty · Tuesday, February 5, 2013 · 2 Comments Share on linkedinShare on facebookShare on twitterShare on emailMore Sharing Services As house prices climb beyond the reach of more families and rents rise even faster, more and more Australians are experiencing housing stress. Instead of seeking solutions to this crisis, the NSW Government has turned its back […]
Central Magazine Jan 9 2013 p7. “There are tens of thousands on the waiting lists for public housing ..and this is just sitting here.” Mr. Doherty said
Send a Xmas Card to Barry O’Farrell c/- Parliament House Macquarie St Sydney. Here is the image on the front here is the text of the Xmas Card Dear Premier OFarrell, Happy Christmas! Remember Sydney’s housing crisis which you added to by knocking down 289 bedrooms in Cowper St, Glebe. You demolished public housing here […]
At the Central Sydney Planning Committee meeting on December 1st, Lord Mayor Clover Moore and members of her team John McInerney and Di Tornai together with Labor appointee Craig Knowles and former Liberal planning minister Robert Webster voted to go ahead with the Elger Street development, despite trenchant opposition from residents, residents action group Hands […]
To: The Hon Gregory Pearce Minister for Finance and Services State Parliament Macquarie St, Sydney 2000 From: Name Address ___________ __________________ Postcode __________ Dear Minister, I/We are very worried by the development by the NSW Government Dept of Housing project in Cowper St, Glebe. I/We call on you to develop project along these lines: • […]
The fight is still on for Cowper St! Join the fight Still fighting to protect public housing and to get a fair deal for public housing in Glebe Principles on which to campaign from October 2011 to Xmas • That the land at the Cowper Street Development be used for 100% public housing or affordable […]