[updated 8/9/06]

LINKS LISTED HERE may be useful to Sydney citizens seeking further community and activist information. Some links are briefly annotated.

NOTE - these links are to third party websites and DRAG takes no responsibility for changes in content on the destination sites.

DRAG: PO Box 74 Darlinghurst 2010

Secretary: Jo Holder, T 9331 6621; E joholder@aic.net.au

Co-convenors: Jane Barnett, Julia Perry and Jo Holder.

Media: Norman Thompson E: normanlt@bigpond.com

CITY EAST GROUPS:

2011 Residents Association: Meets 3rd Tuesday, at 6:30pm. Every alternate month meets jointly with DRAG. Secretary Suzanne O’Connor. Contact Robyn Greaves at Kings Cross Community and Information Centre

Action City East: Ralf Harding, ralfharding@yahoo.com.au

Darlinghurst Business Partnership:

Paddington Darlinghurst Residents (former Precinct 15): www.urbanvillage.org

Kings Cross Rotary: Robbie Hall

Residents of Woolloomooloo: Stacey Miers, stacey_miers@yahoo.com.au

Sacred Heart Rescue Coalition: Laelie Schwartz T: 93322564;

Other Resident Action Groups: www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community

SYDNEY RESIDENT & SMALL BUSINESS GROUPS

DRAG is committed to continue working with local small businesses and Town Hall to maintain the inner-city’s diversity and vibrant texture.

Local Council websites should maintain and update listings.

Save Callan Park - http://www.callanpark.com/

City of Sydney Council’s resident group list: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/Community/GroupsAndMeetings

ADI Residents Action Group: www.adisite.org

Business Alliance of the City of Sydney: Contact president Fabian Marsden at Sydney Cove Chemist (w) 92472625

City RAGs: represents resident action and precinct community groups across the entire City of Sydney Local Government Area. Founded August 2003. Email Jill Yates: jilly@legallifeplanning.com.au

Glebe Society: www.glebesociety.org.au

REDWatch: www.redwatch.org.au

Covers Redfern Eveleigh Darlington and Waterloo and monitors the activities of the RWA, the City of Sydney Council and Government Programs run in the area and seeks to ensure community involvement in all decisions made about the area.

CITY EAST ISSUES

The key emergency services in the inner-city are: Aboriginal Hostels Limited, Anglicare, Mission Australia, Salvos, St Vincent de Paul, Wesley Mission, YWCA.

City of Sydney’s website has useful links to emergency services (including homeless), research and information sites, government, peak bodies: http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au

LOCAL NEWS & ISSUES

Darlinghurst news, heritage and small business into: http://www.darlinghurst.biz/

Contact: Jamieson Phair of EastSydney.Tv 0416 150 206

Kings Cross Times: a legend of local blog news

http://kingscrosstimes.blogspot.com/

Contact Michael Gormly [T] 933 22251; create@bigpond.net.au

Politics in the Pub: issues forum every Friday night at the Gaelic Club, 64 Devonshire Street Surry Hills (near Central Railway) at 6pm: www.politicsinthepub.org

Investigative Journalism: University of Technology (UTS) Journalism: some articles on local issues http://journalism.uts.edu.au/

PUBLIC ROADS + TUNNEL EMISSIONS FILTRATION

CROSS CITY TUNNEL INQUIRY: Report of Joint Parliamentary Inquiry into Cross City Tunnel 2006

Note there are 2 reports: report 1 recommends re-opening roads and safeguards on public private partnerships; report 2 looks more at administrative issues.

The Committee tabled its first report on 28 February 2006, and the second report on 19 May 2006. The Committee's inquiry was extended to include the Lane Cove Tunnel. The Committee reported on the Lane Cove Tunnel on 23 August 2006.

http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/PARLMENT/Committee.nsf/0/A69743663274E980CA2570C10082D5D2

RAPS: http://savewollicreek.8m.com/welcome.htm

Residents Against Polluting Stacks: http://nostack.8m.com

BIG PICTURE: PLANNING & ISSUES

http://www.lgsa.org.au

National Parks Association: http://www.npansw.org.au

Protect National Parks: http://www.royalparkprotect.org.au

Newcastle Parks and Playgrounds Movement: this is one of the best sites in NSW for policy argument and is hosted by Newcastle University www.geocities.com/parksandplaygrounds/

Protectors of Public Lands: see the National Trust website www.nsw.nationaltrust.org.au/ppl.html

Save Our Suburbs: www.sos.org.au

BIG PICTURE: ENVIRONMENT & RESEARCH

Boomerang Alliance: www.boomerangalliance.org

Australian Conservation Foundation: www.acfonline.org.au

Friends of the Earth: www.foe.org.au

Greenpeace Australia Pacific: www.greenpeace.org.au

Nature Conservation Council of NSW: the peak body for over 130 large and small groups. This site has excellent links to many grassroots sites. www.nccnsw.org.au

Sydney Water Website: www.sydneywater.com.au

Inner Sydney Waste Board: www.wasteboard.nsw.gov.au

Total Environment Centre: www.tec.org.au

HERITAGE & CULTURE

Friends of the ABC: www.fabc.org.au

Kings Cross Arts Guild: meets monthly at The Cross Art Projects. Contact Robyn Greaves at Kings Cross Community Centre, Rex Building. T 93572164

Bob’s Woolloomooloo Film Society: shows classics in glorious 16mm every 2nd Tuesday 5.45pm at the CWA House, Greenknowe Avenue.

Art Deco Society (NSW): http://www.angelfire.com/retro/artdeconsw/

The society’s heritage register lists the Greater Kings Cross area as a site of National Significance. The society also lists local Art Deco landmarks and has regular walking tours including of Kings Cross Neon.

Australian Heritage Commission http://www.erin.gov.au/portfolio/ahc/ahc.html

Comment: This site contains a register of the National Estate and has

Links to all state heritage offices including Heritage Office (NSW).

Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (see Picman database for historic photos of Kings Cross and Darlinghurst).

WORKING CONDITIONS & UNIONS

United Services Union covers local government employees. This site is a helpful source of ‘inside’ information on your local council www.usu.org.au

Social Change Online has links to 250 social change groups. http://online.socialchange.net.au/

Green Left Weekly, covers many urban issues: www.greenleft.org.au

POLITICAL & LEGAL

Australian Legal Information Institute: http://www.austlii.edu.au/

The Essential guide to all government legislation and all court cases and judgements

Environmental Defender's Office: http://www.edo.org.au

The EDO Network was formally established in 1996. Each EDO office is dedicated to protecting the environment in the public interest.

Parliament of NSW Website to find Ministers and members and to track Bills

URL: http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/

POLITICAL DONATIONS

Democracy4sale.org: http://www.democracy4sale.org/

Who fills the major parties' coffers? The Greens' research and data site aims to reform how our democratic process is funded.

PARLIAMENTARIANS

These websites have information on planning and heritage issues:

Arthur Chesterfield-Evans: Australian Democrats, MLC, civil libertarian and anti-tobacco campaigner at www.chesterfieldevans.com

Sydney State Electorate (formerly Bligh) MLA: Clover Moore www.clovermoore.com

Greens media releases at: www.nsw.greens.org.au

Sylvia Hale (Greens representative on Urban Affairs) and Lee Rhiannon (transport and public private partnerships)

DEMOCRATIC RESEARCH & INFORMATION

BBC News and iCan team this website is the leading global authority in political news: http://news.bbc.co.uk

Al Jazeera a self-regulated news powerhouse: http://www.aljazeera.net

Africa Online is a vital source on information: http://www.africaonline.com

Institute for Public Policy Research a UK based centre-left think tank influential with the British Labour Party: www.ippr.org.uk

The Australia Institute is an independent non-profit public policy research centre: http://www.tai.org.au/

Getup is an independent, progressive campaigning organisation empowering Australians to have their say on important national issues: http://www.getup.org.au/

MoveOn is a US-based but International network and is one of the most effective and responsive outlets for democratic participation: http://www.moveon.org

Common Cause is a US based lobbyist for social reform, including reforms to the US funding system for election campaigns: http://www.commoncause.org

International Simultaneous Policy Organization: www.simpol.org