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Congestion flows where Rosebery grows

BY Alec Smart South Sydney residents fear they will face never-ending traffic jams and restricted parking when new high-rise housing developments, currently under construction, are finished.

A massive urban regeneration program is underway in the adjoining suburbs of Rosebery, Zetland, Waterloo, and Alexandria, with additional development projects in the planning stage. Once finished, and included with other high-rise ventures in nearby Mascot, Eveleigh and Redfern, they will result in an influx of tens of thousands of new residents to South Sydney in an area that was, until recently, predominantly industrial.

In the North Rosebery Precinct alone, the City of Sydney Council predicts that 6,000 new residents will be accommodated.

In December 2015 the NSW Government revealed plans for 10,000 new dwellings to replace the Waterloo Housing Commission tower blocks, the majority earmarked for private tenants.

The 278-hectare Green Square precinct is forecast to have its current population tripled to 61,000 people by the year 2030, over 8,000 of them residing in a newly created town centre.

This will easily become the most densely populated region in Australia.

Urban TaskForce, an industry organization that represents property development interests across Australia, are propelling many of South Sydney’s new high-rise projects. Dominated by urban planners, economists, lawyers, financiers and, of course, property developers, it works closely with the NSW Government to implement new projects, particularly those that benefit the private sector.

In June 2017, Randwick Council announced plans to block Urban

High rise constructions in South Sydney will bring tens of thousands more people and cars into this neighbourhood. Credit: Alec Smart

TaskForce’s plans to push for higher building limits in Kingsford and Kensington.

Urban TaskForce is also at loggerheads with the City of Sydney Council.

“The Urban Taskforce calls on the City Council to stop their scaremongering campaign about the redevelopment of the Waterloo estate and to take a constructive role that supports the State Governments urban renewal project...” it declared.

“The NSW State Government told the City Council that they’ve got to put in all these units,” said Wayne Moody, spokesperson for Rosebery Residents Action Group. “They keep telling us we have to take our share of units, like everyone else, but where are people going to park?

“We never used to get parked out on the weekends in Rosebery like we do now.

Many of us have driveways, but if we’re going to the shops or working in the area it is very difficult finding a parking spot.

“What we’ve also found is that people drive in from La Perouse, Maroubra or even further west and they’ll park at Rosebery, because we’ve got all-day

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parking. Then they’ll catch the buses there into the city.”

A City of Sydney spokesperson said, ““The City uses a number of approaches to minimise the transport impacts of urban development. The City has developed the Neighbourhood Parking Policy to determine how best to manage demand for on-street spaces to limit traffic congestion, air pollution and the impact on the liveability of the City’s streets. The policy balances the needs of residents, visitors and retailers, and encourages greater use of car sharing, public transport, cycling and walking.”

But parking is just the tip of the iceberg.

With the imminent arrival of tens of thousands of new residents, many of whom will rely on their cars to commute, driving through familiar neighbourhoods will inevitably involve long delays as merging traffic banks up and stalls.

“In Rosebery the original houses were built for people to work in the local factories so they didn’t far have to travel,” said Wayne Moody. “But of course now the factories have gone nearly everyone has to leave the area to get to work.”

In order to reduce reliance on cars, City of Sydney Council has urged the NSW State Government to commit to another light rail line from Central Station to the new Green Square precinct to facilitate commuters travelling to work.

The City has already spent $40 million on purchasing land to preserve a four-kilometre corridor in which to lay the tracks.

NSW Government Transport Minister Andrew Constance, on record in May 2017 as stating that the Green Square urban renewal project is a ‘public transport disaster’, said he would not rule out the prospect of a light rail line from there to Central.

However, considering the present delays dogging the construction of the CBD and South East Light Rail from Circular Quay to Randwick and Kensington, in addition to new trams which are incompatible with the existing light rail route from Central to Dulwich Hill, the likelihood of another tram service built and operating efficiently in time to soak up the tens of thousands of daily commuters set to surge into South Sydney does not have a snowball’s chance in hell of succeeding.

Transport Minister Andrew Constance and the City of Sydney recommended short-term alternative measures could include cycling or walking to work – unlikely to prove popular among the elderly and less mobile.

Transport for NSW claims it has added extra trips to the 343 Kingsford to City and 370 Leichardt to Coogee via Newtown and Green Square bus routes this year, but residents in the affected areas complain that during peak periods, buses are frequently crowded before they reach them.

Meanwhile a new 66km Metro rail service, Australia’s largest public transport

infrastructure project, is now underway utilising five tunnel boring machines, the first of which will be in the ground before the end of 2018.

The Metro will also service people in the Waterloo area via a new subterranean station.

Alexandria Residents Action Group raised concerns with the Department of Planning and Environment in May 2016 that they objected to it “on the grounds that the project should [also] provide Metro stations at Alexandria and St Peters, and does not.

“This would provide provide masstransit systems for the area’s doubled population, reduce chronic over-crowding on Erskineville station and reduce innercity congestion.

“The Environmental Impact Statement has no modelling of additional Metro stations’ ability to reduce the impact of traffic on the road network.”

Unfortunately, the Metro is not forecast to be operational until 2024, which returns us to the existing transport nightmare.

Perhaps the best short-term solution is an idea promoted by Wayne Moody, spokesperson for Rosebery Residents Action Group.

“The Council should be putting on free buses,” he suggested. “Why wouldn’t we offer free transport, like in some cities that have a free bus loop going round and round? We have that in the City, but it only goes from Broadway to Circular Quay.

“The new light rail to Randwick is going to be near capacity by the time it finishes. I can only imagine what it’s going to be like at the [Moore Park] football stadium when the games are on and everyone is finishing work at the same time.

“And they haven’t got a plan yet for light rail to come up to Rosebery.”

Young voters must enrol for same-sex marriage postal poll

BY ALEX EUGENE Young and first-time voters must urgently enrol to vote in order to have their say in next week’s same-sex marriage poll. The postal vote deadline is August 24.

The fight for equality is on again, this time in the form survey which will cost taxpayers $122 million. But the vote will not be the final word. Rather, if a majority “yes” is achieved, it will only give the go-ahead for the government to debate a bill which could legalise same-sex marriage in parliament.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced the people’s vote on August 8, to the scorn of Labor representatives who claim it is a waste of taxpayer’s money.

“I hold you responsible for every hurtful bit of filth that this debate will unleash,” said the Opposition leader Bill Shorten two days after the announcement.

Mr Shorten is encouraging Australians to vote “yes” nonetheless.

Legendary former High Court judge Michael Kirby said he was not happy that the vote would not be the final decision, and only lead to parliament deciding on the ultimate outcome.

“It’s something we’ve never done in our constitutional arrangements. It really is unacceptable,” he said.

But Mr Kirby, who has been in a relationship with his male partner for 50 years, said he would vote yes, given it was the only option available to the community at this stage.

“If there is no court challenge or no

Australians need to have their vote in the post by August 24th. Credit: Luis Mercado (Flickr)

successful court challenge and if the government members don’t come to their senses and terminate this very bad precedent for our governance, then I will myself be certainly voting yes in the vote,” he said last Thursday.

Opposition Senate leader Penny Wong, who also has children with her same-sex partner, said that the vote was disrespectful and would not unify the country.

“It is exposing our children to hatred,” she said last week, in response to comments from the Australian Christian Lobby who had said gay couples who had children were creating a “stolen generation”.

Other gay activists spoke out during the week saying that there should not be a public vote on an issue that was fundamentally a basic human right.

In addition, the vote will be facilitated by the

Bureau of Statistics, rather than the Electoral Commission, which some say belittles the issue by reducing it effectively to a survey rather than a serious vote.

Professor George Williams, a constitutional law expert, said the ABS should not be running the vote.

“It’s a body that fulfils a different set of functions. I’m still finding it hard to understand why such a sensitive, contested process wouldn’t be left to the experts within government — that’s what the AEC [Australian Electoral Commission] does,” he said.

But even so, Attorney General George Brandis said in a media statement last week that he predicts same-sex marriage will be legal by the end of the year.

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Oldies but goodies: candidates make a comeback in Marrickville

BY GEORGIA CLARK The amalgamation may have been a game-changer for the Inner West Council, but this hasn’t deterred a number of familiar faces from making a comeback in the upcoming elections for the Marrickville ward.

While the number of Councillors has been axed and mammoth boundaries redrawn, a handful of candidates vying for one of three positions in the ward have previously held seats on the former Ashfield, Marrickville and Leichhardt councils.

But this hasn’t stopped a number of newcomers from battling for a position in council, with independent Victoria Pye being one of the youngest contenders in the election.

Ben Raue, election analyst at the Tally Room, said the area, which covers Marrickville, St Peters, Sydenham and Tempe is likely to be won by old-timers who have previously held seats in the area. But according to Mr Raue, we may also see some newcomers win seats.

“Labor and the Greens will definitely win a seat each. It’s very unlikely that the Liberal Party will win a seat. Vic Macri has a high profile as a former mayor in the area and is in a good position to pick up the votes of local conservative voters.

“Labor has the potential to win a second seat in one of their best parts of the council. Victoria Pye is an unknown factor but has the backing of Clover

Moore - she may attract the votes of left-wing voters who prefer to vote for independents,” he said.

Alongside independent candidate and former Clr and Mayor Vic Macri, former Labor Mayor Sam Iskandar is also vying for the position, as is Greens candidate Colin Hesse who served between 2004-2008. George Andrade, Liberal candidate, has also previously run for election. First time contender Victoria Pye is also running as an independent candidate.

After decades of domination in the electorate, Labor is tipped to once again regain its stronghold in the electorate, which is one of the most pro-Labor wards in the area. Labor had previously dominated Marrickville prior to the Greens and independents winning a number of seats in 2004. Independent Vic Macri is also tipped for success, having served the people of Marrickville for 12 years and bringing on projects such as the Fanny Durack Pool.

Mr Macri has been using both traditional and more modern campaigning techniques, including publicising his plans through social media, as well as conducting letter box drops and interacting with the electorate through his hair salon, Fernando’s Hair.

His promises to the electorate including abolishing parking meters in the ward, championing urban tree planting, increasing access to childcare, cleaning up

Independent Councillor Vic Macri and his campaigning team. Credit: Supplied

the Cooks River and implementing a new community hub library.

According to Mr Macri, the odds are stacked in favour of the independents as people increasingly feel alienated by the agenda of political parties and want a more community-centric candidate.

“I feel compelled to ensure that the council doesn’t lose its unique Marrickville identity. Which is an inclusive, respectful and resilient community of social and cultural diversity. There is a need to maintain service levels and ensure residents

concerns are treated with the same level of value in the new structure and I believe my prior experience will be beneficial in this transition.”

According to Mr Raue, Labor and the Greens will form opposing majorities in the new council, with the balance of seats set to determine the power dynamics within council.

“I don’t think voters for political parties will care very much about the identity of the candidate, but there are small groups who have personal relationships with a particular councillor who will vote for

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them. I think Victor Macri relies a lot on personal networks as well as the general brand of being an ‘independent’ and his chances are stronger because of his long council career.”

According to Mr Raue, despite Labor’s popularity in the area, they still only managed 37% in the last election.

With just weeks left until the election, the battlelines are braced to be drawn between conservative independents and Liberals, as the majority seats of Marrickville are forecast to swing to Labor and the Greens.

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Eastern suburb renters demand relief

BY ANITA SENARATNA The NSW Greens are calling for an end to no-grounds eviction, as well as a range of other reforms ahead of the State Government’s review of the Residential Tenancies Act later this year.

Greens MP and Housing spokesperson Jenny Leong says the reforms are about making renters feel secure in their homes and giving them protection.

“In NSW a dodgy landlord can kick out a tenant for no reason, or even worse, kick out a tenant because they actually make reasonable requests like maintenance repairs, or they want to be able to put up the rent astronomically but they know that it won’t fly as a reasonable rent increase so they just kick the tenant out,” she said.

“The NSW government needs to realise that there are now significant amounts of people, more children, more older people, than ever before living in rental properties, that now need to have some security provided to them. The idea that people are living with this constant stress of having to move from place to place has huge impacts on the livability of our city.”

According to the 2016 census, the beachside electorate of Coogee has one of the highest rates of renters in NSW, with over 48% of households in the area living in rental properties.

In Coogee rent prices far exceed the average full-time salary, pushing people further and further away from the CBD. The median weekly rent for a house in

Greens MP Jenny Leong says renters have been completely priced out of Coggee.

Credit: Anita Senaratna

Coogee is $1725 a week, and the median rent for a unit is $700.

Gina Baptist has lived in Randwick most of her life and also owns an investment property in Clovelly. She admits that although the rising rent prices do mean more income for her, they are still “ridiculous.”

As the mother of a school-age child, she’s seen the strain that the rental market has put on families, as parents struggle to secure spots at the local schools for their children

to avoid them having to travel long distances.

“Young families are cramming into units to stay in the area, which has brought the population up and they’ve had to change the catchment areas so the kids could go to other schools,” she said.

Luke Thompson, 23, is an IT professional and has lived in Randwick on and off for several years. When he last rented a room there from 2013 to 2015, the rent was $120. Now, the

average price for a single room in the area is around $300.

Mr Thompson says cost was one of the main factors in his decision to relocate.

“I love the area but it became overpriced quickly,“ he said. “It got to the point where a friend had to rent a hallway for $100 a week. Not even a room, a hallway to sleep in. I’ve had friends living on couches because their real estate agency just decided to make their prices higher.”

Mr Thompson says he’s seen share houses where up to ten people are crammed in single rooms, mostly among international students. He says it’s important to know what your rights are when entering into any type of tenancy agreement.

Mr Thompson currently renting a three-bedroom house in Blacktown, with a huge backyard for his dogs for $420 a week.

“It’s funny how a room in the eastern suburbs is almost the same as this house,” he said.

Ms Leong says that reforms to NSW’s tenancy laws are “way overdue.” The NSW Greens have launched a website called A Better Deal For Renters, where renters can share stories, find out how to get involved and sign their petition. Ms. Leong says that so far, around 70 organisations across NSW have joined their campaign.

“Renting is now a long-term reality for so many people in our community.

There are now realistic prospects for people to be lifelong renters, and the idea of just talking about people who are aspiring to buy their own home fails to acknowledge the reality that for so many people, owning their own home is now completely out of reach,” she said.

The idea…that those people can never be provided with a place to call home for a long period of time and feel the security of being able to put down their roots in a community, is completely unacceptable.”

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Application No Location Proponent Council Area Approval Authority

SSI 7485 Land in Annandale, Ashfield, Camperdown, Haberfield, Leichhardt, Lilyfield, Newtown, Rozelle, St Peters and Stanmore Roads and Maritime Services City of Sydney and Inner West Minister for Planning

Description of proposal A new multi-lane road link connecting the M4 East project at Haberfield with the New M5 project at the St Peters Interchange including: • Twin multi-lane tunnels between Haberfield and St Peters; • An interchange at Rozelle which includes tunnels, ramps and related infrastructure for a potential future Western Harbour Tunnel; • A tunnel connection from the Rozelle Interchange to the Iron Cove Bridge; and • Upgrades to the surrounding road network.

The Proponent has requested the Minister declare the project critical State Significant Infrastructure.

Exhibition Details The SSI Application, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and accompanying documents may be viewed electronically at the Department of Planning and Environment at 320 Pitt Street, Sydney or on the Department’s website (www.majorprojects.planning.nsw.gov.au/page/on-exhibition/). You may also view an electronic copy of the EIS at a NSW Service Centre located near you (www.service.nsw.gov.au/service-centre/service-nsw). A hard copy of the EIS may be inspected at the locations listed below from Friday 18 August 2017 until Monday 16 October 2017 during the ordinary office or opening hours of the agency concerned: • • • • • • • • • •

Roads and Maritime Services: 20-44 Ennis Road, Milsons Point; City of Sydney Council: Town Hall House, Level 2, 456 Kent Street, Sydney; Inner West Council – Ashfield Customer Service Centre: 260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield; Inner West Council – Leichhardt Customer Service Centre: 7-15 Wetherill Street, Leichhardt; Inner West Council – Petersham Customer Service Centre: 2-14 Fisher Street, Petersham; Ashfield Library: Level 3, 260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield; Balmain Library: 370 Darling Street, Balmain; Emanuel Tsardoulias Community Library: 362-372 New Canterbury Road, Dulwich Hill; Five Dock Library: 4-12 Garfield Street, Five Dock; Glebe Library: 186 Glebe Point Road (corner Wigram Road), Glebe;

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Haberfield Library: 78 Dalhousie Street, Haberfield; Leichhardt Library: Piazza Level, Italian Forum, 23 Norton Street, Leichhardt; Marrickville Library: Corner Marrickville Road and Petersham Road, Marrickville; Newtown Library: 8-10 Brown Street, Newtown; St Peters Library: St Peters Town Hall, Unwins Bridge Road, Sydenham; Stanmore Library: Stanmore Reserve, Douglas Street, Stanmore; Ultimo Library: Level 1, Ultimo Community Centre, 40 William Henry Street, Ultimo; Redfern Neighbourhood Service Centre: 158 Redfern Street, Redfern; and Nature Conservation Council of NSW: Level 14, 338 Pitt Street, Sydney.

At the time of publishing this advertisement, the Minister for Planning has not directed that a public hearing should be held.

Have your say Anyone can make a written submission about the SSI Application during the exhibition period from Friday 18 August 2017 until Monday 16 October 2017.

Your submission must reach the Department by Monday 16 October 2017. Before making your submission, please read our Privacy Statement at www.planning.nsw.gov.au/privacy or telephone the number below for a copy. The Department will publish your submission on its website in accordance with our Privacy Statement.

If you cannot lodge online, you can write to the address below. If you want the Department to delete your personal information before publication, please make this clear at the top of your letter. You need to include: • your name and address, at the top of the letter only; • the name of the application and the application number; • a statement on whether you support or object to the proposal; • the reasons why you support or object to the proposal; and • a declaration of any reportable political donations made in the previous two years.

To find out what is reportable, and for a disclosure form, go to www.planning.nsw.gov.au/DonationsandGiftDisclosure or telephone the number below for a copy. Note the disclosure requirements apply however a submission is made..

For more information: Information Centre – 1300 305 695 Planning Services, Department of Planning and Environment, GPO Box 39 SYDNEY NSW 2001, (Your submission should be marked, Attention: Director - Transport Assessments)

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Clover Moore: our lips are sealed

BY ALEX EUGENE City of Sydney Councillor Craig Chung is gathering community signatures for a petition, urging the Lord Mayor Clover Moore to stop refusing to allow council meetings to be live streamed to the public.

Cr Chung moved a motion at the most recent council meeting to propose taking up livestreaming, electronically recorded voting and live minute taking, but all were rejected by the Mayor and her team, claiming they would think about the matter if “further reports” were submitted.

Cr Chung said the response was simply an excuse to dodge public scrutiny.

“This is a brazen pattern of Clover concentrating her power behind closed doors. She continues to block access to Council meetings for anyone who can’t be there in person,” he said.

“When the Lord Mayor uses her casting vote to continue her $3.5 million budget, her 22 personal staff or her chauffeur driven car, the ratepayers deserve to know exactly how Councillors have voted.”

It’s not the first time the Lord Mayor has been accused of keeping information behind closed doors.

Earlier in the year, Deputy Lord Mayor Kerryn Phelps stepped down from the Clover Moore independent team, citing lack of transparency, and an increasing tendency to be shut out of decision making which led to her resignation.

Ms Phelps said in her public statement that she was not accusing anyone in the Council of dishonesty, but that constantly being barred access to important financial records had made her job intolerable.

But the Lord Mayor said not only was her transparency sufficient, claiming it was far better than any of her predecessors.

“I will let the public compare my record

on transparency in government to the old political parties. My record clearly shows that I support open, transparent and corruption-free government,” she told City Hub. “A tiny fraction of the 565 local councils we have in Australia live stream their council meetings.”

Cr Chung said that his proposals could be executed in a cost effective manner, and would allow the council to meet best practice standards of governance.

“Many Councils around NSW and globally live stream their meetings. Some councils have broadcast

Clover Moore says the council is already transparent enough. Credit: Kate Ausburn (Flickr)

City of Sydney Councillor Craig Chung Credit: City of Sydney website

their meetings since the 1980s,” he added.

Cr Chung said Lord Mayor Clover was keeping the city under a veil of secrecy, and “hiding decision-making from its rate-payers.

Every resident deserves access to how decisions that affect them are made by this Council”.

But the Lord Mayor said there was already enough information available to the rate payers.

“Local government agendas and minutes are freely available for access through council websites, and local government meetings

themselves remain open to members of the public. City of Sydney Committee and Council meetings are open to the public, and the agenda and minutes of the meeting are available online,” she said.

The newly formed Inner West Council, which will elect its first team in September, has already begun live streaming its meetings.

To sign Councillor Chung’s petition, head to Craig Chung’s Facebook page and follow the link.

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Pondering the pond’s purity

BY Tommy Boutros ‘Extremely high’ levels of cancercausing chemicals were found in a waterway adjacent to Sydney Airport.

Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) were detected by researchers from the University of NSW in water tests of the Mill Stream, which runs from a pond in the Lakes Golf Cub in Mascot, alongside the eastern edge of the airport and into Botany Bay. Associate Professor Stuart Khan and senior research associate Dr James McDonald from the University of NSW sampled water from 14 sites across the southeast of Sydney, including beaches, bays and ponds.

They found all of them contained multiple contaminants from stormwater run-off and sewage leaks, but many showed levels of PFOS and PFOA, particularly the Mill Stream.

PFOS and PFOA, once used in an assortment of household cleaning products, were phased out in December 2003, yet they are surprisingly resistant to degradation.

At 421 ng/L the affected water in the Mill Stream was six times the safe drinking average.

Fears that ponds in Centennial Park were also contaminated by PFOS and PFOA, posing a risk to nesting birds and wildlife, have proved unfounded.

However, the University of NSW claimed the three Centennial Parklands ponds showed positive readings for herbicides, pesticides, caffeine and paracetemol, which

A pond at Centennial Park.Credit: Pablo Rodriguez (Flickr)

indicate that stormwater that fed into the ponds was contaminated at some stage by sewage.

However, Amara Glyn, Centennial Parklands Environmental Officer, disputes that there is a risk to the public.

“Centennial Parklands received the water quality results and data from the

University of New South Wales and the data does not imply a significant public health risk in Centennial Park,” she said. “Nor does it imply a public health risk associated with any of the specific chemicals measured at any of the sites tested.

“Centennial Park’s ponds are physically linked to each other via a

series of sluices and pipes, and also to the outside world via a number of major stormwater inlets.”

“The catchment for stormwater runoff covers about 600 hectares of which the Parklands themselves make up about 45 per cent. The Parklands works closely with the Local Land Services, Sydney Water and local

councils to minimise stormwater runoff pollution.”

The NSW Environmental Protection Agency is conducting a state-wide investigation into PFOS and PFOA urban pollution which includes reviewing the results from the fourteen sites Prof Khan and Dr McDonald tested.

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Residents’ wish list kept at bay Elizabeth Bay residents are furious they have not been consulted enough about the Elizabeth Bay upgrade. Credit: Royce Zhou

BY JESSICA DE VERA Construction and demolition work has commenced in the Elizabeth Bay Marina Uograde, triggering complaints among residents in the vicinity.

Since its conception, residents have expressed a number of concerns over the outcome of the upgrade, including a lack of public access and the prospect of bigger boats entering the marina.

During the development process, residents campaigned for a public

ferry wharf linked to the Sydney city’s existing ferry services. However, it was absent in the final plan.

“Spending all this money and not having a public ferry is sort of ridiculous,” said Donna Shrubsole, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 5 years.

“A need for a ferry service at Elizabeth Bay was identified in the government’s May 2013 ‘Sydney’s Ferry Future’ strategy,” Alex Greenwich

MP, the Independent Member for Sydney, stated in a submission to the Minister for Roads, Maritime and Freight. “A large number of Elizabeth Bay residents signed petitions in support of a service.”

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said Ms Shrubsole. “It would have been nice to be on the ferry run to Watson’s Bay.” “If they had a pool or a ferry stop, that would make a big difference in its value to us,” Bob Clayton, an Elizabeth Bay resident said.

Until the upgrade of the marina is complete, locals are unable to access the water and it’s surrounding amenities.

“The old pier had storage for the local catamarans,” Ms Shrubsole said.

“I wonder if that will fit in with the new shiny stainless steel marina?”

“Currently, local residents who kayak, paddleboard, canoe, use water taxies or unload private boats, access the harbour through the wooden stairs on the eastern side, which have been there for over a century,” Mr Greenwich explained. “These stairs are planned for demolition.”

Residents have voiced their concerns that party boats and superyachts, up to twenty-metres long and three-stories high, entering the marina would completely alter the character of Elizabeth Bay and Beare Park.

“What concerns me most is just turning it from what it was to something different, something that it’s not. We don’t want those awful, party boats,” Ms. Shrubsole said.

“If the party boats are going to happen, it would be disappointing,” Mr. Clayton added.

The proposed developments of the marina also appear to have “no restrictions on when boats can arrive or depart at the marina, which means

boat parties with music could disturb residents’ peaceful enjoyment of their home, including late at night,” insisted Mr. Greenwich.

“I really liked the old jetty,” said Ms Shrubsole, “but I suppose our concern is the big boats will come in and it’s only a really small area there while the jetty takes up a fair bit of it.

“If [the jetty] is any bigger, or if there are large boats in there, it might look like Woolloomooloo. It doesn’t really suit it there.”

There have also been concerns over the negative environmental impacts of increasing the number of boats docked in the small bay.

“That’s why I don’t like the boats,” said Mr Clayton. “I’d like the harbour to be as clean as possible. I just object to boats sitting there doing nothing.”

The Elizabeth Bay Marina upgrade construction work is being undertaken six days a week, the effects of which are also affecting locals that live adjacent to the marina construction site.

“The drilling of pipes and hammering of piles throughout the night are alarming, and will impact on large numbers of adjacent residents,” Alex Greenwich MP stated in his submission.

“Saturday was bad,” Elizabeth Bay resident Bob Clayton said. “I wasn’t aware, at first, that they worked on Saturday. It was a bit annoying. If you were sensitive to noise it would be a worry.”

The upgrade is due to be completed in 2018.

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Fashionable Recycling

By Rita Bratovich Op Shop Chic first became a thing in the 1980s when pop stars like Cyndi Lauper and Madonna became unofficial ambassadors for pre-loved couture.

Second-hand stores then became the go-to for those who wanted that touch of quirk, or for period-themed fancy dress parties, or simply for students and people with a limited wardrobe budget.

However, in today’s heightened social sensitivity towards better environmental practice and reduced waste, recycling, repurposing and rebirthing has become a mainstream ideology and emerging industry.

When it comes to recycled fashion, it doesn’t get more literal than clothing made from cardboard.Artist and designer, Jeff McCann used to make theatre sets and props at university and, constrained by budget, turned to the cheap and bountiful resource of cardboard.

“That’s when I realised I could get as much of it as I wanted to, and I could afford to experiment with it,” he explains.And experiment he did.

Working with the natural flexibility and textures, McCann gradually devised a line of bags and jewellery and began selling pieces online and via word of mouth.

Overcoming initial customer objections like “oh it’s not gonna last” and “what happens when it rains?” and “why would I pay $200 for just some cardboard?”

McCann eventually positioned his product as bespoke art fashion.The bags are satchel style, brightly painted and varnished.As for the question of durability: “I’ve done lots of testing...like leaving my bag out in a storm, my friend has accidentally put one of his necklaces through the washing machine and it survived.”

He uses standard corrugated cardboard, sourcing boxes mostly from his local Lucky 7 convenience store and a bike shop in Glebe.

The progression to clothing items came by chance when McCann mused over the scraps he had been keeping and thought “hey this could actually be cool as

Photo: Supplied by Cat Protection Society Op Shop

a texture.” The scraps came together to make a dress.

From there, McCann widened his scope and sought out other materials from places like Reverse Garbage.

Here he found hundreds of discarded festival wristbands which he tied together and fashioned into a coat that ended up being worn by Montaigne for her performance at Groovin The Moo. Another great example of Jeff’s work is shown on our cover which features a feather foam tee dress made from foam circles and plastic sleeves on a recycled tee.

Since then McCann has had a constant flow of work - in demand for festivals and markets and being commissioned by musicians.

The sustainability element of his products are of paramount importance to himself and, he is discovering, to customers.

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“I do a lot of markets and festivals and I feel that people are definitely wanting to make an ethical choice.”

Making this ethical choice has never been easier, especially with August 27 to September 2 being National Op Shop Week. Now in its sixth year, the event aims to encourage people to donate clothing and other goods to their local charity and second-hand shops and to also buy from them.

Australia ranks among the highest countries in the world for per capita production of waste. Buying from op shops and second hand stores significantly reduces landfill, minimises negative environmental impact, decreases manufacturing related energy and pollution costs, and can mitigate personal and social stresses related to fast turn-over consumerism.

Not only that, but op shops are a viable source of revenue as well as a way to engage with community for many non-profit organisations.

“I think it’s a very worthwhile thing for our volunteers to feel involved as well,” adds Kylie McKendry, Communications and Marketing Coordinator for Cat Protection Society in Newtown. She explains that donors, purchasers and volunteers can all feel like they are contributing to the cause in some way.

Cat Protection Society is a non-profit organisation that helps re-home cats, provide information on health and general care (including free Winter Cat Care talks), promote responsible cat ownership and celebrate all things feline.They have run their op-shop for more than 30 years and it has been integral in boosting finance and morale.The shop receives and sells homewares, clothing, CDs, books, ornaments and, of

course pet paraphernalia (there are strict guidelines, so consult their website before donating). Over the years they have seen many odd and delightful treasures, but “the most notable was a set of ABBA outfits which proved very popular with customers,” said a spokesperson from the shop.

Street markets have existed for millennia and have operated in virtually the same way since they began.

They are a place of trade for artisan, antique and trash come treasure and a place for community to congregate. It’s that tradition that has inspired the inaugural Designers And Fleas market sponsored by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The brainchild of Creative Producer UTS Special Projects, Carolina Totterman, Designers And Fleas has been modelled on a similar market in Williamsberg, Brooklyn. Totterman sees a lot of similarity between Brooklyn and Pyrmont Ultimo and wants to stimulate the potential of the precinct.

“Part of this is to inject a bit of vibrancy and colour and tap into all the creativity that is behind closed doors,” says Totterman.

Designers And Fleas will be held on a vacant lot under a large marquee within the bounds of the UTS campus.

The fully curated market will feature three exhibition spaces with around forty vendors including emerging local designers, artisans and vintage ware sellers.

More activities and vendors are being negotiated so there are bound to be surprises. The market will be completely plastic bag free and focused on local businesses, creatives and goods. The event coincides with UTS Open Day and Pyrmont Growers Market, so you can make a full day of it.

National Op Shop Week, Aug 27 - Sep 2, www.dosomethingnearyou.com.au/ national-op-shop-week Cat Protection Society, 103 Enmore Rd, Newtown, www.catprotection.org.au Designers And Fleas, Aug 26, 9am-2:30pm, 634 Harris St, Ultimo, www.facebook.com/designersandfleas Jeff McCann, www.jeffmccann.com.au or Instagram @jeffmccann

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Modern Jesus

“It’s about faith and belief and the significance of the biblical illusion comes from the desire for followers and how they are dictated to in new and not always informed ways – the nature of following and how we win people over in today’s society as compared to biblical times I suppose.”

The play has an abundance of themes where it addresses social media, the youth of today, technology, the yearning to belong and to be part of a group and the effect this has on people, especially on the next generation coming through.

“This should appeal to anyone who has two legs, two arms and a heartbeat and what I hope audiences absorb from this play is an understanding of how our society is structured and maybe have an introspection of where we place our priorities,” concluded Turner. (MMo) Aug 23 – Sept 2.The Depot Theatre, 142 Addison Rd, Marrickville. $22-$32 (full price).

Bookings & Info: www.thedepottheatre.com

First produced in London in 2014 by the Fledgling Theatre Company, this play has its Australian premiere at the Depot Theatre.

“This is an exciting tale about a bunch of twenty-somethings who are unemployed, dissatisfied with the world and start doing some juvenile things. It turns into something they call the revolution of inconvenience and it quickly spirals out of control and leads to some disastrous circumstances,” explained director Chris-Huntley Turner.

When asked whether this is a comedy or drama Chris said that he doesn’t believe in the old concepts of comedies and dramas and would be classifying it as a comedy/drama, as it’s initially very funny but that subsides as the story progresses.

There’s a great sense of sacrifice and martyrdom in this play but as Chris explained this is not a biblical play so what is the significance of the title?

Rhys Darby Mystic Time Bird

the idea that we live and live again and I have lived many lives all of which previously have been one of a bird, so this is my first human life... My mother passed away last year so I’ve started to think a lot about the differences in life now to when she was alive…

Amongst all of that heavy seriousness it’s just a whole bunch of ridiculous, Rhys Darby is flying down very silly physical stand under, bringing his brandup.” new show Mystic Time With a strong love for Bird to the Enmore comedy since his Theatre. childhood, Darby uses his Engaging audiences with comedic talent to tackle physical comedy to share important topics and his personal stories, he concerns of the changing explores the world as it is world and he shares today and looks at how stories from his life in things have changed rapidly America and New Zealand. in the last ten years.

“Life in general seems to Comedian Rhys Darby said: be different because of the “The narrative follows world we’re living in now,

there’s a lot of fear from terrorist attacks and it’s about keeping faith in humanity through all of that. So, it’s got a good meaning to it,” Darby said.

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My physical comedy and my characterisation - I think that’s the kind of skills that people will walk away being astounded by…

I just hope everyone enjoys it,” Darby concluded. (JM) Aug 18. Enmore Theatre, 118-132 Enmore Rd, Newtown.

Tickets & info: www. ticketek.com.au

Entrepreneurial Carraigeworks Director, Lisa Havilah continues to strengthen avant-garde collaboration in the arts by bringing chamber opera to the usually hipster-only venue this spring.

“In 2017, we have collaborated with Australian and International artists who consistently question and experiment with form – whether music, fashion, food or art,” Havilah said.

The aim is to “create immersive experiences and provide great moments of joy and wonder for audiences to engage with those ideas,” she added.

The Sydney Chamber Orchestra will bring six exclusive performances of groundbreaking opera The Rape of Lucretia to Australia for the first time.

Chamber music was historically the domain of highly Christian themes and values, so Benjamin Britten’s use of the form to examine ethics and abuse of women was considered a pioneering move.

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Blue Love

Blue Love is infused with witty satire, film, dance and intense physical theatre. The performance is sure to be quirky, challenging and enormously entertaining. It tackles the clichés of pop culture by featuring a pulsing and dynamic array of popular songs about love and heartbreak. It parodies the romantic notion of love as well as coupledom and suburbia.

The piece’s main characters believe their relationship is perfect and in this way their living room becomes the canvas for exploring how our society has come to

The piece is a comical introspection into some of the ideas society has been built upon as well as the lived experiences of us all. Through use of a varied selection of music and choreographic forms the piece directly communicates to audiences in a multitude of ways on big themes connecting us.

The show’s ability to laugh at represent and reflect on love. these topics and in a humorous Blue Love is both multiway allows it to appeal to dimensional in its audiences young and old, fusing incorporation of highly wellfunky retro suits with twerking known art, theatre, music and and Britney Spears. film. The audience are taken Funds raised from this event on a journey in search of the will allow Australia’s most wide perfect relationship, reaching and accessible not-forparodying the lip-service profit dance company to given to the idea of love and continue to create new work its incarnations. and deliver their ground“I was inspired by how breaking dance education romantic love runs rampant program. (EB) through all art forms, both Aug 23.The Seymour Centre, popular and high-art, and Chippendale. $50. provides such juicy thematic Tickets & Info: fodder for artists and audiences www.seymourcentre.com or alike,” said director Shaun Parker. Ph: (02) 9351 7940

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The work was a mammoth success in its infant year of 1946, and was also known as the birth of “chamber opera”, a term coined by Britten himself.

The SCO pride themselves on being the sole performers of the genre in Australia, so The Rape of Lucretia is set to be an extraordinary experience.

Sydney Theatre Company Artistic Director, and Helpmann Award-winner Kip Williams takes the helm, with the orchestra conducted by SCO Artistic Director Jack Symonds. Widely revered Australian mezzosoprano Anna Dowsley stars in the title role of Lucretia. (AE) Aug 19-26. Carriageworks, 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh. $35+b.f.

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Contributors: Alannah Maher, Alicia Sim, Athina Mallis, Barbara Karpinski, Caitlin Burns, Chantal Walsh, Craig Coventry, Daniel Jaramillo, Emily Shen, Georgia Fullerton, Greg Webster, Irina Dunn, Jade Morellini, James Harkness, Joseph Rana, Leann Richards, Lisa Seltzer, Mark Morellini, Mel Somerville, Olga Azar, Peter Urquhart, Rita Bratovich, Rocio Belinda Mendez, Sarah Pritchard, Shon Ho, Zeiya Speede, Jade Morellini,Vanessa Powell, Olivia Lyle, Alex Eugene, Ellouise Bailey, Manuel Gonzalez, Tommy Boutros.

Ensemble Theatre’s 2018 Season & 60th Anniversary

The Ensemble’s 2018 season includes four world premieres from Australian writers, an adaption of an award-winning French play, four comedy classics from master playwrights and two gripping international dramas.

Artistic Director Mark Kilmurry is directing five of the plays, while the other five are directed by guests John Bell, Mitchell Butel, Susanna Dowling, Nadia Tass and Janine Watson. Reg Livermore will make an appearance with his new one-man show The Widow Unplugged.

Audiences will be delighted by Sorting Out Rachel

by David Williamson. Director Nadia Tass says the play is “witty, sharp, multi-layered and confronting”.

No surprises there.

The comedy Unqualified by Genevieve Hegney and Catherine Moore will also have its world premiere during the season, as will The Widow

Unplugged, by our own Reg Livermore.

Australian audiences will see Diplomacy by Cyril Gely for the first time. It is translated by Julie Rose and directed John Bell, who also plays a part.

Bell says Diplomacy is “an edgy and brilliant piece of theatre”. The cast also includes Jennifer Hagan and John Gaden.

Two other Australian premieres during the season are Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison, with a cast of four led by Maggie Dence, and Luna Gale

by Rebecca Gilman, featuring Georgie Parker.

We will also get to see Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell.

Finally, we will be treated to Alan Ayckbourn’s The Norman Conquests, three related comedies portraying simultaneous events in a dysfunctional household over one wild weekend. (ID) Tickets & Info: www.ensemble.com.au

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Tiny Little Houses: Have returned with brand new song Garbage Bin, which has a deep sentimental meaning for lead singer Caleb Karvountzis.The song is so meaningful for Caleb as it was the last song he wrote with friend Fergus Miller before his tragic passing.As such this show will be something special for those in attendance.

Thu, Aug 17,The Lansdowne Drunk Mums: The Melbourne rock outfit return with their new single, Ode To Death, which continues on from their recent homage to hard rock and punk heard on previous release Leather.

The four piece, have built a reputation for their rowdy shows over the years so head on out tomorrow night and enjoy a great show.

Fri, Aug 18,The Chippo Hotel Lanks: Hailed as one of the country’s most exciting new talents, his touring exploits with acts such as RÜFÜS,Vera Blue, Glass Animals, and Toro y Moi have seen Lanks’ loyal fan-base grow exponentially.There is no doubt that 2017 will continue to see this exceptional rising talent take over.

Sat, Aug 19, Leadbelly Schubert’s Winterreise: Internationally renowned baritone Barry Ryan and pianist Jeanell Carrigan perform Schubert’s Winterreise, a brilliant song cycle that is a profound reflection of human fate - and one of the great Romantic masterpieces.Australian

baritone Barry Ryan OAM has performed in concert throughout Europe,Australia and Asia. Jeanell Carrigan studied at the Sydney and Queensland Conservatories and then in Europe with Nancy Salas, Leah Horwitz, Pamela Page, Alfons Kontarsky and Karl Engel and is currently Associate Professor at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Sun, Aug 20, The Independent Theatre Trash Boat: Heading to Australia to support Trophy Eyes on The Home Is Australian Tour,Trash Boat will take some time away to play their own intimate shows for the first time on Australian soil.

Making their maiden voyage to Australia off the back of their 2016 debut album, Nothing I Write You Can Change What You’ve Been Through, fans have been eagerly awaiting this tour so expect this to be an action packed way to kick off your week.

Mon, Aug 21, Brighton Up Bar Anna Of The North: In three years since the release of debut single, Sway, the Norwegian-Kiwi duo of Anna Lotterud and Brady Daniell-Smith have paved the way for their full-length debut, Lovers, which is out next month.Ahead of the release of the album the duo are bringing their clean, springy beats and shimmering synths underpinned by the rich, emotive clarity of Anna’s voice to Australia.

Wed, Aug 23, Hudson Ballroom

By Jamie Apps The music industry can be an incredibly tough nut to crack which many artists would be happy to do just once but songstress Tami Neilson has been fortunate and talented enough to do it twice.

Starting out her career as a child in Canada in her families band, The Neilson Family, would be fortunate enough to tour the country and play alongside legendary acts such as Johnny Cash.When Tami looks back on those days she says,“I didn’t realise how incredible it was at the time, the way you grow up is what’s normal but then when you look back you realise ‘oh that wasn’t normal at all’.”

Whilst Tami never envisioned the band ever going their seperate ways obviously as time went by certain aspects of adulthood pulled everyone in their own directions. For Tami in particular it was love which pulled her towards New Zealand.

“I fell in love with my then future husband and moved across the world.”

Obviously being so close to her family, both as family and

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co-workers, making this monumental move was an incredibly difficult one for Tami personally.

“That first year was a really really hard one. It was a really big adjustment to leave that family nest and fly to the other side of the world where I didn’t know anybody besides my then future husband.”

Not only was it difficult from a personal level but also on a professional level because it now forced Tami to work as a solo artist for the very first time.

“Growing up in a family band I’d never even auditioned or worked with musicians other than people that were related to me so that was very daunting.” Tami explained whilst also adding that

I Must Be Somewhere keeps a slow and considered pace throughout the album. Raised By Eagles plays leisurely through the ten tracks, committing to the time and the place, allowing the listener to commit to it too.

From start to finish, the album slows down the time inside and outside of it, making it difficult for the listener to move or think more quickly than the set pace. Sadness prevails, trailing through the songs, each spiked with regret against a constant beat.

Themes of gambling and love shine through, telling a story of which the listener already knows the outcome. Persistently downbeat, the album is mood affecting, bringing the listener into their story, shaping their perception and colouring their response with the darker shades.

The band helps the listener out of the album with a tone lift, songs like these are deep and build on that depth when played consecutively. Should be used sparingly. (SP) WWW

this was combined with also having to “figure out who I was as a solo artists.”

Thankfully now though Tami feels she has been “embraced and accepted” by the New Zealand music industry as one of their own.Tami is incredibly grateful for this because now as she said “I get the best of both worlds, I have my New Zealand family and I get to tour Canada with my brother and see my Mum.” Tragically though just two and half years ago Tami lost her father who was an incredible inspiration for her musically.To honour his memory and continue to carry on his legacy Tami continues to perform songs they wrote together, in particular the title track from her new album Don’t Be Affraid.

“Don’t Be Afraid is something I look forward to singing now because I feel like I am closer to him when I sing it since that was the last song he ever wrote in the hospital.”

Aug 20,The Basement, 7 Macquarie Place, Sydney. $45-$105+b.f.

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Boo Seeka Never Too Soon

At the end of a stressful, frantic week often the one thing you want more than anything is a chilled, relaxing soundtrack for the commute home and indie-electronic duo Boo Seeka have crafted just that with their debut record Never Too Soon.

Throughout the eleven track offering the duo have chosen to focus on primarily brand new material, with only one track (Oh My) having been released as a single previously.

Whilst the record has a consistent catchiness to the indieelectronic pop offerings the record frustratingly never ventures outside of the box to push the boundaries of their creativity. Sadly this will likely see the record falling to the wayside after a short time in the limelight. (JA) WWW

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THE NAKED CITY

GROUNDHOG DAY FOR THE HOMELESS With Coffin Ed Just prior to the eviction of the tent city community from Martin Place, the Premier Gladys Berejiklian stated that “it was unsafe for people to be sleeping on concrete in Martin Place.” One wonders if that same statement applies to the forty odd men who regularly sleep on concrete in Tom Uren Square in Woolloomooloo and have been doing so for the past two decades. They don’t even have the luxury of a tent to keep them dry.

Unlike the homeless of Wolloomooloo, who are well hidden from the public eye, the Martin Place dwellers were obviously living on borrowed time, given the high profile exposure of their location. What the brouhaha over their eventual eviction did highlight was the constant buck passing between the City Council and the State Government in dealing with the problem of Sydney’s homeless.

Both seem to agree on the need for affordable housing but neither would appear to have a solution for the short term – that is providing a temporary safe sleeping space for those not accommodated in hostels. As was well demonstrated by Lanz Priestly and his crew in Martin Place, the homeless are more than capable of organising, feeding and regulating themselves, provided the space to do so is provided.

It’s not asking much and it remains to be seen if the Council’s promise of providing a temporary safe space in coming weeks actually eventuates or if the tent city simply springs up in another location. It’s a problem with which Clover Moore is well acquainted and has been so for decades, going right back to 2000 when she was the member for Bligh. In April of that year she wrote to the then Premier Bob Carr expressing her “extreme concern at Government inaction in the face of a growing

Kil.n.it Open Studio

crisis in the inner city— the crisis of homelessness.”

In her letter she emphasised “there is a crisis situation arising in Tom Uren Square, which has accelerated over recent months. There are approximately 30-40 people sleeping in the Square and environs.” She then went on to say “The Olympics are now only a matter of months away. I call upon the Government to compassionately and effectively address homelessness in Woolloomooloo as a matter

Heidi Yardley The Sinking Belle

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Rachael McCallum, director of Kil.n.it experimental ceramics studios, explain that: “Pottery is a conversation with yourself. Each piece of pottery represents the individuality of a soul at a precise moment in time. Also, it is a reconciliation between yourself and the external world. A good piece of pottery is the result of the interaction between your hands, your mind and your soul.”

Australian Ceramic Open Studios, is an opportunity to step inside the creative environment of artisans and explore their inner world. The public will have the chance to interact with artists, understand the motivations, and the meaning of their work.

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The practice of Melbourne-based artist Heidi Yardley explores elusive worlds of displaced identity via elliptical protagonists and surreal configurations.Yardley’s new collection of paintings, The Sinking Belle, excavates the sociohistorical edifice of female experience.

Voyeuristic vistas of erotically-posed female figures in private interior spaces recall the photographs of 1970s men’s magazines, and yet their surface sexuality slowly gives way to darker truths. Heidi Yardley said that she “appropriated these images and reworked them, sometimes cropping or adding collage elements.

I’m interested in creating an other-worldly mood in my compositions.”

When asked why she decided to do so, she said that she has “always been interested in using the figure to explore psychological narratives. I work from found images so the inspiration really comes Hundreds of workshops around the country will take part in the Australian Ceramic Open Studios. This event, is an inspiring opportunity to appreciate the: work, the skills, the innovation, the voice and uniqueness of each potters and ceramicists around Australia.

Kil.n.it Experimental Ceramics Studios, is an art space for creation with a bold freedom of expression and experimental ethos. Kil.n.it experimental ceramics studios, contribute to the efforts of the Australian Ceramics Association to spread pottery and ceramics around the country. The studio opens their doors to the community to exhibit the recent work of the local artists. Some of the artists that present include: Jan Downs, David Helmers, Glenn Barkley, Scott Duncan, Ramesh Nithiyendran, Eloise Rankine, Angela Butler, Luke O Connor,Vivienne Hill and Rachael McCallum.

of urgency. Tom Uren Square could be a case study of the effectiveness — or ineffectiveness — of strategies supposedly in place to deal with this pressing social problem.”

Needless to say in the ensuing years, the situation in Tom Uren Square has only got worse and is symptomatic of a complete failure on the part of both the Council and the State Government to address to the immediate dilemma of those sleeping rough.

After years of inaction and promises of affordable housing, it’s taken the homeless themselves to come up with a solution – banding together in a tight knit community as they did in Martin Place.

Historically tent cities are nothing new on the Australian landscape and as early as 1851 Melbourne was home to a vast tent city known as Canvas Town, complete with stores, taverns and other basic infrastructure. It was the Gold Rush and the burgeoning makeshift metropolis housed thousands of immigrants who had arrived in search of the twenty four carat dream.

History has repeated itself at Martin Place, albeit on a smaller scale, but as a spontaneous response to an immediate problem. Tent cities are now a regular part of the American urban landscape, not to mention numerous other locations throughout the world, especially those housing refugees. Look out for a lot more canvas on the streets of Sydney in the weeks ahead.

from photography from the 1960s and 70s.

The paintings embody the enigmas widespread throughout human experience – the branches to the edifice of life, spanning morality and appropriateness which in turn displays the bottled up wasteland that acts as a foundation to humanity and drives one’s primal desires.The two sides to life.

An ode to 1970s New Wave cinema can also be seen through Heidi Yardley’s work. Portrayed through the use of Australian mythology and iconology, namely; native Australian reptiles.

When asked about giving advice to budding artists Heidi Yardley said, “it’s important to trust your instincts and to believe in your vision. It can take a long time to get there but the long hours are part of the process. (TB) Aug 17-Sep 2, Arthouse Gallery, 66 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay. Info: www.arthousegallery.com.au

Logan Lucky

Remember the days when movies were simple and fun, easy to follow with no overtly brooding characters whose conscience was tearing them apart even though nothing really was that screwed up (read Batman, Iron Man, any Christopher Nolan character)?

Ever miss the simplicity and artistic excellence of a heist movie like Dog Day Afternoon? If you do, Logan Lucky is a respite in a year that’s been marked with all-bark, no-bite storylines.

Ringing true in classic Steven Soderbergh imagery, Logan Lucky is a Southern-style crime farce reminiscent of all the good bits from his earlier Ocean’s Trilogy. Made superbly easy to watch, Logan Lucky sees a delightfully different Daniel

Craig stealing the show. Both Adam Driver and Channing Tatum have delivered fine performances, though it is their sister (played by Riley Keough) that outshines the duo and acts as the backbone of the outfit.

The story bounces back and forth between a small town in West Virginia and a NASCAR race track in North Carolina, and sees the oddball mix of characters plan to steal the motorway cashflow. It’s not Steven Soderbergh’s best, but is far better than any heist movie in a long time. Featuring a hilariously executed jail standoff scene between prisoners and guards, Logan Lucky is not to be missed. (JR) WWWW

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in one of her rare film appearances and is supported by a wonderful cast who are predominantly unrecognisable to Australian audiences. The writers have written a script in which all the funny dialogue seemingly defaults to Keaton, who plays a role which may have been written especially for her.

The pairing of these two totally opposite characters who share no on-screen chemistry is the charming aspect of the film, as it’s a relationship which audiences will progressively warm to and also reaffirms that love works in mysterious ways.

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Let’s get one thing straight: as impressive as improv is, it isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. As an audience, you would either hate it or love it for its uniqueness. It’s a different genre, and perhaps therein lies this new Aussie film LoveStuck’s chances of scoring with the audiences.

Directed and produced by Australian filmmaker Murray Fahey, LoveStuck tells the story of Josh, a very confused individual,

who is stuck in love with a number of women, all at the same time!

LoveStuck is a genuine attempt at creating a comedy of errors of sorts, with local comedians and improvisation artists.

What’s impressive about the movie is that it was shot in just seven days, and is 100% improvised.

If you are craving something different with its own set of humour, go check it out. (JR) WWW

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