Why is the NSW Government so vehemently opposed to Aboriginal housing on the Block?
A. This is a curious turn of events because the AHC had worked very closely with the NSW Premier’s Department for the three years prior to the Redfern Waterloo Authority. The NSW Government was very supportive of the Pemulwuy Project, encouraging and even funding the proposal for 62 new Aboriginal homes on the Block. The NSW Government Architect’s office was instrumental in preparing the final concept model for the Pemulwuy Project. The former NSW Premier Bob Carr in his speech to launch the “Year of Built Environment” at Kogarah Town Hall on the 04/02/04 publicly announced his support for the AHC’s proposal for 62 new dwellings on the Block. The parliamentary inquiry that resulted from the 2004 riots also recognised that the Pemulwuy Project represented the most obvious long term sustainable solution to the issues on the Block, and recommended in their interim report that funding by the NSW Government be made available immediately, to build the project. The suggestion now that the AHC
