We’re Building Momentum. Now We Need to Keep Pushing Back.

Dear supporters,

Thank you to everyone who has signed the petition, shared it with others, submitted individual concerns to Homes NSW, and spoken up about the proposed 145-home social housing development at 2A–4 Edwin Flack Avenue.

Since the petition went live, we have gained significant momentum, thanks to the growing number of people in our community who are taking action.

But we cannot let up now.

We have also updated the petition with new arguments and information, including the comparison with the 145-home social housing development at Kamira Avenue, Villawood. The petition is now also available in Mandarin, so please share it with friends, family, neighbours and members of our wider community.

What we are asking

Our position is clear:

We do not want this development at 2A–4 Edwin Flack Avenue.

This is not simply about whether the site can physically accommodate 145 homes.

It is about whether this is the right location, scale and timing for a development that could accommodate approximately 363 residents.

Our concerns include:

Infrastructure and services: What will actually be operational when residents move in around 2029? A long-term Master Plan is not the same as infrastructure being ready when people arrive.

Healthcare and essential services: Sydney Olympic Park is still developing many of the everyday services needed to support a growing population.

Public transport: Existing services, including the 526 bus, are already under pressure, while major future transport projects are still years away.

Schools: There is currently no public school within Sydney Olympic Park itself, while surrounding schools are already experiencing growth and capacity pressures.

Major construction: The development is expected to overlap with major works associated with Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2.

Major events: Sydney Olympic Park is unlike an ordinary suburban environment, with significant spikes in traffic and pedestrian movements during major events.

Parking: The proposal removes existing parking capacity in a precinct that already experiences enormous parking demand during events.

Pedestrian safety: The proposed connection towards Grazier Street raises concerns about directing additional pedestrian movements into an already constrained street environment.

Long-term management: A development of this size needs clear arrangements for building management, security, maintenance, noise, rubbish, visitor management, antisocial behaviour and after-hours incidents.

The Villawood comparison: Homes NSW is delivering the same number of social housing homes at Kamira Avenue, Villawood, but in a location where established transport, shops, schools and other services already exist, while further supporting infrastructure is being actively delivered alongside the housing.

The central question remains:

Will the infrastructure and services required to support this development actually be ready when residents move in around 2029?

We believe this needs to be properly answered before this development proceeds.

Please submit your individual concerns to Homes NSW

The petition is important, but individual submissions are equally important.

I strongly encourage everyone to send their own concerns directly to the Homes NSW project team.

Email: communityengagement@homes.nsw.gov.au

Deadline: 24 September 2026

Please don’t simply copy someone else’s submission.

Tell them, in your own words, how you believe the proposed development would affect you, your family, your home, your business, your customers, your street or the wider community.

You can raise any of the issues that concern you, including traffic, parking, public transport, schools, healthcare, pedestrian safety, construction impacts, major events, emergency access, amenity, management arrangements and the suitability of the site.

Every individual submission helps demonstrate the breadth and depth of community concern.

Community Drop-In Session

I also strongly encourage everyone to attend the Homes NSW Community Drop-In Session:

Thursday 3 September 2026
Yarra Community Centre
Uhrig Road, Sydney Olympic Park
4:30pm–7:00pm

This is another opportunity to speak directly with the Homes NSW project team, ask questions and express your concerns about the proposal.

And there is an obvious irony that should not be overlooked.

The drop-in session is being held leading into a major event night, when the Bulldogs take on the Broncos at Accor Stadium.

That means the very parking and traffic pressures that are central to our concerns about this development will be playing out around the precinct while Homes NSW is holding its community consultation.

Even more strikingly, the most practical parking for the Yarra Community Centre is located exactly where this proposed development wants to subsume the existing parking.

This is a real-world example of why parking and event-day impacts need to be properly considered.

If you attend, don’t just have a look at the plans.

Ask questions. Challenge the assumptions. Tell them what this development would mean for you and the existing community.

Keep sharing the petition

We have made progress, but momentum only matters if we keep building it.

Please continue to share the petition across:

Facebook
Instagram
WhatsApp
community groups
local networks
neighbourhood groups
business networks
Mandarin-speaking community networks
friends and family
If you have already shared it, share it again.

If someone tells you they have already seen it, ask them whether they have signed.

If they have signed, ask them to share it with someone else.

Every signature helps demonstrate that this is not an isolated concern.

This is our community, and we need to keep speaking up

Sydney Olympic Park and Carter Street are already experiencing rapid growth, major construction, increasing population and significant pressure on transport, parking and services.

We are asking for infrastructure-led growth.

We are asking for the infrastructure and services needed to support this development to be ready when residents move in — not for housing to be delivered first while the infrastructure catches up later.

The petition is our collective voice.

Your individual submission is your personal voice.

The Community Drop-In Session is another opportunity to make that voice heard directly.

Please sign. Please submit. Please attend. Please share.

Let’s continue to push back on this development and make sure our community’s concerns cannot be ignored.

Thank you for your continued support.

Together, we can make sure Sydney Olympic Park and Carter Street have a strong voice in this process.

 

中文版本

请愿书更新——我们正在形成越来越大的社区力量，现在更需要继续反对这一开发项目

亲爱的支持者：

感谢每一位已经签署请愿书、向他人分享请愿书、向Homes NSW提交个人意见，以及站出来表达对2A–4 Edwin Flack Avenue拟建145套社会住房项目关切的人士。

自请愿书上线以来，我们已经获得了越来越大的社区支持和行动力量。这一切都来自越来越多社区成员积极参与。

但是，我们现在不能松懈。

我们也已经更新了请愿书，加入了新的论点和信息，包括与Villawood Kamira Avenue同样为145套社会住房的项目进行比较。

请愿书现在也提供了普通话版本。请大家将请愿书分享给您的朋友、家人、邻居以及更广泛的社区成员。

我们的诉求是什么

我们的立场非常明确：

我们不希望2A–4 Edwin Flack Avenue建设这个项目。

这并不仅仅是这个地块能否在物理上容纳145套住房的问题。

真正的问题是，对于一个可能容纳约363名居民的项目而言，这是否是正确的地点、规模和建设时机。

我们的主要担忧包括：

基础设施和公共服务： 到居民在2029年前后入住时，究竟有哪些设施和服务真正能够投入使用？长期总体规划并不等于居民入住时基础设施已经准备就绪。
医疗和基本服务： 悉尼奥林匹克公园仍在逐步建设支持不断增长人口所需要的许多日常服务。
公共交通： 包括526路公交车在内的现有公共交通已经承受压力，而许多重大未来交通项目仍需要数年时间才能投入使用。
学校： 悉尼奥林匹克公园目前没有公立学校，而周边学校已经面临人口增长和容量压力。
大型工程： 该项目预计将与Parramatta Light Rail Stage 2的大型工程建设产生重叠。
重大活动： 悉尼奥林匹克公园并不是普通住宅区，大型活动期间交通和行人流量会出现大幅增加。
停车： 该项目将减少现有停车容量，而本区域在重大活动期间已经面临巨大的停车需求。
行人安全： 拟议通往Grazier Street的连接通道可能将更多行人引向目前已经受到限制的街道环境。
长期管理： 如此规模的开发项目需要明确的楼宇管理、安保、维护、噪音、垃圾、访客管理、反社会行为及非办公时间事件处理安排。
Villawood比较案例： Homes NSW正在Villawood的Kamira Avenue建设同样数量的145套社会住房，但该项目所在区域已经拥有成熟的交通、商店、学校和其他服务，同时更多配套基础设施也正在与住房建设同步推进。
我们需要继续追问的核心问题是：

当居民在2029年前后入住时，支持这个项目所必需的基础设施和公共服务是否真的能够准备就绪？

我们认为，在这个问题得到充分、明确的回答之前，这一开发项目不应该继续推进。

请向Homes NSW提交您个人的意见

请愿书非常重要，但每个人单独提交的意见同样重要。

我强烈鼓励大家将自己的担忧直接发送给Homes NSW项目团队。

邮箱： communityengagement@homes.nsw.gov.au

截止日期：2026年9月24日

请不要只是复制其他人的意见。

请用您自己的话告诉他们，您认为这个拟议项目会如何影响您、您的家人、您的住房、您的企业、您的客户、您的街道或者整个社区。

您可以提出任何您关心的问题，包括交通、停车、公共交通、学校、医疗、行人安全、施工影响、重大活动、紧急通行、社区环境、长期管理安排以及该地块是否适合建设这一规模的项目。

每一份个人提交的意见，都有助于体现社区关切的广度和深度。

社区交流会

我也强烈鼓励大家参加由Homes NSW组织的社区交流会：

2026年9月3日，星期四
Yarra Community Centre
Uhrig Road, Sydney Olympic Park
下午4:30至晚上7:00

这是另一个直接与Homes NSW项目团队沟通的机会。大家可以现场提问，并直接表达对该项目的担忧。

这里还有一个不容忽视的讽刺之处。

这次社区交流会恰好安排在一个大型活动之夜，当晚Bulldogs将在Accor Stadium对阵Broncos。

也就是说，正当Homes NSW进行社区咨询时，我们一直担心的这个项目所涉及的停车和交通压力，实际上就会在整个区域内真实发生。

更值得注意的是，Yarra Community Centre最方便、最实际的停车区域，恰恰就是这个拟议开发项目希望占用的现有停车区域。

这正是一个非常现实的例子，说明为什么停车问题以及大型活动期间的影响必须得到充分考虑。

如果您参加交流会，不要只是去看看项目图纸。

请提出问题。质疑项目的假设。告诉他们这个项目将如何影响您以及现有社区。

继续分享请愿书

我们已经取得了一定进展，但只有不断扩大支持，这股社区力量才能真正发挥作用。

请继续通过以下渠道分享请愿书：

Facebook
Instagram
WhatsApp
社区群组
本地社区网络
邻里群组
企业和商业网络
华人及普通话社区网络
朋友和家人
如果您已经分享过，请再分享一次。

如果有人告诉您他们已经看过请愿书，请问他们是否已经签署。

如果他们已经签署，请鼓励他们继续分享给其他人。

每一个签名都在帮助证明，这并不是少数人的孤立意见，而是社区越来越广泛的关切。

这是我们的社区——我们需要继续发声

悉尼奥林匹克公园和Carter Street正在经历快速增长、大型建设项目、人口增加，以及交通、停车和公共服务方面越来越大的压力。

我们要求的是以基础设施为先导的发展。

我们要求支持这个项目所必需的基础设施和公共服务在居民入住时已经准备就绪，而不是先建设住房，再等待基础设施和服务慢慢跟上。

请愿书是我们共同的声音。

您的个人意见是您自己的声音。

社区交流会则是另一个直接让项目团队听到社区声音的机会。

请签署。请提交意见。请参加。请继续分享。

让我们继续反对这个开发项目，并确保我们社区的关切不能被忽视。

感谢大家一直以来的支持。

让我们共同确保悉尼奥林匹克公园和Carter Street在这一过程中拥有强有力的社区声音。