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Olfactophone - A place where the common language is scent
Thu 4 Jun - Sun 21 Jun 2026
Olfactophone - A place where the common language is scent
A fine art exhibition in a new medium: perfume. Come and enlighten the forgotten fifth sense at Airspace Projects Inc.
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Service animals
Grounded + Growing in Country - Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty
Rozelle
Fri 5 Jun - Sun 5 Jul 2026
Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty: Grounded + Growing in Country

Award-winning contemporary Indigenous artist Helen McCarthy Tyalmuty presents a major solo exhibition in Rozelle.

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Lilyfield
Sun 14 Jun - Tue 30 Jun 2026
Early Bird Registration for BayRun 2026

Come rain or shine, Sydney’s favourite family fun run will be held on Sunday 2 August 2026.

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Service animals
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Your Say Inner West

The community engagement hub where you can get involved in important projects that shape the future of the Inner West.

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Draft Affordable Housing Policy Safer school journeys Inner West Development Control Plan Watercraft Management Policy Help shape Council's E-bike Strategy

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A kids' sports team wearing their playing uniforms and standing in front of an amenities building, with adults standing alongside them. One of the adults is wearing a scarf in the same colours as the kids' uniforms, and is cutting a ream of ceremonial tape.
Featured
28 May 2026
Inner West Council News – June 2026

Council has completed its $2.9 million amenities building project at Mackey Park. This includes a modern fit-for-purpose facility for one of the Inner West's most heavily used sporting grounds, as well as improved landscaping, accessible pathways and a pocket park area.

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12 June 2026
All Weather Sporting Fields at Callan Park
Audience at Camperdown Memorial Rest Park
11 June 2026
Inner West comes together for Socceroos World Cup live screening
Media Release
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07 June 2026
Vale Professor Richard Scolyer AO
Media Release
Artists impression of the new 50m pool at Leichhardt Park Aquatic Centre showing shade structures, seating and swimmers
29 May 2026
Leichhardt pool upgrades set to commence
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A Fairer Future for the Inner West

"Our Fairer Future Plan will fix the housing supply crisis in our local community, while preserving what we love about it."

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We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians the Gadigal and Wangal peoples of the Sydney Basin.

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Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) 8:30am to 5pm

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02 9392 5000

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PO Box 14, Petersham NSW 2049

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