2025 media releases

• $8.2 million upgrade to Camdenville Park complete with heritage blue plaque - Inner West Council will officially open the upgraded Camdenville Park this Saturday 17 May, which includes the unveiling of a prestigious heritage blue plaque.
• Council brings soft plastic recycling back to Inner West supermarkets - Soft plastic recycling is returning to select Inner West supermarkets following advocacy from Inner West Council, demand from the local community and strong support from Woolworths.
• Design of Leichhardt Oval upgrade progressing well - Inner West Council is making steady progress in designing the long-awaited renovation of Leichhardt Oval with Ernst and Young having been appointed as project managers and Cox Architecture brought on board to finalise the concept designs for the upgrade.
• Final design for Leichhardt Oval upgrade released - The designs include new facilities for players, spectators and sporting clubs that will bring the ground up to modern standards.
• Growing antisemitism in the Inner West must be eliminated - Following the attack on the Newtown Synagogue Mayor Darcy Byrne has today called on the whole Inner West community to come together to stop the spread of antisemitism in our local community.
• Inner West Council abolishes childcare waitlist fees - The removal of waitlist fees will apply to Council's pre-schools, early learning centres and family day care.
• Inner West Council committed to no rates increase for next four years - While councils across Sydney are massively increasing rates, Inner West Council is committed to no special rate variation for the next four years.
• Inner West Council honours commitment to expand soft plastic recycling - From 3 March, Inner West residents can book a free HomeCycle collection. With no limits on how much can be picked up, HomeCycle is set to transform the way we recycle.
• Inner West Council votes to condemn antisemitism - At last night’s meeting, Inner West Council voted unanimously to condemn the escalation in antisemitic attacks across Sydney.
• Inner West releases first anti-racism strategy in NSW - At a time when antisemitic attacks and racism are resurging across Sydney, this strategy provides a blueprint for how local government can act at the grassroots level to stop the spread of racial prejudice and to build social cohesion.
• Inner West releases plans for 35,000 new homes - Inner West Council has today released our Fairer Future for the Inner West plan to fix the housing supply crisis in our community.
• Inner West to introduce major reforms to speed up housing delivery - Inner West Council has now voted to introduce major planning reforms to break the back of bureaucratic processes that are slowing down the delivery of desperately needed new housing.
• Major renovation of Leichhardt Pool now underway - "This is the biggest renovation undertaken of an Inner West Aquatic Centre and will secure its future for another 50 years," Mayor Darcy Byrne said.
• Mayors of Sydney joint statement on social cohesion - We, the mayors of the following councils, are united in calling out violence, hatred, and extremism. Our communities are welcoming and connected and made stronger by our diverse views, faiths, backgrounds, cultures and identities. The acts of hate and violence seen across Sydney must be condemned in the strongest terms, while these brazen and cowardly acts require prosecution with the full force of the law.
• New homes for essential workers in Sydney take off - New homes for rent at a subsidised rate are on the way for essential workers in Sydney with the Minns Labor Government today announcing the first site of it’s essential worker Build-to-Rent plan.
• Professor Richard Scolyer awarded Inner West Citizen of the Year - This award is in recognition of the impact Professor Scolyer’s work has made on the lives of Inner West people and the hope and inspiration he has given to our whole community while facing adversity himself.
• Sydney mayors call for united action to strengthen social cohesion and fight extremism - In response to growing concerns about social harmony and the alarming rise of antisemitic attacks, the mayors from three major Sydney councils will jointly host a mayoral roundtable on 6 February 2025.
• Transport for NSW delaying Rozelle Parklands handover - Inner West Council has now adopted the Rozelle Parklands Masterplan and is ready to take on control of the site, but Transport for NSW are needlessly dragging the chain in finalising an agreement for care, control and management of the Parklands.