Current Council Meeting Dates and Business Papers

2026 Council meeting dates and times

Council usually meets on one Tuesday each month, except during January and July when it is in recess.

For a full list of the meeting schedule in 2026 please see below:

2026 Council Meeting Schedule (DOCX 87.8KB)

2026 Council Meeting Schedule (PDF 181KB)

Council meeting business papers

Larger attachments for Council meeting agendas will be available in a separate document which can be accessed next to the Agenda on the business papers page below.

Agendas and reports for Council meetings will be posted here when available.

Previous Council meeting business papers

To search business papers and view papers from other meetings, visit the full business papers and minutes site.

Live streaming of Council meetings

Inner West Council Meetings are streamed live on Council's website. Visit the webcasts page to stream a live Council Meeting or view recordings of previous meetings.

Public Forums

The Public Forums will commence at 6.30pm, immediately prior to each Council meeting.

Members of the public wishing to speak at the Public Forum will be required to register by 2.00pm as per the current practice using the link below.

The public may register to speak at Public Forums via Zoom.

Anyone who would like to speak about an agenda item at a Public Forum must register by 2pm on the day of the forum via the meeting registration form available here.

Only those who register using the online registration form will be able to speak. Please fill in the register to speak form at the bottom of this page including:

• Your name (if you are speaking online, you must use the same you registered with on Zoom)
• Contact details including email address
• Item on the Agenda you wish to speak to
• Whether you are for or against the recommendation in the agenda
• Whether you are attending in person or online to speak

Only the first three speakers for and three speakers against each item will be permitted to speak.

Once you have registered, if you are successful, you will receive an email confirming your registration. If you are attending via Zoom, you will receive the Zoom meeting details. Please do not share this with anyone else. If the item you are registering for already has the allocated amount of speakers, you will be notified via email.

If you are attending in person, the Council chambers is located at Ashfield Service Centre, 260 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, Level 6.

You may join the Public Forum via Zoom at 6.30pm. As a requirement, you must use the same name on Zoom as the name you registered to speak with otherwise you will not be allowed into the Public Forum.

Once you have concluded speaking, you will be removed from the Public Forum.

Register to speak at a Public Forum