Congratulations to Mr David Henry Pigott of Haberfield on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia [OAM] in the General Division for his outstanding service to the community through charitable organisations.

I was pleased to join the team at Dress for Success to celebrate their dedicated volunteers during National Volunteers Week. 

Congratulations to Rose and Jimmy Chronis and the team at Dulwich Hill Chicken Shop on winning the Dulwich Hill category at the 2026 Inner West Local Business Awards — a richly deserved recognition for one of our community's most beloved local institutions.

This National Sorry Day Dulwich Hill Public School demonstrated what it truly looks like to move from sorry to action.

I was excited to present Arthur Alepidis of Souvlaki Boys with the award for Business Person of the Year at the 2026 Inner West Local Business Awards.

I was delighted to present the award for Business of the Year at the 2026 Inner West Local Business Awards to Marrickville based Sydney Prop Specialists.

Congratulations to the team at Gleebooks Dulwich Hill, named Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA) Bookshop of the Year for 2026, a well deserved recognition of its outstanding contribution to literature, culture and community life in Sydney's Inner West.

Congratulations to Dulwich Hill local Andrea James on winning the Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting at the 2026 NSW Literary Awards for her remarkable work, The Black Woman of Gippsland. 

Congratulations to Gavin (Gav) Andrews, owner of Miss Wolf in Marrickville, on his well-deserved nomination for Inner West Citizen of the Year 2026.

Nearly four decades ago, a young student volunteer walked into a Community Legal Centre and began what would become one of the most dedicated and impactful careers in the community legal sector.