August 2026
Share: Camden Forum: Making The Case For Investment Last month, more than 180 government, industry and community leaders came together at our forum, Unlocking Camden’s Growth Potential: The Time is Now, to highlight the need for investment in critical transport, health and education infrastructure across the region. The forum underscored the scale of growth facing […]
July 2026
Share: High Speed Rail Debate Gathers Pace at Airport City Summit This year’s event brought together government, industry and community leaders from across the region to reflect on how far Western Sydney has come, and to set our sights on the future we’re building together. We were delighted to be joined once again by the […]
June 2026
Share: State Budget 2026: What Can We Expect? The NSW Government will hand down its 2026-27 Budget on 23 June, its last before the next State Election, and as Treasurer Daniel Mookhey has foreshadowed ‘restraint’ will be one of the key messages. As the NSW Treasurer noted during his recent address to The McKell Institute, very few anticipated […]
May 2026
Share: Back to the Future for a Manufacturing Powerhouse Contrary to popular belief, we do still make things in Australia – in fact in Western Sydney we’ve been doing it for decades. Even after years of national erosion, manufacturing remains one of the region’s largest industries and a core employer. Western Sydney is at the […]
April 2026
Share: GWS Digital Future Takes Shape Western Sydney’s emergence as a national digital powerhouse is building momentum. Last month, we proudly hosted our inaugural TechWest Infrastructure Forum, bringing together more than 300 leaders from government, industry and the technology sector to explore the region’s rapidly expanding data centre boom. It was a timely and important […]
March 2026
Share: High Speed Rail – Fast Track to Failure? High Speed Rail has been back in the headlines following the Federal Government’s announcement of an additional $230 million cash injection into the development phase of the long-awaited link between Sydney and Newcastle. While the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue welcomed the renewed focus, it also issued […]
October 2025
Share: CLP ’25 in Review What a week it was! The Dialogue’s 2025 Collaborative Leadership Program brought together an extraordinary cohort of leaders from across Western Sydney for five days of insight, inspiration and connection – exploring the region’s opportunities, challenges and future through the lens of collaborative leadership. Day One set the tone with […]
September 2025
Share: Celebrating 10 Years of The Dialogue In August, the Western Sydney Leadership Dialogue proudly celebrated 10 years of leadership, partnership and impact at Accor Stadium – the very venue where the Dialogue was launched in 2015. Joined by NSW Premier Chris Minns, more than 300 leaders from across politics, business, health, education and community […]
July 2025
Share: Ready to Take Flight We’re fast approaching the day that Western Sydney International Airport launches to the global skies. Now is the time to focus on the tourism, entertainment and business opportunities this once-in-a-generation project can unlock – which is why the Dialogue has launched Take Flight 2026. Take Flight 2026 is an […]
June 2025
Share: NSW Budget Boosts the Back of House In a calm and cautious budget, there was not much to put in a headline. But insiders and industry stakeholders will know this budget ticked some important boxes for the West. Greater Western Sydney remains a clear priority of the Minns Government. New schools and hospitals have been […]