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Stronger together: WSROC Annual Report 2025–26
WSROC has published its 2025–26 Annual Report, highlighting a year of regional collaboration, advocacy and practical delivery for Western Sydney’s councils and communities. The report showcases how councils working together through WSROC are strengthening Western…
Disaster resilience: councils ready to keep working together
WSROC's Western Sydney Disaster Resilience Forum brought together nine councils and partner agencies to discuss the challenges facing local government before, during and after disasters. A key message from the forum was that there is…
Advocacy win: Household asbestos collection to receive NSW Government funding
A decade of advocacy is paying off, with NSW Government funding secured for household asbestos collection trials from 2027. More than a decade of advocacy and program delivery by WSROC and Western Sydney councils has…

WSROC is calling for a fairer approach to distributing Financial Assistance Grants, warning that proposed changes could shift financial pressure between councils rather than address the broader funding challenges facing local government. In its submission to the NSW Local Government…
MEDIA RELEASE, AUGUST 18, 2026 Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC) has welcomed the NSW Government's new Data Centre Policy Framework, but say the region hosting the state's fastest-growing data centre pipeline must see a fair share of the…
Western Sydney University’s Urban Transformations Research Centre and the peak body representing councils in Western Sydney, the Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils (WSROC), are combining forces to address housing challenges confronting the rapidly growing region. Western Sydney’s booming population is…