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The Centre for Western Sydney combines Western Sydney University's world-class research expertise with frank and fearless advocacy on issues of importance to Western Sydney. The work of the Centre is guided by its ambition for a thriving Western Sydney that is understood and respected for its strengths and contributions regionally, nationally, and internationally. Delivered through a strong politics of listening, the Centre aims to drive informed dialogue and action with, and for, it’s region.

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Western Sydney Decides: Federal Election 2025

4 April 2025 | This special report shows how Australia’s fastest growing, most diverse, and politically contested region will shape the 2025 Federal election.

Digital Equity & Education

4 December 2024 | Unless action is taken to ensure equal access to devices, internet and essential digital skills for all learners, many school students risk falling behind.

Tackling Inactivity and Inequity

21 November 2024 | A systems approach to improving access to physical activity, sport and recreation in Western Sydney.

Unleashing Creativity

21 November 2024 | Strategies for growing Western Sydney's creative industries.

Unlimited Potential

7 November 2024 | An ambitious 30-year economic blueprint for reshaping the future of Western Sydney.

Advancing anti-racism

29 July 2024 | This issues paper evaluates current initiatives, strengths and challenges in Western Sydney and proposes a whole-of-region framework for local anti-racism efforts.

Unlocking Women's Potential

8 March 2024 | A groundbreaking report that maps the geography of women's participation in the workforce across Western Sydney compared to the rest of Sydney.

Unlimited Potential

22 February 2024 | A bold economic plan that through new industries and a job-to-workers ratio like Sydney’s east, could see Western Sydney add $100 billion to the state’s economy and 675,000 extra local jobs over the next decade.

Home Truths

9 November 2023 | A new report has found Western Sydney is at the epicentre of the state’s housing crisis, with the squeeze only likely to worsen.

Inside Western Sydney's gambling harm epidemic

20 October 2023 | The second in a series on the effects of gambling in Western Sydney, which for the first time identifies the three locations that account for one-third of all Sydney’s gambling losses.

Western Sydney Votes - The Voice Referendum

16 October 2023 | A preliminary analysis of the Voice referendum results across Western Sydney electorates.

Bridging the Divide

22 September 2023 | This issues paper examines the relationships between education, income and identity for key groups in Western Sydney.

Pasifika communities in Australia

31 August 2023 | With the Australian Pasifika Educators Network (APEN), we assess the challenges, progress and unique contributions of Pasifika communities nationwide.

Western Sydney Progress and Prospects

19 July 2023 | With the Committee for Sydney and Deloitte we outline the progress that has been made in our region in the past decade.

Liveability in Western Sydney

15 May 2023 | Commissioned by the NSW Government, this report identifies how the WestInvest Program is likely to impact liveability.

Mid-Term Report Card

23 March 2021 | The ‘Mid-Term Report Card’ assessed the NSW Government’s performance in Western Sydney over the first half of its parliamentary term in 2021.

Double or Nothing?

15 May 2024 | It's all about where you live! Analysis of Stage 3 tax cuts reveals the great Sydney tax divide.

Western Sydney Votes – NSW Election 2023: The Results

11 May 2023 | This issues paper examines the issues that drove the surge towards Labor in Western Sydney in the 2023 state election.

Parramatta 2035: Community views on the future of our region

3 May 2023 | This report presents findings from a public consultation on the future of Greater Parramatta conducted from September to October 2022.

State of the Arts in Western Sydney

16 March 2023 | Western Sydney represents 10 per cent of Australians today, yet our region only received 3.4 per cent of federal arts sector funding between 2015-2023.

Western Sydney Votes – NSW Election 2023

14 March 2023 | This issues paper examines how Australia’s most dynamic region is shaping the 2023 NSW election.

Untapped Talent

28 October 2022 | This issues paper reveals a remarkable surge in Western Sydney’s skilled labour market as well as the entrenched inequities that are putting those gains at risk.

Parramatta 2035: Vibrant, Sustainable, Global

6 October 2022 | This report provides government with the blueprint for Parramatta to become a global city by 2035.

Western Sydney Votes - Federal Election 2022: The Results

6 June 2022 | This issues paper examines voting behaviours across Western Sydney after the 2022 federal election and what they might reveal about the region.

Western Sydney Votes - Federal Election 2022

16 May 2022 | This issues paper examines western Sydney voting behaviours ahead of the 2022 Australian federal election.

Where are the jobs? Part 1

Where are the jobs? Part 2

Where are the jobs? Part 3

Western Sydney Centres: Beyond Recovery

Voices of Leadership

Voices of Leadership is a collection of articles and speeches authored by staff and friends of Western Sydney University. The collection foregrounds the University’s ongoing commitment to collectively theorise and problem-solve the region’s most pressing challenges.

Voices of Leadership includes contributions from Professor Peter Shergold AC, Professor Tim Soutphommasane, Lucy Turnbull AO, Professor Pru Goward and Dr Tim Williams, among other established and emerging voices.

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