Water & environment · Inner West Council
Inner West defers climate strategy item, approves 28-day reconciliation consultation
Councillors deferred the Inner West Climate Strategy for a briefing and approved public exhibition of a draft reconciliation plan covering 2026 - 2028.
Reporting from draft minutes. Recorded wording may change when confirmed. How this article was prepared
Inner West Council has paused consideration of its climate strategy until councillors receive a briefing, while approving a 28-day public exhibition of a draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan for 2026 - 2028, according to unconfirmed meeting minutes.
The climate item was deferred on 10 November after a motion from councillors Chloe Smith and Vicki Clay. The resolution does not state when the briefing will occur or when the strategy will return to council.
Councillors also resolved to publicly exhibit the draft reconciliation plan and seek community feedback. After the exhibition, the draft is to return to council for consideration for adoption. That resolution did not adopt it as a final plan.
The minutes do not give exhibition start or finish dates, or identify the consultation channels. They record the 28-day period and the later return to council, but not a timetable for the public feedback process or the climate-strategy briefing.
What deserves a closer look
The climate resolution records a deferral until councillors have been briefed but provides no briefing or return date.
Council approved public exhibition of the reconciliation plan; the minutes do not establish that exhibition has begun, and adoption remains a future council consideration.
The source records the length of the exhibition period but not its start date, end date or consultation channels.
Questions for follow-up reporting
When will councillors be briefed on the Inner West Climate Strategy, and when will the item return to council?
What are the start and finish dates and consultation channels for the 28-day reconciliation-plan exhibition?
What changes, if any, will be proposed after public feedback?
What happens next
Councillors are to be briefed on the Inner West Climate Strategy before the item is reconsidered.
Under the adopted resolution, council is to publicly exhibit the draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026–2028 for 28 days and seek community feedback; the minutes do not specify when exhibition will begin.
The draft reconciliation plan is to return to council after the exhibition period for consideration for adoption.
Check the record
These passages were matched to the source text. Read them in context in the original minutes.
Council deferred consideration of the Inner West Climate Strategy until councillors have been briefed.
C1126(1) Item 6 Public Exhibition - Inner West Climate Strategy Motion: (Smith/Clay) That Council defer this item until Councillors have been briefed. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil Absent: Cr D'Arienzo Councillor D'Arienzo returned to the Meeting at 8:21 pm.
Item 6, Public Exhibition - Inner West Climate Strategy, motion and carried result
Open original minutes ↗Council resolved to publicly exhibit the draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026–2028 for 28 days, seek community feedback and bring it back for consideration for adoption.
Council publicly exhibit the draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026– 2028 for a period of 28 days and seek community feedback on the proposed Action Plan. 2. Following the conclusion of the exhibition period, the draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026–2028 be brought back to Council for consideration for adoption. Motion Carried For Motion: Crs Antoniou, Atkins, Barlow, Blake, Byrne, Carlisle, Clay, D'Arienzo, Fergusson, Howard, Macri, Scott, Smith and Tastan Against Motion: Nil Councillor Macri retired from the Meeting at 8:36 pm.
Item 12, exhibition and return-for-adoption provisions, followed by the carried result
Open original minutes ↗The minutes are labelled unconfirmed.
PUBLIC SPEAKERS: Item # Speaker Suburb Item 7: Nikki Ellis Birchgrove Item 8: Jo Burton Sander Ottes Mia Lewin Dan Conway Ashfield Annandale Enmore Marrickville Item 9: Rose Doolan Karl Sekulla Rojan Bajgain Tempe Sydenham Sydenham Item 15: Tracie Miller Sydney Item 27: Mirabel Somers Dulwich Hill Item 28: Chris Gray Croydon Item 35: Ellis Bou-Harb Marrickville Unconfirmed minutes from the Ordinary Council meeting held on 10 November 2026.
Closing identification of the minutes
Open original minutes ↗Source record
Inner West Council, Ordinary Council meeting minutes, 10 November 2026. This report is based on the council’s public minutes, which are labelled unconfirmed.
Key facts from the minutes
- Council deferred consideration of the Inner West Climate Strategy until councillors have been briefed.
- Council approved 28 days of public exhibition for the draft Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan 2026 - 2028; the minutes do not establish that exhibition has begun.
- The reconciliation plan is to return to council after exhibition for consideration for adoption.
- The public minutes are labelled unconfirmed and do not state the exhibition dates or briefing timetable.
Why it matters
- Residents will be able to comment on the draft reconciliation plan during a 28-day exhibition, while consideration of the climate strategy is delayed pending a councillor briefing.