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| Founded | 8 May 2023; 13 months ago (8 May 2023) |
| Registered | 8 August 2023[1] |
| Headquarters | Canley Vale, New South Wales, Australia[1] |
| Ideology | Western Sydney localism[2][3] |
| Colours | Pink |
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Western Sydney Community (WSC) is an Australian political party established and registered in 2023 by independentMPDai Le and Fairfield mayor Frank Carbone.
The party, which is based in Sydney's western suburbofCanley Vale, plans to contest electorates in Greater Western Sydney region at the next federal election.[4] The party's federal registration was approved by the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) on 8 August 2023.[1]
The party was known as the Dai Le & Frank Carbone Network (DLFCN) from its formation in May 2023 until 3 July 2024.[5][6] Before the establishment of the party, Carbone said that he thought of naming the party "A Western Voice".[7]
Le was formerly a member of the New South Wales Liberal Party until 2016, when she was suspended for 10 years by the party for running against the endorsed liberal candidate for Mayor of Fairfield City, Joe Molluso.[8] She was elected as a federal Independent member for Fowlerin2022.[9] She also formed the Australian Women's Party in 2019.[10] As of May 2023, Le is also concurrently a Councillor of Fairfield City Council, having been first elected in 2012.[11]
Carbone was formerly a member of the New South Wales Labor Party until 2016. He was a Councillor of Fairfield City Council between 2008 and 2012, before he was popularly elected as Mayor and has served in this position ever since.[4][12]
Since the party's founding, the ideals espoused by Le and Carbone have had an emphasis on the Western Sydney region, a majority Labor-aligned area.[2] Le stated to the Guardian Australia in May, following the party's creation, "Our people... pay tolls and taxes, and yet the money doesn't come back into building services and infrastructure for our community, we need to come together and build a stronger western Sydney voice for our community." Further adding: "The end goal is to have representation for western Sydney, from people who are actually from western Sydney, live in western Sydney, understand the issues of western Sydney."[3]
Party co-founder Frank Carbone, in an interview with Sydney's 2GB, said: "Ultimately we're here for the people in the western suburbs, and, you know, the western suburbs is one of the largest economies in Australia and we just feel that a lot more needs to be done to actually improve the quality of life of people who live out here..."[7]
The pair have also renamed their political party, choosing the title Western Sydney Community, replacing the name Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network, in a move to swallow up more of the region's votes.
Fairfield Mayor Frank Carbone and independent Member for Fowler, Dai Le, have renamed their self-titled political party (formerly the Dai Le and Frank Carbone Network) to 'Western Sydney Community', which will be registered by the Australian Electoral Commission this week.
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