
Inner West Election Candidates Profile: Ashfield-Djarrawunang Ward

Image: The Ashfield Ward will have at least one new face on Inner West Council. Photo: Dictionary of Sydney.
By DANIEL LO SURDO
There will be at least one new face representing the Ashfield-Djarrawunang Ward following the Inner West elections, with Greens councillor Tom Kiat not seeking reelection. Liberal councillor Julie Passas, as of writing, has not yet announced her plans for reelection.
Mark Drury
Mark Drury is an incumbent Inner West Labor councillor looking to retain his seat in the Ashfield-Djarrawunang Ward this year. Cr Drury has worked for social and economic justice for the past 30 years and has lived in the Inner West for decades.

Cr Drury has been on either Ashfield or Inner West Council for 15 years with the intention of representing the most disadvantaged in the community.
Drury hopes to make housing and rental properties more secure, address Inner West urban issues in partnership with the State and Federal Governments, as well as ensure the sustainability of council-run facilities, including aquatic centres and swimming pools, for the community to enjoy.
Drury is also a representative of the Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Working Party and the Parramatta River Catchment Group.
Dylan Griffiths
Dylan Griffiths will seek election in the Ashfield-Djarrawunang Ward for The Greens after incumbent Cr Kiat announced he will not be returning to council.
Griffiths has lived in the Inner West for 25 years and today is a resident of Ashfield, having also lived in Dulwich Hill.
