NEWS
BLUE MOUNTAINS
EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Blue Mountains City Council has won the NSW Government Excellence Award for Innovative Leadership and Management, in the category of Councils with populations under 100,000.
The award, announced on 14 July, was for the Council’s Forward Together project that included an Organisational Performance Review and the outcomes it produced and continues to produce.
Council will now represent NSW at the National Level Local Government Excellence Awards.
Chief Executive Officer Dr Rosemary Dillon said: “It is fitting that we have received this award at the one-year anniversary of the introduction our organisation’s new operating model and structure, that resulted from the project.
“I am so proud of this achievement which can only be credited to teamwork and the contributions made at every level of the organisation, by so many staff.”
LOVE LOCAL
If we ever needed proof that the Blue Mountains can be a springboard to anything in the world, then Leah Blayney is the embodiment of that.
The Blue Mountains local started her soccer career at the age of six, playing for the Wentworth Falls Warriors. At the time, she was one of only two female players in the whole club.
Now, she is the current head coach of the U/20 National team the Young Matildas, and also the Head Coach of the Future Matildas program.
After playing club soccer as a kid, Leah was selected for her first representative side at the age of 11. By 16, Leah was playing for the Matildas where she went on to compete in two Youth World Cups.
Over that time, Leah was a student at Katoomba High School where she juggled school work while also competing at tournaments overseas.
