On the 28 Feb, CLAIR Sydney staff members had a meeting with Mr Logan Howlett, the Mayor of the Western Australian City of Cockburn, in Perth. Mayor Howlett participated in the 2015 Local Government Exchange and Cooperation Seminar organised by CLAIR, and visited Yamato Takada City in Nara Prefecture to learn about different aspects of Japanese local government. Since then, Mayor Howlett has kindly accommodated a CLAIR Sydney staff member’s request to conduct a study tour in the City of Cockburn last year.
At the meeting with Mayor Howlett, we exchanged opinions on collaboration opportunities between CLAIR Sydney and the City of Cockburn in future. CLAIR Sydney would like to continue to have more dialogues with local governments in Australia, as well as provide support for Japanese local governments’ activities in Australia.
From the 3rd to the 13th of December, eight selected swimmers from the Fukuoka Swimming Association visited NSW, where they participated in joint training sessions with a local school and competed in the 2024-25 Speedo NSW Senior State Age Championships.
