He has been a councillor since 1996 and a mayor since 2019.
Mayor of Blacktown City Council Tony Bleasdale, 77, was leading a delegation to the council's sister cities in South Korea and China.Condition of woman left fighting for life after deadly tunnel crash improvesBleasdale was awarded an Order of Australia in 2010 for his charity work and service to the Blacktown community."Tony was well loved within the Blacktown community, fiercely advocating for local residents for over 30 years," Car wrote on social media.
Federal Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic said he wasn't just a mayor but a "decent, loving person"."Never afraid to speak up, a believer that he had a role to play advancing social justice, delivering better for our community because they deserved better."We have no control over when our departure will be but there was something just not right about him leaving us the way he did.
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