Western Sydney celebrates business excellence
at WSABE Silver Legacy Gala
The Western Sydney Awards for Business Excellence (WSABE) celebrated its 35th annual gala evening on Friday 26 September 2025 at Waterview in Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Park, honouring the region’s most outstanding businesses, innovators and leaders.
Hosted by the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce, the evening carried special significance as it marked a “Silver Legacy” milestone, celebrating 35 years of WSABE, 20 years of Waterview and befittingly held at Sydney Olympic Park which marks 25 years since the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games.
The evening brought together Western Sydney’s most influential business leaders, government representatives and community champions in a celebration of the lasting legacy these businesses are creating through innovation, leadership and community impact.
2025 Gala Venue
Set against the lush backdrop of Bicentennial Park, Waterview blends natural beauty with contemporary elegance, making it the perfect stage for the 2025 WSABE Gala. As Waterview marks its own 20 year anniversary, the venue’s soaring ceilings, expansive wrap around terrace and panoramic views of tranquil lakes and parklands promise an atmosphere worthy of two milestones in one evening.
The Gala Experience
Guest Speaker
The Hon Janelle Saffin MP
WSABE was pleased to welcome The Hon. Janelle Saffin MP as our Guest Speaker. Janelle Saffin has been State Member for Lismore in New South Wales since March 2019. She was appointed NSW Minister for Recovery, Small Business and the North Coast on 17 March 2025.
Guest Speaker
The Hon. Damien Tudehope, MLC
We were honoured to welcome The Hon. Damien Tudehope MLC, Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Industrial Relations, as one of our distinguished guest speakers. A long standing advocate for business and community in Western Sydney, Mr Tudehope shed light on the small businesses driving the region’s growth and shaping its economic future.
Entertainment
The Gala came alive with performances by the Party Anthem Band, whose mix of crowd favourite classics and modern hits kept the dance floor buzzing. It was an evening that perfectly blended celebration, music and community spirit.
An Unforgettable Experience
Testimonials
“Receiving the 2016 WSABE Business of the Year Award (along a few others), has been a truly satisfying experience that has catapulted Sparks+Partners into the spotlight based on genuine hard work, reward and recognition. Competing with so many other talented Western Sydney businesses was an honour and an opportunity to discover new connections and uncover the best in the west. We encourage anyone considering entering to take the plunge, the effort and experience is absolutely worthwhile.”
– Leon Dimino, Sparks+Partners Consulting Engineers Managing Director
“ The WSABE award is not one to be on a mantle, the flow on effect and power of the award certainly has surpassed my expectations, with continued personal and business growth. From an avid awards goer, the WSABE awards, I would have to say are the pinnacle of any awards program for business success”
– Gina Field, Nepean Regional Security Managing Director
“The WSABE awards are a great way to showcase the amazing contributions of extraordinary people right across Greater Western Sydney. We are very proud as a non-profit organisation to be awarded finalist in the Excellence of Social Enterprise category for 2017. We look forward to continuing to promote the great work that is being done in the community sector and all who work in it. I commend WSABE for providing a platform where Greater Western Sydney businesses and community groups can come together and be celebrated.”
– One Hotels and Apartments – Parramatta Mission
“We at the Greater Western Sydney GIANTS were delighted to receive the marketing award at the 2016 WSABE Gala Dinner. Being part of the community of organisations associated with the Chamber along with those who attended on the night gives us a genuine connection with business within Western Sydney. The process in the lead up to the awards night including the nomination process was seamless and we were honoured that our marketing campaign won this award and can therefore be seen to resonate with the community in which we are part of.”
– Rebecca Shaw, GWS Giants, General Manager Marketing and Consumer
On behalf of DCL Engineering we are very grateful and honored to be receiving this award – WSABE Patrons Choice for 2021.
61 years ago this year, my father, Bill Green started our Company and this award is a testament to his dedicated hard work & work ethic and a recognition of our company’s continual growth.
I would like to thank this wonderful team who continues to drive the business, helping with our investment in new technologies and providing the business with the platform and resources to be able to develop, grow and innovate.
Thank you to the WSABE and the Parramatta Chamber of Commerce for the opportunity and the recognition.
We look forward to our next 60 years of further innovations for DCL Engineering.
-Greg Green, DCL Engineering, Managing Director.
To win the Excellence in Arts and Culture Award for the second year in a row is deeply validating especially as they coincide with the two hard years of COVID. Within and without the organisation it confirms we are making the difference we hope to achieve, galvanising us into a common purpose. For every member of the team, the over 100 artists we employ, the over 70 partners we work with, the recognition of the excellence we achieve through our programs and for the people we serve energises us to continue to provide the platform for our stories to be told and celebrated.
-Michael Campbell, WestWords Executive Director.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Romina Bousimon
romina@parramattachamber.com.au
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