Councillor Susai Benjamin OAM

Councillor Susai Benjamin OAM joins the Blacktown Venue Management Ltd Board in 2024.

A solicitor and barrister as well as a migration agent, Councillor Benjamin OAM was first elected to Blacktown City Council in 2012. Councillor Benjamin is Honorary Director of a free community legal service, Toongabbie Legal Centre Inc. and the outreach legal service Blacktown Legal Centre. He is also a director of the Australian Multicultural Forum Ltd and has held numerous positions in many community and government organisations.

Councillor Benjamin was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the King’s Birthday 2023 Honours List for his  service to the law and to the community.

Admitted as a legal practitioner by the NSW Supreme Court in August 2003, Councillor Benjamin has degrees in law as well as a Bachelor of Science and a Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work (equivalent to MA Social Work).

Previously, Councillor Benjamin studied community development in the United Kingdom and was director of a not-for-profit community development organisation in India.

He was a former Member of the Australian Multicultural Advisory Committee, constituted by the Australian Government, and served as a people’s ambassador. He has also served as a board member and later President of the Multicultural Arts Alliance of NSW.

Councillor Benjamin is passionate about advocating for public open space and parks.

To access the Disclosure of interest return, please see 'Councillors Disclosure of interest returns' on Blacktown City Councils Open access information page.