Khodr Saleh OAM was first elected as a Labor councillor for the City of Canterbury's West Ward in 2004, described as the first Australian Lebanese Arab elected as a Labor councillor, and served as Deputy Mayor in 2008, 2012, 2015 and 2024. He was re-elected for Roselands Ward in September 2024 and stepped down at the end of 2025 after 20 years on council (AMUST, 30 Jan 2026). He received the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2019 for service to the Canterbury-Bankstown community. He is named on Islamic Relief Australia's own list of the 22 Australian imams and community leaders in the December 2012 delegation to Gaza, led by Grand Mufti Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, which met Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. In October 2023 he was front and centre in the Canterbury-Bankstown Council resolution to fly the Palestinian flag in solidarity with Gaza until a ceasefire (AMUST).
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