Secretary
Mrs Julian Campbell AM
Ph: 02 6833 2049
Fax: 02 6833 5415
The idea for a State Agricultural & Environmental Officer first came about in 1994. With the rising importance of Agriculture and the Environment as major issues of concern, we felt that as an Association with thousands of rural members across the state, it was time that the CWA was seen as an organisation which would contribute credibly to the debate to protect the future of our rural communities. The creation of an Agricultural & Environmental Committee was not intended to replace any of the traditional pursuits of handicraft, culture or cookery but rather was seen as a way to compliment these areas and acknowledge that priorities for rural families had become much broader. In addition, with membership falling and some branches struggling to survive, it was time to provide a further attraction for younger women to join the CWA. The proposal to appoint a State Agricultural & Environmental Officer was first debated at the State Annual Conference in 1994, with the inaugural Agricultural & Environmental Officer, Mrs Pam Moore, finally being appointed in 2001, seven long, exhausting years later! The function of the Committee is to obtain information about pending legislation and regulations concerning agriculture and the environment, which the governments of the day intend to place before federal or state parliament, and which legislation, in the opinion of the committee, will, or may, affect the Association or its members, or family welfare generally. The Committee is also involved with the dissemination of information to members through Branch and Group Agricultural & Environmental Officers. The State Agricultural & Environmental Officer is required to present a detailed report of her activities to each Executive Meeting and a comprehensive report to the Annual General Meeting. Mrs Gloria Hyatt was elected as State Agricultural & Environmental Officer at the Annual General Meeting in Tweed Heads in 2008 and re-elected in 2009 at the Annual General Meeting in Broken Hill. Agricultural and Environmental Seminar 2011
A Seminar will be held 14th–15th March 2011, in the CWA auditorium at Potts Point entitled "The Ones that Got Away". More information will be avaliable later in the year through the journal. |
