The Country Women’s Association (CWA) of New South Wales came together for its annual conference this week for the 95th time, with the Kendall branch behind a successful motion to advocate for the ban of gambling advertising on free to air television from 6am to 9pm daily.
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Delilah Amos, president of the Kendall branch said members proposed the motion out of concern for the rising popularity of gambling across sporting codes, and the potential link to the rapid growth of gambling advertising in the media.
“As a branch we felt this is an important issue in the community and we wanted to formalise this via a CWA policy to advocate against this type of advertising. The constant advertisements for gambling are normalising it and making it seem as if you are the odd one out if you don’t have a bet.
“Many families in our region are doing it tough and we believe promoting gambling so frequently on television will only make things worse, so we are delighted that our fellow members from around NSW agreed and this motion was passed,” said Delilah.
The CWA of NSW will now adopt a formal policy on the advertising of gambling on television, enabling it to advocate for change as an organisation.
Online gambling and the advertising of gambling generally was of significant interest at this year’s CWA conference, with three separate motions put forward by various branches across the state, all of which were successfully passed.
Many families in our region are doing it tough and we believe promoting gambling so frequently on television will only make things worse, so we are delighted that our fellow members from around NSW agreed and this motion was passed.
- Delilah Amos, Kendall CWA president
The largest women’s organisation in Australia, since 1922 the CWA has been working to improve the living conditions and welfare of women and families. Held this year at Mingara Recreation Club in Tumbi Umbi on the Central Coast, the conference brought members together to debate and discuss the organisation’s policy via a list of motions proposed by branches throughout the state.
Close to 800 delegates, members, observers and visitors descended on the Central Coast during the conference week.
The conference was officially opened by His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of NSW, accompanied by Mrs Linda Hurley, who also delivered the keynote speech.
CWA of NSW president, Annette Turner, said it was great to bring members together to discuss and debate a range of issues via the proposed motions.
“There are too many to list individually but this year important and highly topical issues included gambling and online gambling, marriage equality, women’s health, foreign land ownership, access to blood donations and coal seam gas,” she said.
