Online gambling advertising, the rights of grandparents and women’s health issues were some of issues addressed at the annual NSW Country Women’s Association (CWA) conference during the week.
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Central West CWA Group president and conference delegate Helana Donaldson said online gambling was the biggest issue affecting families in the Central West that was addressed at the conference.
The NSW CWA will now adopt a formal policy to lobby the government on the advertising of gambling on television and the regulation of online gambling.
“This is an issue [in which] we are very strongly supportive of the government in its attempts to reduce the exposure,” Mrs Donaldson said.
“We understand some people gamble and gamble responsibly, but there are other people, particularly the youth who are isolated and use those thinks as a quick kick.”
She said the ease of access through mobile phones was also an issue.
Another issue supported by the CWA members was for all grandparents raising grandchildren to be acknowledged and recognised as a separate group in their own right, not as foster carers.
Mrs Donaldson said it was revealed during the conference that grandparents who had gained custody of their grandchildren through the courts were treated like foster carers rather than family members and had to apply and fill out paperwork just to take the children away on holidays.
About 800 people attended the 95th annual conference on the Central Coast.