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National Council of Women of NSW

NEWSLETTER

June 2016 No 246

* Reflections on the 24th Annual Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon

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* Membership Renewal * Foundation Day Luncheon

3

* Housing Stress—Wendy Rainbird

* Breakfast Q&A

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* Talking Women 5

* Make Fashion Traffik-Free * Sydney Int. Piano Competition

6

* NCW NSW Morning Teas * Dame Marie Bashir Peace Awards

7

* Photos — Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon

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ENCLOSED : * Foundation Day Luncheon, Forms- Award Nomination and Booking * Membership Renewal Form

* Dates for Your Diary

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

From time to time we are pushed into a new situation where we feel uncomfortable until we adjust to our whereabouts. In the transition pe-riod we make decisions as to whether we like our old ways and as a result retreat from the new path or whether we see the new path as being a

better option.

The advance of computer technology has been one of those new situations which has confronted us. Many have found it difficult to adjust. Whether or not we like it, there can be no doubt it is here to stay. Looking at a Catalyst program recently, it has been the embracing of this new technology that has enabled a disabled young man to use his eyes to switch on electrical appli-ances and it has gone even further to enable him to operate a car. Most definitely, we need to take on this technology and benefit by its assistance. In its simpler use, for us at NCW, we would use it as a means of reaching our members and the

general public.

In the past, NCW NSW has been attached to the website of the national body, NCWA. We knew it was time for us to embrace the medium and move to an understanding of using it to establish a website of our own. It is not a familiar journey for us and, after a few unsuccessful attempts to create our own website, I turned to my sister, Colleen Cook, who had experience of how it should work. She has spared us many hours of her professional time to establish it in a manner which will be easy to manage for those with little

experience of the medium.

Now you can look at our website www.ncwnsw.org.au to find out about our Council, to look at our Constitution, download a Membership form or simply to send a request for information.

Our email address has also been changed to info@ncwnsw.org.au so that we are not locked into a future with the cur-rent provider. However, we will still receive any emails which use the old one. Please note these changes for yourselves and for your organisations.

Whilst we have been busy with this project, the usual work of the Council has continued. In April,

I was very pleased to attend the MU Sydney Festival Service at St Andrew’s Cathedral. In celebrating their 120 years, MU continues to

share Christ’s love and support families.

A visit to the 75th anniversary of The Great Synagogue Women’s Auxiliary for Morning Tea enabled some of us to hear a talk from Sari Browne OAM, A Taste of History, which revealed the wonderful support given by the women. An invitation was kindly extended to our group to be shown some of the special

features in The Great Synagogue.

Attending the Maybanke Lecture 2016 deliv-ered by Professor Helen Irving and organised by the Sydney Community Foundation was appreciated by a large group including our visitors from Melbourne, NCW Vic President

Sheila Byard and Secretary Pam Williams.

Australian Federation of Graduate Women held their annual Sophia Holland Lecture with guest speaker, Ruth Wells, telling us about her work to address the Unmet Mental Health

Needs of Syrian Refugees in Jordan.

The Hon. Pru Goward MP, Minister for Women, held another Talking Women which Executive Member, Sally Fennell, attended. These are a welcome reintroduction of oppor-tunities for Peak NGOs to hear about govern-

ment policy and put their questions.

Our State Coordinator of Standing Commit-tees, Doreen Todd, is also National Coordina-tor for General Wellbeing. In this role, Doreen is able to pass on important work done by Wendy Rainbird who is the Environment & Habitat Adviser for NCW ACT and is also the Habitat Adviser for NCWA. Wendy has also taken on the position of Environment Adviser

for International Council of Women.

One of Wendy’s reports is printed in this issue

for your information.

I welcome all members to participate in our Foundation Day Luncheon which will have a special emphasis to celebrate 120 years. To continue our work for women, we need our members and I ask all of you to renew your memberships and spread the word to bring

other members into NCW NSW.

Nola Barkl

Dorothy Artis (left photo)

WHO WERE

THE LADIES? Irene Krucko (above) Recipients Nominators Dorothy Stewart Artis Women’s Auxiliary of Sydney Legacy Tania Borec Ukrainian Women’s Assocn Lidcombe Helen Burgin OAM Needlework Tool Collectors Society Meryl Caldwell-Smith AM Soroptimist International - Region NSW Mary Cantrall Catholic Women’s League Australia Beryl Capp Jennifer Aitchison MP for Maitland Isabel Conolly BPW Cessnock Domna Daciv Ukrainian Women’s Assocn Princess Olga Esther Doyle AM Catholic Women’s League Australia –NSW Barbara Dreverman Women’s Pioneer Society Francoise Gilroy CWL Archdiocese of Sydney Betty Greentree Bupa Care Services Pauline Griffin AM BPW Cessnock Gladys (Irene) Hammond Bupa Care Services Irene Krucko Ukrainian WA Olena Pchilka Branch Thora Lyons Ana Scarf – NCW NSW Individual Member Betty McLean Mothers Union Australia Diocese of Sydney Mary Melville CWL Archdiocese of Sydney Edna Millett BPW Maitland Mary Minns Pan Pacific & SE Asia Women’s Assocn Maria Moskal Ukrainian WA Olena Pchilka Branch Merle Phillipps BPW Maitland Gladys Springfield OAM Quota International Liverpool Joan Stobo Women’s Auxiliary of Sydney Legacy Jill Tait Needlework Tool Collectors Society June Walpole Women’s Auxiliary of Sydney Legacy Marjorie Wood OAM (in absentia) PPSEAWA Zara Young OAM National Council of Jewish Women - NSW

This happy event took place in The Strangers’ Dining Room at Parliament House. A broad vista of The Do-main opens up in front of you as you enter this beauti-ful venue. Prior to the luncheon was the Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation to 28 women in their 90

th year or older. Our Guest Speaker, Anna Bligh,

presented the Certificates and our Patron, Mrs Linda Hurley, visited the tables during luncheon to speak to these honoured guests.

The formalities included hearing from Anna Bligh about events in her life and the moments that have mattered and brought clarity of purpose. The ease of her eloquence relating incidents with understanding and compassion reminded us of her strong leadership during the Brisbane floods. Luncheon proceeds en-able an annual Jean Arnot Memorial Fellowship to be awarded to a librarian, the winner this year being Emma Lawson for her paper, The procedures: rethink-ing roles to create an in-library production team. Ap-preciative thanks to Mr Richard Neville and Ms Jes-sica Harris, Mitchell Librarians, for their help in organ-ising the Fellowship.

Dianne Sackelariou OAM, as Master of Ceremonies, took proceedings through from the National Anthem, led by the Elizabeth Willis choristers followed by their jazz rendition of Blue Skies, to the cutting of a birthday cake by one of the 90+ year olds, Mrs Esther Doyle AM.

Year after year, BPW Australia joins with NCW NSW to create this joyous occasion. Representing BPWA was its president, Dr Janis Shaw, who came from Dar-win for the event, and the usual BPW contributors, Marilyn Forsythe, Sheila Turnbull and Margaret Tip-per. The NCW NSW team was headed by Sally Fennell, working with Tricia Graham and Anne Dean, other Executive members putting their efforts in as needed.

We record our thanks to Bupa Care Services for their financial sponsorship which enables us to

continue presenting this event.

THE 24TH ANNUAL JEAN ARNOT LUNCHEON Friday, 6 May 2016

Former Librarian Fellowship winner, Louise Sorbello,

now teaching at Fort Street HS, brought two of her

students, Michelle Cheung and Alicia Gao, to hear

about Jean Arnot. They also had the pleasure of meet-

ing NCW NSW Patron, Mrs Linda Hurley.

Each year, at this luncheon, we ask you to help us find those women who have continued to work for the status of women and their families but have not received official recognition. If you nominate someone, you need to be an Individual Member of NCW NSW OR have the endorsement of one of our Affiliated Organisa-tions. The person nominated does not need to be a member of NCW NSW. Guidelines and Nomination Form are attached/enclosed with this Newsletter. Nominations close Friday, 8 July 2016. Nominees will receive Certificates of Recog-nition at the luncheon.

LUNCHEON DETAILS WHEN Monday, 8 August 2016 12 noon for 12.30 pm WHERE Strangers’ Dining Room Parliament House Macquarie Street, Sydney BOOKINGS $110 pp — Early Bird $100 BOOKINGS CLOSE FOR EARLY BIRDS by Close of Business on Friday, 1 July 2016 by Friday, 22 July 2016 for others

ANNIVERSARY GIFTS FOR ALL ATTENDEES

Kindly use the Booking Form

attached/enclosed with this Newsletter.

GUEST SPEAKER DR LISA MURRAY Historian Sydney City Council

DO COME AND SHARE WITH US

THIS CELEBRATION OF OUR

120 YEARS

MEMBERSHIPS ARE DUE ON JULY 1

A Renewal Form, which can be used either by an Organisation or by an Individual Member, is at-tached/enclosed with this Newsletter.

Kindly ensure that Treasurers of organisations receive the Form.

Subscriptions are — Organisations over 50 members ...... $100 under 50 members ...... $60

Individual Members ..... $50

The Annual General Meeting will take place on Thursday, 29 September 2016, and notices for election of all Executive Committee Members will be distributed in July. Organisations are able to nominate a Delegate to be elected to the Executive Committee.

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR NOMINATION ORGANISATIONS

AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS MUST BE FINANCIAL

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL

PRESIDENT’S MORNING TEA

It is 120 years since Miss Margaret Windeyer called together a group of women’s organisations at the Sydney Town Hall on 26 June 1896 to discuss the possibility of the formation of the National Council of Women in this country of Australia.

The occasion will be commemorated at Sydney Town Hall in 2016 on Tuesday, 28 June, courtesy of the Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Sydney, Alder-man Clove Moore. The Treasury Room has been made available to us and is ideal as a venue in which to remember the original occasion but it holds a maximum of 50 people.

Therefore, by invitation, we have included Past Presidents and Honorary Life Members, as well as members of long standing. Attendees will have a name to research of one of the women who was pre-sent at the early gatherings so that we will build on our archival knowledge.

With the help of information from former Presi-dent Joan Elliston AM, we have produced a com-memorative booklet for our 120 years which will be available at the Morning Tea and released for sale. A complimentary copy will be given to

those attending Foundation Day Luncheon.

FOUNDATION DAY LUNCHEON

To celebrate 120 years

HOUSING STRESS

For Low Income Earners

Wendy Rainbird writes....

In the Canberra Times, 21 April 2016, it was re-

ported that “Anglicare's 7th annual Rental Afforda-

bility Snapshot surveyed 1329 rental properties

advertised in Canberra and Queanbeyan on Fri-

day, April 1 this year and found there were no af-

fordable and suitable properties for anyone surviv-

ing on Newstart or youth allowance.” “In Can-

berra, households on income support payments

could have afforded just 25 of the 1329 properties

and those on minimum wage had 172 options.”

"The most worrying thing is it's not changing year

to year. Vulnerable people in our community are

continuing to not be able to secure affordable

housing," according to Kasey Chambers, execu-

tive director of Anglicare.

But affordable properties for singles and couples

on the aged pension with no children had plum-

meted, with singles able to afford just 23 of the

properties available in Queanbeyan or Canberra,

down on 70 in the previous year, and couples able

to afford just 20, down on 43 in 2015.

Her views as to the underlying factors affecting

such lack of affordable housing are similar to the

ones I outlined in my Habitat Report on “Housing

Affordability Changes in Australia”, January 2016,

about the fiscal concessions in the form of nega-

tive gearing and capital gains tax for investors. Ms

Chambers said: “negative gearing and capital

gains tax were a ‘massive leaching on the public

purse’ taking about $6.8 billion out of the econ-

omy” but she was pleased the major parties had

put it on the agenda.

“We've been talking about targeting negative gear-

ing to people who offer social rents or longer

rental periods for good tenants ... for new housing

and housing in particular areas.”

As I mentioned in my January report, the supply

side problems are not so much a shortage of

housing but inefficiencies in availability. For exam-

ple, older people whose children are now adult

and have left home, are disadvantaged in selling

those larger homes because of stamp duties, and

the taxation implications of any gains on alterna-

tive investments. Also, there is often a lack of suit-

able housing in the neighbourhood in which they

are known and involved. In the ACT those people

who have been forced to leave their homes, due

to the Mr Fluffy contamination, often find that they

are moving away, reluctantly, from such

neighbourhoods.

BREAKFAST Q&A Wednesday 13 April at Cello’s Castlereagh Boutique Hotel

I attended the National Council of Women Q&A breakfast with the focus of the day Concerns for Young Women. The panel-lists were The Honourable Justice Jennifer Boland AM - Advo-cate in Family Law and Children’s Rights; Virginia Howard – Former Mayor of Mosman and Chair Taldumande Youth Ser-vices, Audrey Markowskei – post-graduate student at Mac-quarie University. Despite their different backgrounds, many similarities were drawn between each of their experiences as

women in the workforce.

One topic discussed was the gender pay gap. Mrs Markowskei talked about the huge differences in pay between men and women in the STEM fields (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics), and the lack of encourage-ment for women to study and work in these areas. She also mentioned a most striking study on “unconscious bias” con-ducted at Washington University, where 1700 biology students were asked to anonymously rank their classmates on who they thought would be the best performing in their cohort. The results showed students ranking the males over female peers, despite the fact many of the female students held the highest ranking GPA’s (grade point average) and were achieving top

marks.

This is a sentiment that seems to be reflected in other fields, with Justice Boland discussing the lack of opportunities for young female graduates. An interesting anecdote she dis-cussed mentioned a male colleague expressing his discomfort at being the only male in the room at a conference for female judges—ironic, considering this is the everyday reality for

many women working in law.

A question I submitted to be asked was about growing disin-terest in feminism amongst young people. The panellists re-sponded strongly, with Mrs Markowskei believing that feminism is more relevant than ever, particularly in the STEM fields, where female professors are assumed to be tea ladies at conferences and meetings. Virginia Howard suggested that the image of feminism may need an overhaul, as people may not understand what feminism is and only picture angry

women burning their bras.

The Q&A breakfast was very interesting overall, and listening to a group of wonderful and intelligent women was a great

way to start the day.

Maddie Er, Catholic Women’s League Archdiocese of Sydney

TALKING WOMEN with Minister Pru Goward

I recently attended a meeting on leadership and gender equality in the workplace . It was a discussion on women in the work-place, flexible work arrangements for women and men to sup-port work/life balance; succeeding in male-dominated sectors; and workplace policies and practices that recognise diversity and women as leaders. Chairing this “discussion” was The

Hon. Pru Goward MP, Minister for Women.

The panellists consisted of Mary Ann O’Loughlin, AM, Deputy Secretary, Social Policy Group, NSW Dept of Premier and Cabinet, former Senior Advisor on Social Policy to Prime Minis-ter Paul Keating; Catherine Fitzpatrick, General Manager, Gov-ernment, Industry and International Affairs at the Common-wealth Bank and a member of the NSW Council for Women’s Economic Opportunity, Professor Lyn Craig, Director and Pro-fessorial Australian Research Council (ARC) Fellow at the So-cial Policy Research Centre, University of NSW and member of the NSW Council for Women’s Economic Opportunity and Rowenna Walker, Executive director of Sales for the Rail Sector covering the Asia Pacific Region at Jacobs – a global engineer-ing consultancy. She is a chartered civil engineer with over 20 years international experience in the engineering industry (UK,

Australia, NZ and Hong Kong).

The session was introduced by Kim McKay, who is the first woman CEO/Curator of The Australian Museum (AM). The AM was set up 188 years ago and it has taken this long for a woman to be in charge! She said the AM were custodians of the past and it was very fitting that this forum was taking place at the AM as it was about coming from the past to being the trail-

blazers for the future.

Minister Goward asked each of the panellists what their experi-

ence had been in the area of women in their workplace.

Catherine Fitzpatrick from the CBA said that they were now working on the policy that one in two “hires” has to be a woman.

She said that 43% of employees at CBA were women.

Mary O’Loughlin mentioned that the NSW Government was the largest employer in NSW. She said within its boundaries there were in place a lot of flexible work arrangements. She said she found the major problem women faced was their having to jug-gle it all. She further said that she found it inspiring that the new Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, had appointed a Cabinet made up of 50% women. She did say that apparently when the women were asked to serve in the Canadian Cabinet most were asked up to fourteen times before they accepted the position, whereas men were asked 2 - 3 times before they agreed. The question was asked “why?” The response given

was that women had so many more issues to consider.

Lyn Craig said that women had to consider not only their job, but if they had family then consideration had to be given to im-pact on children, family life, gender equity in the home, child

care, being a carer (for elderly and/or ill family member(s)) etc.

Rowena Walker said that she has achieved in a man’s world where she had to fight each step of the way. She was a whizz

at mathematics, sciences etc. at school, but none of her

teachers encouraged her to enter the realm of these subjects by becoming an Engineer. She said that she became interested in engineering only well after she had finished her HSC. In her experience, she said, the men she works with are fine with her being a woman so long as she gets the job done! She said that even though STEM subjects make up one third of girls HSC subjects, compared to half of boy’s subjects and girls fill more places in gaining high results in the HSC in the maths and sciences subjects, they do not take up places at Univer-

sity that reflect this.

Minister Goward said that the NSW Government now have a

series of priorities in place including -

women being represented in traditionally man ori-

ented trades (boilermakers, welding, carpentry etc.)

unconscious bias

flexibility in the workplace (for both women and men

who wished to become carers etc.)

It was agreed that there should be a fair balance. She said it

was a slow process but that we are now making great strides.

Some interesting statistics she mentioned about women -

2.9% are Aboriginal

28.5% were born overseas

27.5% speak another language at home

18-5% have a disability

4.6% are primary carers

Young women are 2.8 times more likely than young

men to be hospitalised for self-harm.

She further said that females are twice as likely as males to

be victims of domestic-violence related assault.

She mentioned that around one-quarter of NSW government

sector senior leadership roles were now held by women.

Questions were asked and answered on a variety of topics including “why don’t we follow Mr Trudeau’s forward thinking by appointing 50% women to State and Federal Cabinets here in Australia”, to which Minister Goward replied “it’s a slow

process, but we’re getting there”.

She said that the NSW Government were working towards

achieving a 50% women employee’s ratio.

I asked the question as to why there was still such a pay gap between what women and men earn. (I had done some re-search and now find it is about 19.5% and still widening in-stead of decreasing.) Minister Goward said there was not such a large gap in the higher paid areas, but in lower paying jobs there was still a large disparity. I asked what was being done to address this and she said the difference IS being

addressed and worked on.

Annie Kiefer

Vice-President NCW NSW

State Honorary Secretary

Country Women’s Association of NSW

MAKE FASHION TRAFFIK-FREE

THE SYDNEY INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION OF AUSTRALIA (SIPCA)

THANK YOU

to our Photographer

Michael Mannington

Michael has kindly agreed to be our photogra-pher for all events this year as we celebrate our 120th anniversary.

His photos can be downloaded free of charge from.....www.volunteerphotography.org

In May, Baptist World Aid Australia, a member of STOP THE TRAFFIK, launched their third Austra-lian Fashion Report. They have engaged with more companies, graded more brands and are steadily bringing light to unethical behaviour, so we can stop the trafficking and slavery in produc-tion lines. Etiko and Audrey Blue were graded the highest, with an A+. They are the only companies to prove they

pay workers a living wage

Followed closely behind was Zara (A grade) and Aus-tralian brands Cotton-On, APG & Co, Country Road and Pacific Brands, which all received a commendable B+. Across the hundreds of brands graded, amongst the worst in Australia are Seed Heritage, Victoria’s Secret, Forever 21 and General Pants

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO

T A K E A C T I O N

1. Why not congratulate the brands who did well – either on their website or with a tweet: "Hi (brand name), Congratulations #whomademyclothes #makefashiontraffikfree #behindthebarcode Signed, {your name} @STOPTHETRAFFIKA"

2. SEND A TWEET to the poor performing brands "Hi (brand name), #whomademyclothes? Signed, {your name} #makefashiontraffikfree #behindthebarcode @STOPTHETRAFFIKA"

3. Make sure you do your Fashion Revolution week action and CHOOSE a day to WEAR your clothes inside out. Take a selfie and post it with the words "I am wearing my clothes inside out and asking "#whomademyclothes #makefashiontraffikfree” Tag us @STOPTHETRAFFIKA and we will re-tweet you!

4. GET TOGETHER with some friends and sign

cards to ask Seedheritage to sign STOP THE TRAF-

FIK’s Make Fashion Traffic Free protocol, and

develop a plan to ensure that their entire supply

chain, from seed to sewer and workers throughout it,

are protected from abuse.

(Information from STOP THE TRAFFIK Austra-

lian Coalition Directors)

Listen to ABC Classic FM, 6-23 July 2016, to hear all sessions of the piano competition, including the Gala Opening Concert where

members of the International Jury will play.

SIPCA has vice-regal patronage from the Governor of NSW, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley ACDSC (Ret’d). The Artistic Patron is Valery Gergiev, a Russian conductor and opera company director. He is general director and artistic direc-tor of the Mariinsky Theatre and principal conductor of the Lon-

don Symphony.

Chosen from 283 applications worldwide, there will be 32 com-petitors in Sydney this year. Ages range from 19 to 32 with only one teenager in the competition. Of the 14 nationalities, three are

Australian.

There are five women in the competition, one from Australia,

three from USA and one from Kazakhstan.

Here are some of the requirements:

All 32 pianists play two recitals at The Sydney Conser-

vatorium of Music. The jury will reduce this number to

12 for the semi-finals.

Semi-finalists play further recitals and are reduced to

six.

Six finalists play two concertos each in the Opera

House with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

All pianists must play an Australian composition during

the first two recitals.

All works must be played from memory, with the

option of music in the semi-finals when playing with

the Goldner Quartet or with Tasmin Little.

All concertos with the Sydney Symphony Orches-

tra must be played from memory.

Such daunting requirements ensure that the level of pianistic accomplishment is exceedingly high. There are a few categories for which winners are selected and, with prizemoney of $196,000,

plus recitals overseas, pianists are keen to apply.

The Artistic Director in 2016, Piers Lane, was himself a former winner in the competition. In 1977, he was selected as the best

Australian pianist.

In September/October 2016, the best Australian pianist, se-lected from three finishing in that category, will tour Austra-lia. Those recitals will be something to note for supreme

enjoyment. (From Lee Tredinnick’s talk at Council Meeting)

JEAN ARNOT LUNCHEON PHOTOS

DON’T FORGET

THERE IS A DAYTIME OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU

TO MEET AND TALK TO NCW FRIENDS AT THE

MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF NCW

MORNING TEA 10.15 - 11.30 am Upper Room Cafe Wesley Centre, Pitt Street NEXT DATES Wednesday, 15 June AND Wednesday, 20 July

Social Connection is very important to

our wellbeing

Come along for warm friendship and hear the latest news of NCW NSW

Tricia Graham, Individual Members’ Rep-resentative, will be pleased to see you

THE DAME MARIE BASHIR PEACE AWARDS 2016

for female students in Years 10, 11 or 12

Nominations are currently being received from principals of schools across the State submit-ting one of their students to be considered for an award. Students will be judged on their activities which have fostered peace and created harmo-nious relationships. Awards of $250.00 each will be presented by The Hon. Professor Dame Marie Bashir on Monday, September 26, at Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney, commencing at 2.30 pm. Should you wish to attend the Presentation Ceremony, an application form will be at-tached/enclosed in our next Newsletter. We gratefully acknowledge supporting spon-sorship of these awards from Zonta Club of Sydney East and Pan Pacific & South East Asia Women’s Association of Australia (PPSEAWA).

DATES FOR YOUR 2016 DIARY

Wednesday 15 June Members & Friends of NCW Morning Tea, 10.15-11.30 am Venue: Upper Room Cafe, Wesley Centre, Pitt Street Wednesday 15 June Executive Meeting, LG Level, SMSA, 280 Pitt Street 12-2 pm Tuesday 28 June President’s Morning Tea, 10.00-11.30 am INVITATION ONLY Venue: Treasury Room, Sydney Town Hall Thursday 30 June Council Meeting, Level 1, SMSA, 280 Pitt Street 4.30 pm Guest Speaker at 6 pm: Dr Barbara Briggs, Hon. Researcher Botanist Topic: Mission to inspire the conservation of plants Wednesday 20 July Members & Friends of NCW Morning Tea, 10.15-11.30 am Venue: Upper Room Cafe, Wesley Centre, Pitt Street Wednesday 20 July Executive Meeting, LG Level, SMSA, 280 Pitt Street 12-2 pm Thursday 28 July Council Meeting, Level 1, SMSA, 280 Pitt Street 4.30 pm Guest Speaker at 6 pm: Annette Turner, President CWA Topic: Country Women’s Association Monday 8 August Foundation Day Luncheon, 12 noon for 12.30 pm CELEBRATING 120 YEARS OF NCW NSW Strangers’ Dining Room, Parliament House, Macquarie Street, Sydney NCW NSW Recognition awards 2016 presented Nominations and Bookings to be forwarded on attached/enclosed forms CLOSING DATES –EARLY BIRD by Close of Business 1 JULY 2016 LATER BOOKINGS — by Close of Business 22 JULY 2016

Wednesday 17 August Members & Friends of NCW Morning Tea, 10.15-11.30 am Venue: Upper Room Cafe, Wesley Centre, Pitt Street Wednesday 17 August Executive Meeting, LG Level, SMSA, 280 Pit Street 12-2 pm Thursday 25 August Council Meeting, Level 1, SMSA, 280 Pitt Street 4.30 pm Guest Speaker at 6 pm: Professor Anne O’Brien Topic: Homelessness Wednesday 14 September Members & Friends of NCW Morning Tea, 10.15-11.30 am Venue: Upper Room Cafe, Wesley Centre, Pitt Street Wednesday 14 September Executive Meeting, LG Level, SMSA, 280 Pit Street 12-2 pm Thursday 29 September ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

NCW NSW

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