Trangie CWA

The first round of this year’s Country Women’s Association (CWA) Far Western Group Public Speaking competition was held in Narromine on Tuesday, May 19. With approximately fifty students participating and topics as diverse as “If I were Principal for a Day”, “Are Audio Books Really Reading?”, “What I Would do About Food Waste?”, “Why Saying Thank You Matters”, and “The Importance of Kindness”, the promise of some very interesting ideas didn’t fail to deliver.

Country Women’s Association (CWA) of NSW Far Western Group member Heather Cameron is living proof that a high level of education is not needed to succeed. Decades after leaving school at 16, Heather has since won a number of awards for her writing. Most recently, she is the recipient of a prestigious Gold Award presented by the ABLE Golden Book Awards last October for her autobiographical series “Never Underestimate A Woman”.

By Pat Riley, Trangie CWA “No talent, no skills necessary” was the mantra that led Far Western Group Country Women's Association (CWA) members to take to the stage on Saturday for the Group’s annual Cultural Day on Saturday, August 30. Held in Nyngan, the annual event showcased the creative talents of CWA members from across the Far Western Group's many branches. It attracted CWA members from t...