Social Issues

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CWA raises social issues which affect members and the community both directly from State Council and through the Social Issues Fact Finding Team.

Recent issues

Care for mental health consumers in rural and remote areas
Safe use of plastics in the home

Education issues:

Focusing on future delivery of education to students in rural areas
Proposed closure of Muresk
City accommodation for secondary and tertiary rural students
The position of Year 7 students in the public education system.

Environmental refugees
Training of rural health providers
Patients’ Assisted Travel Scheme (PATS)
Danger of alcohol consumption whilst pregnant
Alcohol abuse in the community
Funding for Occasional Childcare Centres