October 2024
Dapto Seniors sent one delegate to the two day CPSA Annual Conference this year. This is a brief report of the activities at that conference:
Approximately 17 people attended each day including staff and the CPSA Executive. Up to five people attended via video link including CPSA President and Vice President.
Meeting was run by the Senior Vice President and Secretary.
Policy
Policy motions included:
- Cash to be retained
- Digital inclusion
- Driver Testing
- Electricity Transmission be returned to public ownership
- Bank closures
- Income security
- Job seeker payments
Membership:
As with the Dapto Branch, CPSA Membership has slowly declined but now comprises:
- 1712 individuals
- 50 branches
- 12 Affiliate organisations
Giving a total Association Membership of 20965.
Dapto Seniors appeared to be one of the biggest branches attending the conference.
Financial
Assets increased in last financial year due to Covid payments and branch closures, plus the association made a small surplus.
Talks
One very interesting talk on bank branch closures by Associate Professor from Wollongong Uni.
There were other talks on Volunteering, Seniors Legal Rights and Dentistry.
Questions without Notice
At the end of the conference this session your delegate asked that the executive considered two policy motions over coming year:
- That the executive considers reducing amount paid by branches to Head Office to 80% of fee because no payment is now made to area councils. It would only amount to a $3000 drop in revenue but would make a difference to branches. (approx a loss of 0.4%)
- That policy include self-managing the My Aged Care package be made easier.
That was the Annual Conference done and dusted for another year.
