by Homebirth Australia | Sep 19, 2012 | Articles
Women to claim their rights in childbirth with 1,000 Global Premieres Human rights abuses during childbirth will be highlighted in a powerful new documentary to be launched on 20th September 2012. Described by the filmmakers as “the biggest event in the history of...
by Homebirth Australia | Sep 13, 2012 | Articles
Observational studies of increasingly better quality and in different settings suggest that planned home birth in many places can be as safe as planned hospital birth and with less intervention and fewer complications. This is an update of a Cochrane review first...
by Homebirth Australia | Sep 3, 2012 | Articles
Oliver Byron’s Homebirth – By Heidi Casey Photographer Georgia Brizuela – www.documentingdelight.com I have been trying to write your birth story for over two weeks now little Oliver Byron. I know I must not take too long for although I will never...
by Homebirth Australia | Aug 29, 2012 | Articles, Media release
Media Release – 29 August 2012 Who decides how and where a baby is born? Who bears the risks of childbirth? What legal rights do women have to choose how they give birth? These are just a few of the issues that will be discussed at the upcoming Childbirth and...
by Homebirth Australia | Aug 10, 2012 | Articles
MEDIA RELEASE 10 August 2012 Homebirth Australia congratulates Federal, State and Territory Health Ministers for ensuring midwives can continue to provide care to Australian women for birth at home. Australian Health Ministers met in Sydney today for a meeting of...
by Homebirth Australia | Aug 8, 2012 | Articles
Who decides how and where a baby is born? Who bears the risks of childbirth? What role do midwives and doctors have in protecting the unborn baby? What legal rights do women have to choose how they give birth? How can we create the best maternity care system possible...
by Homebirth Australia | Jul 26, 2012 | Articles
Homebirth Australia Conference 2012 Birth Rites Human Rights 27-29 July 2012 Keynote speakers – Jan Tritten Jan Tritten is the founder and editor-in-chief of Midwifery Today magazine and a midwife who was in active practice from 1977–1989. Registrations NOW...
by Homebirth Australia | Jul 15, 2012 | Articles
Jane McCrae has been a professional birth photographer for over 4 years. Jane recently received 2 bronze awards in the Creative Asia Awards, and one of her images was recognised as an ‘Editors Choice’ in last years National Geographic Photography Competition, an...
by Homebirth Australia | Jul 11, 2012 | Articles
By Meredith McIntyre, Monash University In response to a recent South Australian coroner’s finding that three babies died from preventable causes, Health Minister Tanya Plibersek has said she will close a loophole in national health laws that allowed a former midwife...
by Homebirth Australia | Jul 10, 2012 | Campaign
URGENT ACTION REQUIRED – TAKE ACTION NOW Your letters and emails DO make a difference! On 27 April 2012, all State and Territory Health Ministers will meet at the Standing Council on Health to discuss the future of Homebirth in Australia. An options paper has...
