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A Big Month for Birth Reform: A Wrap on the Good and Bad of State and National News
This month has been BIG for birth and reproductive care reform in my home state of NSW, in other states and nationally too. Some of the news is good, some doesn’t go far enough and some is worrying, but all of it is important! Here’s my wrap up, in no particular order.
Note: This is not an update on birth-related research. If that’s what you’re looking for, I highly recommend joining Dr Sara Wickham’s mailing list.
The NSW Select Committee on Birth Trauma has now tabled its report to the NSW p…
Again? Birthing Parents Ignored Again While Hillsong Parties Down The Road
I went on my first school camp at Glenrock Scout Camp, aged around 9 or 10 years old. That place has been in the news lately, but it wasn’t a big deal then.
What I remember as a view from a bunk bed, a movie night and a cold lagoon has been used in the last few days for Hillsong’s “Wildlife” event and summer camp. Footage from the event (released by Hillsong Youth in their own social media, not leaked), shows hundreds of people singing and dancing to performers inside a massive tent, …
When Leaders Don’t Lead, We Must Dismantle Things From Our Insides Out
I have been at a loss about what to say here lately, or if I should say anything at all.
We have a NSW Premier who thinks priests shouldn’t be mandatory reporters of sexual assault, and drops signing interpreters from health briefings on the double.
We have a PM who treats climate change as a joke, spend billions (trillions?) on nuclear submarines while making countless diplomatic bungles.
We are stopping manufacturing AZ well before the world’s poorer nations get their sh…
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