Federal Election Birth Plan

Homebirth Australia has collaborated with Maternity Consumer Network and other maternity consumer groups from around the country in preparation for the upcoming Federal election.
Together, we are asking for:

1.   Increase continuity of midwifery carer to:

• Reduce unnecessary intervention
• Reduce preterm birth rate and infant mortality for Aboriginal women and babies
• Increase breastfeeding rates
• Reduce birth trauma and PNDA
  This is outlined in the 2019 National Strategy for Australian Maternity Services. The Federal Government provides continuity of midwifery carer to women via private midwives

​2.   Bundled Funding as suggested by IHPA in 2017, national strategy in 2019 and MBS review of Participating Midwives report in 2019
3.  Published data on hospital and clinician outcomes including: Patient Reported Experience Measure and Patient Reported Outcome Measures. 

View the full Federal Election Brief here. We encourage all homebirth advocates to meet with their Federal MP's and ask them to support these requests.

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NSW Election Birth Plan

Homebirth Australia supports Maternity Choices Australia's NSW Election Birth Plan.

With an election coming up, it is a really important time to be meeting with your state MP's and letting them know what changes you'd like to see in maternity.

For 2 years, COVID has been used as an excuse to close publicly funded homebirth programs and shut down birth centres - enough is enough!

​We encourage all NSW maternity consumers to head to the MCA website and follow the instructions to contact your state MP.

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Publicly Funded Homebirth

Do you live in an area where there is demand for a publicly funded homebirth program? 

We would love to offer guidance and support to local maternity consumers to assist them in arranging meetings with their local hospital and MP's to push for publicly funded homebirth programs around Australia. 
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Get in touch by emailing info@homebirthaustralia.org