I agree with you. When it comes to birthing in this country it is a joke and the government only wants to lessen our choices even more. I live in Darwin and can't have a homebirth up here simply because there is no space for me in the current homebirth set up due to midwife availability. Plus there are no private midwifes in practice up here so I basically freebirth (on my own) or go back to hospital where I suffered previous birth trauma. This system is pathetic in my eyes as it takes away a womans right to govern her own body.
I too hope to be in Canberra for the rally, birth pending.