Hear the live broadcast of the Maternity Amendments Hearing - THIS THURSDAY 9AM!!!!

PLEASE KEEP BUMPED TO REMIND EVERYONE!!!

Senate Standing Legislation Committee: Community Affairs Committee (R4151 Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009, R4153 Midwife Professional Indemnity (Commonwealth Contribution) Scheme Bill 2009, R4152 Midwife Professional Indemnity (Run-off Cover Support Payment) Bill 2009,) (HMS 9)

Link for live video streaming of Senate Hearing tomorrow, 9am-5pm! Maternity Coalition are giving evidence at 2.15pm. Other orgs speaking inc HBA, APMA, RDA, ACM, ANMC, AGPN, AMA, RANZCOG and DOHA.

Event date Thursday, 17 December 2009

Time 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM AEDT

Parliament of Australia: Live Broadcasting

Each session is about 45 minutes.

1 Homebirth Australia (Sub 31) Ms Justine Caines
2 Australian Private Midwives Association (Sub 36) Ms Liz Wilkes National President and Ms Marie Heath, National Vice President
3 Rural Doctors Association of Australia (Sub 28) Mr Steve Sant, Chief Executive Office
4 Australian College of Midwives (Sub 30) Dr Jenny Gamble, President, Ms Barbara Vernon, Executive Officer
5 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (Sub 38) Ms Karen Cook, Chief Executive Officer, Ms Dianna Kidgell, Research and Policy Advisor
6 Australian Nursing Federation (Sub 40) Ms Lee Thomas, Assistant Federal Secretary, Ms Julianne Bryce, Senior Professional Officer
7 Australian General Practice Network Dr Alison Edwards, Board Director
8 Maternity Coalition (Sub 35) Mr Bruce Teakle, National Executive Member, Ms Makayla McIntosh, National Vice President, Ms Ann Catchlove, Victorian President
9 Australian Medical Association (AMA) (Sub 15) Dr Andrew Pesce, President Mr Francis Sullivan, Secretary-General
10 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) (Sub 13) Dr Terry Weaver, President
11 Department of Health and Ageing (Sub 37)

About to start!!! You'd be nuts to miss it if you want to know whats REALLY going on and get some GOOD facts...

I keep getting a runtime error.

Try http://webcast.aph.gov.au/livebroadcasting/ and then choose the materniy hearing

It's working - some people had probs but its ok now.... love Justine!!! She's awesome.

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Could anyone be kind enough to summarise what was said? I was sound asleep in my bed the whole time so heard none of it:shakehead: