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		<title>Women&#8217;s birthright: private midwifery</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ON July 17, the federal election was called.

Unwittingly or otherwise, the previous day the Department of Health and Ageing quietly rushed before the Governor-General a document defining collaboration for midwives.
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		<title>Guidelines for Midwifery Practice</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Midwifery Guidelines for Consultation and Referral]]></description>
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		<title>Will the Real Health Minister Stand Up at Today&#8217;s National Press Club Address</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Meares, Amy Bell, Sally-Anne Brown and Rebecca Jenkinson are standing in the seats of Robertson, Macquarie, Corangamite and Dickson respectively. These seats are ultra marginal and these women are united by a common passion to improve maternity care for Australian women rather than seeing health services dominated by the self interest of the Australian Medical Association (AMA).

Maternity reform was the first cab of the rank in Rudd’s health reform plan. Nicola Roxon announced funding midwives through Medicare for the first time. “This legislation had the capacity to greatly improve care for women across the country and was initially well received.” says Rebecca Jenkinson, teacher, mother of 2 children and independent candidate for Dickson.]]></description>
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		<title>New information on professional indemnity insurance for midwives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scanned page here is from a Draft Summary of Professional Indemnity Insurance for Midwives, developed by the  NMBA.  This flow chart outlines the process for midwives to comply with the professional indemnity insurance (PII) requirements of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme which has been in effect since 1 July this year.]]></description>
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		<title>Election 2010: Macquarie Ind. Candidate to Highlight Maternity Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of a continuing series on the issues facing voters in selected marginal seats, theangle’s Rich Bowden talks to Amy Bell, Independent candidate for the NSW seat of Macquarie, a seat held notionally by Labor by 0.1 percent margin after a redistribution. Ms Bell talks about maternity reform, local hospital staffing and her belief that Macquarie voters are looking for politicians to address local issues.]]></description>
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		<title>Face Of Birth Teaser</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:04:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teaser for the upcoming documentary on homebirth in Australia - Face Of Birth]]></description>
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		<title>Gillard Government signs away Women’s Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FOLLOWING the Government’s backwards changes to national midwifery regulations, thousands of Australian women are voicing their concern.

Collectively, thousands of voices have culminated in four women running as independent candidates in critical marginal seats in an attempt to talk to Australia’s law makers.?]]></description>
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		<title>Remove the medical veto over women’s access to midwifery care</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 01:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In May 2009 the Government announced long-awaited reforms to Australia’s maternity care system, to give women better “choice and access” in their maternity care:
- Medicare rebates for women receiving care from expert midwives
- A solution to midwives’ professional indemnity insurance problems
- Boosted funding for rural maternity services 
- $120.5 million new funding 
These reforms promised to greatly improve women’s control, choices, continuity of care and access to community-based care, in the most significant reform yet to the Medicare system.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Today Tonight Segement on Homebirth Legislation (Perth)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today Tonight Segment of homebirth legislation (Perth)]]></description>
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		<title>Midwives attack new &#8216;veto&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://savehomebirth.com.au/news/?p=800</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:53:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year Ms Roxon announced that from November this year midwives would for the first time be able to use the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and Medicare rebates for their clients.

At the time, Ms Roxon said the historic move would boost a midwife's ability to work independently and increase options for pregnant women, especially those in rural areas who struggle to get access to care.
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