The Great Birth Rebellion

Episode 227 - The grandmother of all rallies!

2026-11-01

We need you Australia! It’s time to rally! Meet us on the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra at 10:30am on November 24th, 2026. Access to midwives in Australia is under threat because the Australian Government has refused to address an insurance gap for midwives attending homebirth. At the mother of all Rallies In 2008 we protested on the lawns of parliament asking for a fit-for-purpose insurance product for midwives. In 2026 we are doing it again at the Grandmother of all rallies in a last ditch effort to secure a solution to prevent women losing access to homebirth services. It’s a really bad look for the Australian government to prevent access to midwives, especially for rural and remote women and we are making a noise about it.
Click here to register your attendance at the Rally (https://events.humanitix.com/grandmother-of-all-rallies-canberra)so the organisers can make big plans
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