Footnotes

Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and two related bills

[1]        Senate Community Affairs References Committee, Rocking the Cradle: A Report into Childbirth Procedures, December 1999, accessed at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/1999-02/child_birth/report/index.htm  and The Patient Profession: Time for Action, Report on the Inquiry into Nursing, June 2002, https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/nursing/report/index.htm.

[2]        The Minister for Health and Ageing, the Hon Nicola Roxon, MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 24.06.09, p. 6948.

[3]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, p. 10.

[4]        Explanatory Memorandum, pp 1–2.

[5]        The Minister for Health and Ageing, The Hon Nicola Roxon, MP, House of Representatives Hansard, 24.06.09, pp 6953, 6954.

[6]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, p. 10.

[7]        Maternity Coalition, Submission 13, p. 1.

[8]        Midwives in Private Practice Subcommittee of the Australian College of Midwives Qld Branch, Submission 7, p. 4; see also Mt Beauty and District Country Women's Association, Submission 3, p. 1.

[9]        Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, Ms D Kidgell, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 21.

[10]      Australian College of Midwives, Submission 18, p. 1.

[11]      Homebirth Australia, Submission 22, p. 5; see also Australian College of Midwives ACT, Submission 16, p. 2.

[12]      K Weeramanthri & T Weeramanthri, Submission 1912, p. 1.

[13]      Midwives in Private Practice Subcommittee of the Australian College of Midwives Qld Branch, Submission 7, p. 7.

[14]      Homebirth Australia, Submission 22, p. 6; see also Griffith University, Submission 42, p. 3.

[15]      Australian College of Midwives, Submission 18, p. 5.

[16]      Australian Private Midwives Association, Mrs E Wilkes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 52.

[17]      Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, Submission 20, p. 2.

[18]      Homebirth Australia, Ms J Caines, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 6.

[19]      Australian College of Midwives, Submission 18, p. 5; see also Australian Private Midwives Association, Mrs E Wilkes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 55.

[20]      Midwives in Private Practice Subcommittee of the Australian College of Midwives Qld Branch, Submission 7, p. 7.

[21]      Commonwealth of Australia, National Maternity Service Review, 2009, p. 21.

[22]      Australian Medical Association, Dr A Pesce, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 2.

[23]      Australian College of Midwives, Professor H Dahlen, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 19.

[24]      Homebirth Australia, Ms J Caines, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 11.

[25]      Maternity Coalition, Submission 13, p. 2.

[26]      Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies, Submission 14, p. 2.

[27]      Australian College of Midwives, Submission 18, p. 3.

[28]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 65.

[29]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 66.

[30]      'Homebirth risks becoming underground practice', AAP, 11.8.09.

[31]      AMA, Submission 29, p. 1.

[32]      AMA, Dr A Pesce, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 1.

[33]      RDAA, Submission 17, p. 2.

[34]      RDAA, Mr S Sant, , Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 39.

[35]      RDAA, Submission 17, p. 2.

[36]      RDAA, Mr S Sant, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 39.

[37]      RDAA, Mr S Sant, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 40.

[38]      RANZCOG, Submission 23, p. 2.

[39]      ANF, Ms J Bryce, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 21.

[40]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 22.

[41]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 22.

[42]      Australian College of Midwives, Prof S Tracy, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 24.

[43]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms J Daniels, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 62.

[44]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 59; see also Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, Additional Information, p. 1.

[45]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, Additional Information p. 2.

[46]      Homebirth Australia, Ms J Cairnes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 13.

[47]      Australian Private Midwives Association, Mrs E Wilkes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 51.

[48]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 60.

[49]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 61; see also Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, Additional Information, p. 2.

[50]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 61–62.

[51]      APMA, Submission 10, p. 5.

[52]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 59.

[53]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 63.

[54]      RDAA, Submission 17, pp 3–4.

[55]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms K Flanagan, 6.8.09, p. 64.

[56]      AMA, Dr A Pesce, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 1.

[57]      Department of Health and Ageing, Ms R Huxtable, 6.8.09, p. 64.

[58]      MIIAA, Submission 4, p.3.

[59]      MIIAA, Mr D Nathan, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 45.

[60]      MIIAA, Mr D Nathan, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 46.

[61]      MIIAA, Mr D Nathan, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 47.

[62]      RANZCOG, Submission 23, p. 2.

[63]      Homebirth Australia, Ms J Caines, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 11; see also Griffith University, Submission 42, p. 3.

[64]      Maternity Coalition, Submission 13, p. 3.

[65]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 24-25.

[66]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 25.

[67]      Australian College of Midwives, Submission 18, p. 4.

[68]      Australian Private Midwives Association, Mrs E Wilkes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 56.

[69]      Department of Health and Ageing, Prof R Calder, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 69–70.

Minority report by Coalition senators

[1]        Chair's Draft Report, Health Legislation Amendment (Midwives and Nurse Practitioners) Bill 2009 and Two Related Bills, p. 4.

[2]        Maternity Coalition, Submission 13, p. 2.

[3]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, p. 5. 

[4]        'IVF, eye surgery safety net cut', The West Australian 12 August 2009, p. 19.

[5]        Homebirth Access Sydney, Submission 33, p. 4.

[6]        Australian Private Midwives Association, Submission 10, p. 1.

[7]        Department of Health and Ageing, Ms V. Huxtable, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 60.

[8]        Australian College of Midwives, Prof Sally Tracy, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 20.

[9]        Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, p. 6.

[10]      Homebirth Access Sydney, Submission 33, p. 5.

[11]      Medical Indemnity Insurance Association of Australia, Submission 4, p. 2.

[12]      Homebirth Australia, Ms Justine Caines, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 11.

[13]      Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, Submission 20, p. 2.

[14]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 24-25.

[15]      Department of Health and Ageing, Prof R Calder, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 69-70.

[16]      Medical Indemnity Insurance Association of Australia, Mr D Nathan, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, pp 53.

[17]      'Homebirth risks becoming underground practice', AAP, 11 August 2009.

[18]      Department of Health and Ageing, Submission 28, p. 6.

[19]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr Barbara Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 26.

[20]      Maternity Coalition, Mr Bruce Teakle, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 16.

[21]      Australian Private Midwives Association, Ms Elizabeth Wilkes, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 52.

[22]      Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Submission 17, p. 2.

[23]      Australian College of Midwives, Dr B Vernon, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 22.

[24]      Dr K Dwan, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 30.

[25]      Homebirth Australia, Ms Justine Caines, Committee Hansard, 6.8.09, p. 12.

Dissenting Report

[1]        Thursday 6 August, Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Health Legislation Amendment and two other related Bills, CA 36-37.

[2]        Thursday 6 August, Community Affairs Legislation Committee, Health Legislation Amendment and two other related Bills, CA 66.