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03/06/2026

Great news! We've now got a great stash of winter clothes for your little ones! See you this Friday 10-12 at Mullum CWA Hall, corner Tincogan and Gordon Sts

02/06/2026

Katelyn Commerford is a busy mum to three young children, a doula, a Next Birth After Caesarean (NBAC) guide, co-host of the Australian VBAC Stories podcast.  And if that wasn't enough, she's also the President of Homebirth NSW and the Co-ordinator of Homebirth Australia, and it's in this capacity that she speaks with us today.

Homebirth with registered midwives has never been widely available to Australian mothers.  The restrictions on their ability to practise (e.g. VBAC, twins and breech births), the need to have a second midwife at the birth, the decades of lack of intrapartum insurance, the need for homebirth midwives to also go through an additional qualification of becoming Endorsed midwives (which also includes a further 5000 hours of practice) means we have a small (and diminishing) number of homebirth midwives women can call on - especially in rural and regional areas.

And now, the Nurses and Midwives Board of Australia are proposing yet more regulations that will restrict women's access to midwives.  The main issues are that the second midwife at a birth now also needs to have the same insurance as the primary midwife and for that, she needs to be an Endorsed midwife.  And without a second midwife, the primary midwife can't attend the birth.  This is particularly difficult for rural and regional midwives who often rely on hospital midwives as their second midwife and until now haven't needed these extra qualiification or insurances.

However!  We can have our concerns made known and thankfully Katelyn and her team have made things a little easier for us.  NOTE: we need to make our submissions by THIS FRIDAY 5 JUNE 2026.

The NMBA's process for receiving feedback is characteristically not straightforward, but in the last 20 mins or so after discussing the issues, we go into the detail of how to  make your concerns known in the easiest way possible.

Get someone to hold the baby for 15 mins, open your laptop and open these documents.  Follow the instructions from the top of page two of both documents.  NOTE - there are two submissions to be made. 

Go to: www.homebirthaustralia.org/nmba-public-consultation.html

26/05/2026

CALL OUT FOR WINTER CLOTHES FOR LITTLE ONES!

Our free baby clothes hub is on as usual every Friday 10-12 during school terms, however we're needing more warm clothes for these colder days we're experiencing. Have a look through your cupboards and you know what to do with anything your little ones have grown out of :)
See you Friday!

14/05/2026

Did you know we have 4 free baby clothes hubs now? Our one in Mullum is open tomorrow Fri 10-12 as usual. See you there!

08/05/2026

Details of our 4 baby clothes hubs. Lismore on today!
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02/05/2026

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21/04/2026

At last! Our free baby clothes hub is open again this Friday and every Friday during school terms. 10-12 at Mullum CWA Hall cnr Tincogan and Gordon Sts. See you there!!

And did you know we have 3 other free baby clothes hubs? Lennox, Evans and Lismore

16/04/2026

Hi everyone, just a quick reminder that we reopen NEXT WEEK 24 April - 10-12 at Mullum CWA Hall corner Tincogan and Gordon Sts. See you all then!

10/04/2026

Hey everybody, did you know we operate 4 free baby clothes hubs in this region? Evans Head is the latest to start up. Every second Sunday at the Senior Citizens' Hall, starting from this Sunday 12 April.

04/02/2026

We hope you've enjoyed the summer holidays, and that your bubbas are all needing the next size up! We're looking forward to seeing you all this Friday for your free clothes, 10-12 at mullum CWA hall corner Tincogan and Gordon sts. Every Friday except school holidays. See you then!