• NEWS RELEASE - Friday February 11 2005
  Camden Women to benefit from World Class Midwifery Care
  Women in the Macarthur region will be second only to those in Ryde to experience the ‘Rolls-Royce’ in maternity care, that is care from one midwife from early pregnancy through labour and birth and post-natally.
  Health Minister, Morris Iemma committed to the development of a midwifery model based on Ryde.See the full release here...
  
• NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday July 6 2004
  Rural Mothers Urge John Anderson to support the return of maternity services
  "Country women and families seem to have been forgotten by the Federal Government" said Justine Caines, National President of the Maternity Coalition, mother of 4 and resident of Merriwa in rural NSW. See the full release here...
   
• NEWS RELEASE - Wednesday May 5 2004
  International Midwives Day, May 5th 2004 
  Hunter Women Deserve Choice In Maternity Care. Midwives Can Enhance Services
  Today, 5 May, midwives around the world celebrate the 'International Day of the Midwife'. Local advocate and National President of the Maternity Coalition, Justine Caines (Mother of 4) joins consumers across Australia demanding choice for women, especially country women. See the full release here...
   
• NEWS RELEASE - Tuesday May 4 2004
  International Midwives Day, May 5th 2004
  Safe, Affordable & Sustainable Maternity Care Depends On Barriers Being Lifted
  On Wednesday 5 May, midwives around the world celebrate the 'International Day of the Midwife'. Midwives across Australia celebrate their profession and the crucial work they do in partnership with women, providing care, information and support throughout pregnancy, labour and the early weeks following childbirth. See the full release here...
   
• See all media releases here
• State Implementation of NMAP in New South Wales - Maternity Coalition Australia
• Illawarra Maternity Coalition Birth Choices Group 
• Bringing Birth Back to West Lakes. Health Department Agrees That Midwifery Care is the Key
• Women in the Bush Need Midwives: Country Mum of 3 speaking in Tamworth
• Women & Midwives Celebrate International Midwives Day May 5th 2003
• Additional maternity services are on the horizon in the Illawarra - Press Release
• Report on the Sydney Rally Friday 7 March 2003
• Report on the launch in NSW
• Implementing Community Midwifery Across NSW - see the full pdf version
• Launch of the Illawarra Group 
• Open letter to state politicians in the Illawarra
• NSW Branch - Maternity Services Election Report Card
• The Hunter Group in NSW is holding a "Family Rally" on Saturday March 1 2003

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