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Proposed law to expand midwives' scope of practice, boost recruitment
The New Brunswick government wants to expand the types of services midwives can provide, allow students to train in the province and add three new positions to the Midwifery Council of New Brunswick.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/midwifery-act-amendments-9.7147239?cmp=rss

WHO Feb 20

#Midwives work in teams as the main healthcare provider for women & babies during: 🤰🏻 pregnancy 🤱🏻 childbirth 👩‍👧‍👦 the postnatal period

Peter Riley Feb 16

Cultural Safety subject to wide reinterpretation. Its entry into institutional life has seen it turned it into a concept that allows it to be appropriated by the very powers that dominate the culture wars. Critique of Israel’s genocide in Palestine and gestures of solidarity with the Palestinian people have been repressed or censored using Cultural Safety as justification.

https://overland.org.au/2026/02/on-the-misuse-of-cultural-safety/

#Colonialism #CulturalSafety #healthworkers #midwives #nurses #Palestine #Solidarity

On the misuse of Cultural Safety - Overland literary journal

Since its original formulation and application in the health sector in Aotearoa New Zealand in the 1980s, Cultural Safety has been subject to wide reinterpretation. Its entry into institutional life more broadly has seen it turned it into a concept that allows it to be appropriated by the very powers that dominate the culture wars.

Overland literary journal

Peter Riley Feb 4

Industrial disputes & news - 4 February 2026
Victorian #teachers; Tasmanian public sector; Victorian public #healthcareworkers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; UWU elections; SA #nurses & #midwives; Dynelec; Crown Sydney; SA public sector & more
(Thanks Sarah Missen)

https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-4-february

Industrial disputes & news - 4 February 2026

Victorian teachers; Tasmanian public sector; Victorian public healthcare workers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; UWU elections; SA nurses & midwives; Dynelec; Crown Sydney; SA public sector & more

Disputes Report

Peter Riley Jan 28

Industrial disputes & news - 28 January 2026
SA #nurses and #midwives; Vic public #healthcareworkers; Tasmanian public sector workers; TasRail; #CFMEU resignation; Keolis Downer; Certis Security; Dynelec; Vic #teachers; Forensicare; and Healthscope

Thanks Sarah Missen

https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-28-january

#labourmovement #organize #solidarity #strikes #unions

Industrial disputes & news

SA nurses and midwives; Vic public healthcare workers; Tasmanian public sector workers; TasRail; CFMEU resignation; Keolis Downer; Certis Security; Dynelec; Vic teachers; Forensicare; and Healthscope

Disputes Report

Richard Quinn Jan 26

Establish legal limits on midwives' working hours

https://www.change.org/p/establish-legal-limits-on-midwives-working-hours

#Midwives #NHS

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Establish legal limits on midwives' working hours

Change.org

Maggie Fox Jan 21

Good midwives can win the trust of pregnant women and help them take care of their own health while staying respectful of cultural practices, Kaura says. #medsky #onehealth #maternalmortality #midwives

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:brydevdr22vgr4l5ohzsqsbf/post/3mcx2kjdxfc2a

Peter Riley Dec 17

Industrial disputes & news - 17 December 2025
SA public sector workers; Tassie #teachers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; #KeolisDowner; SA #nurses & #midwives; #AmbulanceVictoria; #FreoCranes; #MSS; #Bechtel; #Healthscope; #VAHPA; #DHLExpress & more

(Thanks Sarah Missen)
https://disputesreport.substack.com/p/industrial-disputes-and-news-17-december

#LabourMovement #Organize #solidarity #Strikes #Unions

Industrial disputes & news - 17 December 2025

SA public sector workers; Tassie teachers; Harry Hartog & Berkelouw Books; Keolis Downer; SA nurses & midwives; Ambulance Victoria; Freo Cranes; MSS; Bechtel; Healthscope; VAHPA; DHL Express & more

Disputes Report