Bottoms English Lawyers are inviting First Nations children and parents to register interest in a class action against the Queensland Government for systemic failure to reunite children removed under child protection laws with their parents. Special Counsel Jerry...
‘No-one wants to live here as a queer person’
Vulnerable young people are being harmed by outdated attitudes to sexuality and bigoted abuse in Gympie, according to queer advocates. Following this year’s first Pride Festival in Gympie, the founders say they started the festival to offer a safe space to LGBTIQ+...
Pregnancy condition took me to brink of mental instability
I am 38 years old, a former lawyer, a wife, a mother and someone who knows what it’s like to be broken. I fell pregnant when I was 29 years old, in a stable marriage with a good income. My husband and I wanted multiple children and were elated that I fell pregnant...
Exodus of women health workers threatens global health security
SUSAN BROWN In a prominent spot in Brisbane, a billboard looms. It invites Queensland nurses to move to Victoria. The image and invitation front an alarming trend, with implications for local, national and global health security. I’d seen a similar billboard recently,...
Growing free birth trend due to “broken” maternity system
I had never heard of free birth until the owner of the Sunshine Coast yoga school I belonged to (Zenko) died suddenly during childbirth in June 2022 after posting #wildbirth #freebirth on her Facebook and Instagram pages. Free birth or wild birth is where a woman...