03/11/2026
Come support the local Rally November 21st Mackay park near Caneland 10am
A choice isn’t a choice if you can’t access it.
Safety has little to do with where someone else thinks you should give birth, and more to do with where you feel safe, who you trust and whether your choices are respected.
Right now, access to homebirth with a private midwife is under threat across Australia.
The professional indemnity insurance exemption ends on 31 December 2026. Without a solution, many second midwives will be unable to continue attending homebirths.
And without a second midwife, your midwife may be unable to attend your birth either.
Even when she’s qualified.
Even when she’s willing.
Even when you’ve chosen her.
Women will still choose to birth at home. But may be forced to do it without a midwife.
Taking away access to midwives doesn’t take away homebirth. It takes away the support and for many women the very thing that makes them feel safe.
You can’t call maternity care woman-centred while taking women’s options away.
You don’t have to want a homebirth to care about this. When women lose the ability to choose where and with whom they give birth, we all need to pay attention.
Homebirth Australia is calling for an urgent temporary solution so second midwives can keep attending births from 1 January, and a permanent, affordable insurance solution in 2027.
The government can act!
We need to make sure they do.
📍 Townsville rally — Saturday 21 November
📍 National rally, Canberra — Tuesday 24 November
Show up. Bring your family. Bring your friends.
Share this beyond the people who already agree with us.
We are louder together!
If you believe women and families deserve choice, this is the time to stand beside them.
Homebirth isn’t for everyone. Choice is.
