The Australian Greens - What are they Doing?
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Jeez..even worse
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Gawd...always with the Gender card
Why would anyone bring their baby into Parliament or into a loud and pressured work environment?
Was it for the benefit of the baby or the benefit Of Larissa Waters?
From her Bio, nothing more than PR for Larissa
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Wooooooooooooooow.
How do you make the jump from someone questioning why a newborn is being brought to parliment to then asking if they have a problem with women?
Amazing.
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I imagine she did it and still be at her workplace.
Do you think that they should not work whilst breast feeding?
It is not unique to Australia happens in other countries, three that I can think of - Canada, Argentina, Iceland, also thought in the US and UK but could be wrong. Still not sure why you find it strange.
If you have a problem with breastfeeding, which is a totally natural evolutionary process by which mammals (Class Mammalia; named for the Latin 'mamma', for breast) give nourishment to their young, and have done for approximately 150 million years since they first evolved, then I'd suggest that it is you that has the problem. In fact, in Australia, breastfeeding is considered a fundamental human right protected by law, and is not a privilege.
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It is nowhere near as difficult as you make it sound
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So parliament should be a creche for babies and children?
Board meetings the same?
Truck drivers?
Miners in remote locations?
It was a publicity stunt and nothing more.
Strange you think it was a genuine action by her
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My issue is using a baby for self promotion.
Dont we have laws protecting children from exploitation?
No, but we do have laws protecting their right to be fed naturally and not go hungry.
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How come she didn't have maternity leave?
Not that I think there is anything wrong with her breastfeeding in parliament mind you, just curious why, if the baby was under 1, she was required to be at work at all.
Not that I think there is anything wrong with her breastfeeding in parliament mind you, just curious why, if the baby was under 1, she was required to be at work at all.
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You think work places should double as a place to bring young children?
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No one has said women shouldn't breastfeed...
You are creating your own narrative here
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As I said
It wasnt about her baby
It was all about Larissa waters
That she highlights this non event on her bio as a first! shows her true intention...publicity
I hope that they will be appropriately punished if they are meant to be in class....
Protest all you want, but do it on your own time.... Likewise with the teachers who walked off a little while ago about asylum seekers....
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No, something she believed in that was passed by the current government and has since allowed others to do the same.
Exploitation? Still waiting.
Still waiting for you to tell me what is wrong about breastfeeding in the workplace.
Here is another example not exactly a boardroom but in the office.
Revenue and Financial Services Minister Kelly O'Dwyer recently held a routine meeting with the head of a major bank in her Melbourne office.
Not really - you just seem to be offended by a woman feeding her child naturally. Would you rather she stopped going to work for 12 months on maternity leave? Or was forced to give up her full time job as soon as she got married (as women in the 50's had to)?
If she wants to work after giving birth, she should be allowed, and if she needs to feed her child and it doesn't interfere with her job, she should be able to. It's not like she's driving a B-double and is going to get distracted.
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I am offended by that am I?
Amazing you reached that conclusion based on...your own bias
If you can't see that was nothing more than a publicity stunt you are naive.
https://www.canberratimes.com.au/na...st-the-climate-emergency-20181115-p50g8p.html
10 & 11 year olds?? Fair dinkum spare me.... Older Secondary kids perhaps would understand the complexities of this issue but Primary School kids??? Not a bloody chance this is them doing any sort of "self thought".
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Yes.. she was exploiting her baby for her own publicity.
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Nope, don't agree and I am sure that the other female parliamentarians who breastfed their baby since don't agree either.
Positive achievement and worth noting.
Stop looking for hidden agendas, sometimes it is what it is.
Still waiting for the other question to be answered.
What is wrong with breast feeding in the workplace?
Can you please stop with this... The respectable men in this Forum are going to be guilty by association if you keep on with this tripe...
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