Published: Wednesday, May 18, 2016 – 10:00am A resounding agreement was reached on three updates to Australian infant feeding advice by all participants, including key industry bodies at a recent Summit. The Centre for Food & Allergy Research (CFAR) Australian Infant Feeding Guidelines Summit was hosted by Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) on Friday 13th May […]
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LCANZ Member Spotlight: Kristy Newnham
I don’t remember a time when it was a conscious decision to become a Nurse, it was more something that I always knew I’d become. I was always baby crazy as a child. I was that kid at a BBQ begging for a cuddle, or helping out with the toddlers. When I was 12 my […]
MEDICARE REBATE APPLICATION
Dear Members, It is with great disappointment, but not discouragement, that we write to inform you that our 2017 efforts to advocate for Medicare Rebates for IBCLCs has been rejected. I am informed by some inaugural and historical members of the Professional and Political Advocacy Committee (PPAC) that the 2017 application progressed further than any […]
ILCA Board Responds to Events from Toronto AGM
14 December, 2017 I write today on behalf of the ILCA Board of Directors to make members aware of events surrounding the 2017 ILCA Conference “Knowledge, Diversity and Equity: Global Access to Skilled Lactation Care” in Toronto, Canada in July. While many aspects of the conference are remembered fondly, the purpose of this letter is […]
LCANZ Member Spotlight: Ruth O’Donovan
Ruth O’Donovan trained as a nurse and midwife in Dublin, Ireland before moving with her family to her husband’s home town of Christchurch in 2007. It was after the birth of her third baby in 2008 that she decided to follow her interest in breastfeeding and became an IBCLC in 2010. She worked at Christchurch […]
Lyn Slatter Memorial Scholarship Winner: Michelle Mitchell
Hello, I’m Michelle Mitchell (Hamrosi) and I live on the South Coast of NSW, near Batemans Bay. I work part time as a General Practitioner in two different clinics (one purely in general practice and the other is a private midwifery clinic). I also work part time for ANU as a lecturer in the Department […]
