News & Views It’s 2025, and breastfeeding in public is still treated like a crime Dr Elise Turner was recently asked to leave the Virgin Australia business lounge for discreetly pumping breast milk beneath her shirt.
Tech Monash researchers develop world-first device to track breastmilk intake A world-first device has been developed to support the countless mums who are breastfeeding but wondering if their baby is getting enough milk.
News & Views Breastfeeding game-changer: How Etta Watts-Russell created Lactamo Etta Watts-Russell founded Lactamo to support breastfeeding women with a world-first solution, in an area that she saw was often overlooked.
News & Views The profound benefits of supporting breastfeeding during the first week postpartum Today marks the start of World Breastfeeding Week, with the theme focusing on the benefits of supporting breastfeeding mothers.
News & Views Comedian Arj Barker defends his call to ask mother and her baby to leave his show Arj Barker has doubled down on his decision to tell a mother who was breastfeeding to leave his show after her baby made gurgling noises.
Entrepreneurs The entrepreneur creating a discreet, wearable breast pump Before Desiree D’Cruz had her first baby in 2017, there was one thing that worried her more than anything: breastfeeding.
News & Views We won’t get real equality until we price breastmilk, and treat breastfeeding as work The report of the Women’s Economic Equality Taskforce mentions birth only twice, and breastfeeding not at all. Yet, properly valued, breastmilk contributes $154 per litre to the Australian economy.
News & Views Got milk? How breastfeeding relates to politics, power, and money Explore breastfeeding’s political, economic, and gender dynamics in this analysis of parenting, work, and societal pressures.
Politics ‘Loophole in the law’: Greens call for Victorian government to protect breastfeeding in public courts Following the recent ejection of a breastfeeding woman from a Victorian court, the Greens are calling on the state government to update laws.
Soapbox A breastfeeding woman’s eviction from court is a sad reminder of how the law still privileges men Court rooms cannot be arbitrarily closed to breastfeeding women. It’s against the principle of open justice, which is protected by law.
News & Views ‘It will be a distraction’: Melbourne judge tells breastfeeding woman to leave courtroom The breastfeeding woman was forced to leave court, and doctors and advocates have spoken out against the incident, calling it unacceptable.
News & Views Breastfeeding allowed! Olympian mothers can bring their babies to Tokyo A number of female athletes will be attending the Olympics in three weeks’ time, having recently given birth.
