Furious mothers have staged a breastfeeding sit-in protest at the Gold Coast shopping centre that tried to stop a mum suckling her son in front of high-end designer shops.
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Julie P. Smith receives funding from the Australian Research Council under an ARC Future Fellowship, for her research on measurement, understanding, and policy regulatory approaches to emerging markets and trade in mothers milk (FT140101260). She has previously received funding from the World Health Organization and the Australian Department of Health for research consultancies on marketing of baby foods and breastfeeding policy. She is also a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor, community educator, and honorary member of the Australian Breastfeeding Association, and an associate member of the Lactation Consultants Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Dr. Tanya M. Cassidy receives funding from the Irish Research Council for her research entitled Parenting in the Pandemic. She also received funding from the Irish Health Research Board, the Fulbright Commission in Ireland, and the European Commission. She volunteers as an ethics advisor to the UK Associati
Mother-of-two Shannon Laverty was sitting in the lounge area of the Gold Coast s Pacific Fair Shopping Centre with her son Shep when she said an employee came running over .
A peek at my week
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When I edited
The Sunday Age some years ago, the most common (and irksome) question I got was, âwhat do you do for the rest of the week?â Now that Iâm editing
The Age, I thought Iâd give you an insight into what an editor does, as much for my reassurance as your curiosity (if you have any). This was not a typical week, but thatâs normal.
Monday
Conference is at 9am and Iâve read news websites and listened to the radio for an hour or two beforehand. Conference begins with a national hookup - video or phone depending on the willingness of the technology on the day - as we go through ideas and planned stories for news, world, federal politics, business, culture, life, sport, comment and others. Then thereâs a more targeted local conference about ideas for Melbourne and Victoria and national stories that particularl